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# Delete History • AI Agent SDK

> delete_history: Delete a specific message from chat history by index.

# delete\_history

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> This is a method of the [**Agent**](../classes/Agent) class in the [**agent**](../modules/agent) module.

Delete a specific message from chat history by index.

Supports negative indexing (-1 for last message, etc.).

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def delete_history(index: int) -> bool
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="index" type="int" required={true}>
  Message index (0-based, supports negative indexing)
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if deleted, False if index out of range
</ResponseField>

## Source

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