How do I get a Discord Bot to delete a user command and replace it with a reply

Question

Expectation: The bot deletes the user command and replies

Result: The bot replies but does not delete the user command

bot.on('message', msg => {

 // Broken
 if(msg.content === 'replace me'){
    
    msg.reply(' replaced');
    msg.delete(500);

  } 

})

Thank you in advance,

Does this answer your question? [Make discord bot (js) echo message, but removing the command from the message?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53838838/make-discord-bot-js-echo-message-but-removing-the-command-from-the-message) — Dshiz, Oct 24 '20 at 18:10
@Dshiz thanks for the suggestion but that's a slightly different issue, Elitezen has resolved my issue below — meow-meow-meow, Oct 24 '20 at 18:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '20 at 18:28

From what I understand, when you say 'user command' you are referring to the message of the user. In that case the issue is with msg.delete(500).

.delete() takes a timeout object as a parameter. Change your code to this

msg.reply(' replaced');
msg.delete({timeout: 500});

For an instant delete with no delay use

msg.delete()

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