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DeleteMessage (Query)

The DeleteMessage action removes the specified message from the queue. Messages stay in the queue until they are deleted with a DeleteMessage request.

Validation

DeleteMessage requests are validated on the following:

The message specified must exist.

Note:

Even if the message is locked by another reader due to the visibility timeout setting, it will still be deleted from the queue.

Returns

Returns Success unless the MessageId is malformed.

Request Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Value
`MessageId`	Required. The ID of the message to delete.	String	A message ID value returned from a `SendMessage` request.

Example DeleteMessage Request (Query)

The following example DeleteMessage request shows how to delete a message from the queue.

Sample Request

http://queue.amazonaws.com/A29E9VSPHGOG23/queue1
?Action=DeleteMessage
&AWSAccessKeyId=0GS7553JW74RRM612K02
&Version=2006-04-01
&MessageId=17VXQHSGX0SG4ZEPPK7R%7C0QE42ST4KW7RK9HSY074%7C0Z4AN912X0H2EP8BV6XJ
&Expires=2007-01-12T12:00:00Z
&Signature=CN2SbNq%2B2Vw1W3lbc7wpM5gzDHE=

Sample Response

<DeleteMessageResponse>
    <ResponseStatus>
      <StatusCode>Success</StatusCode>
      <RequestId>cb919c0a-9bce-4afe-9b48-9bdf2412bb67</RequestId>
    </ResponseStatus>
</DeleteMessageResponse>

Error Response

This request never fails unless theMessageId is malformed. Even if there is no such MessageID, it returns success.