How to make a bot delete messages after a certain time period

Question

I'm trying to make my bot delete the 4 messages after 15 seconds, but I don't know how to make it do that.

const commando = require('discord.js-commando');

class HitOrMissCommand extends commando.Command
{
    constructor(client)
    {
        super(client,{
            name: 'hitormiss',
            group: 'simple',
            memberName: 'hitormiss',
            description: 'i bet he doesnt kiss yah!'
        });    
    }

    async run(message, args)
    {
       message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?")
       message.reply("you got a boyfriend i bet he doesnt kiss yah!, MWAH!")
       message.reply("He gon find another girl and he wont miss yah")
       message.reply("He gon skirt and hit the dab like wiz khalifa")
    }
}

module.exports = HitOrMissCommand;

Possible duplicate of [Discord.js: Send message and shortly delete it](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46907207/discord-js-send-message-and-shortly-delete-it) — makertech81, Jan 08 '19 at 03:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 18 '20 at 14:23

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if (message.content.startsWith(`!test`)) {
    await message.channel.send('Hello').then(r => r.delete({ timeout: 5000 }))
    console.log("test");
}

edited May 18 '20 at 14:23

Józef Podlecki

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answered May 18 '20 at 13:51

RudyCoder1990

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '19 at 03:11

Might want to check out this question here.

As answered in that post the best way to do that is by deleting the message after x amount of seconds.

    message.reply('Hit or miss.')
  .then(msg => {
    msg.delete(10000)
  })
  .catch(); /*Used for error handling*/

Proper credit should go to user LW001 who answered the question on the post I referred to.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '19 at 03:18

Since this question is similar, you could use the same technique - adding a deletion timout. After you reply, .then() delete the message with your 15 second timer (15000 milliseconds):

message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?").then(message => message.delete(15000)).catch(err => throw err);

Or if you can't use arrow syntax:

message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?").then(function(message) {
    message.delete(15000);
}).catch(function(err) {
    throw err;
});

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 27 '19 at 23:26

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It could be done like this.

var replyM = message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?")

setTimeout(function(){
  replyM.delete
}, 1000);

answered Jun 27 '19 at 23:26

SomePerson

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How to make a bot delete messages after a certain time period

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