deleteChatPhoto — Botlify Cloud Docs

Use this method to delete a chat photo. Photos can't be changed for private chats. The bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights. Returns True on success.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`chat_id`	Integer or String	Yes	Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target channel in the format `@username`

Example

PHP — Call deleteChatPhoto on Botlify Cloud

<?php
// ── Botlify Cloud .env — auto-injected, never hardcode secrets ──
$BOT_TOKEN     = getenv('BOT_TOKEN');     // Telegram bot token from @BotFather
$ADMIN_CHAT_ID = getenv('ADMIN_CHAT_ID'); // Your numeric admin Telegram user ID
$BOT_USERNAME  = getenv('BOT_USERNAME');  // Bot username without @

$resp = bot('deleteChatPhoto', [
    'chat_id' => $chatId,
]);

if ($resp['ok'] ?? false) {
    $result = $resp['result']; // handle the response
}

Botlify Cloud Runtime
Credentials are auto-injected in .env — always load them with getenv(): BOT_TOKEN, ADMIN_CHAT_ID, BOT_USERNAME. Main database: database.db (SQLite, WAL mode). Runtime errors: error.log. Quick test: send to $ADMIN_CHAT_ID. Full details: Runtime Reference.