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title: Purge Peeked Queue Messages
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# Purge Peeked Queue Messages
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/queues/{queue\_id}/messages/purge
Delete messages from a Queue by using refs returned by the peek endpoint. Purging messages does not count as delivery and does not affect metrics.
##### Security
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##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Queues Write``Workers Scripts Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
A Resource identifier.
maxLength32
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queue\_id: string
A Resource identifier.
maxLength32
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
refs: array of object {ref }
ref: string
An opaque reference to a peeked message. You must hold on to this value and use it to purge the message.
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: optional array of ResponseInfo { code, message, documentation\_url, source }
minLength1
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: optional array of string
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20queues.messages%20%3E%20(method)%20purge%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20messages>)
result: optional object {errors, warnings }
errors: optional array of object {message }
Errors encountered while purging messages.
message: optional string
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warnings: optional map\[string]
Map of refs to warning messages encountered during purge.
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success: optional true
Indicates if the API call was successful or not.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20queues.messages%20%3E%20(method)%20purge%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
### Purge Peeked Queue Messages
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/queues/$QUEUE_ID/messages/purge \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"refs": [
{
"ref": "eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2Q0JDLUhTNTEyIn0..Q8p21d7dceR6vUfwftONdQ.JVqZgAS-Zk7MqmqccYtTHeeMElNHaOMigeWdb8LyMOg.T2_HV99CYzGaQuhTyW8RsgbnpTRZHRM6N7UoSaAKeK0"
}
]
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 7003,
"message": "No route for the URI",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
"string"
],
"result": {
"errors": [
{
"message": "message"
}
],
"warnings": {
"foo": "string"
}
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 7003,
"message": "No route for the URI",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
"string"
],
"result": {
"errors": [
{
"message": "message"
}
],
"warnings": {
"foo": "string"
}
},
"success": true
}
```