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 mando = require('discord.js-mando');

class HitOrMissCommand extends mando.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;

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 mando = require('discord.js-mando');

class HitOrMissCommand extends mando.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;

• javascript
• node.js
• discord.js

• 3 Possible duplicate of Discord.js: Send message and shortly delete it – makertech81 Commented Jan 8, 2019 at 3:07

4 Answers 4

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

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.

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;
});

It could be done like this.

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

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