discord.js Guide

Deleting commands

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This page is a follow-up to command deployment. To delete commands, you need to register them in the first place.

You may have decided that you don't need a command anymore and don't want your users to be confused when they encounter a removed command.

Deleting specific commands

To delete a specific command, you will need its id. Head to Server Settings -> Integrations -> Bots and Apps and choose your bot. Then, right click a command and click Copy ID.

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Edit your deploy-commands.js as shown below, or put it into its own file to clearly discern it from the deploy workflow:

const { REST, Routes } = require('discord.js');
const { clientId, guildId, token } = require('./config.json');

const rest = new REST().setToken(token);

// ...

// for guild-based commands
rest.delete(Routes.applicationGuildCommand(clientId, guildId, 'commandId'))
	.then(() => console.log('Successfully deleted guild command'))
	.catch(console.error);

// for global commands
rest.delete(Routes.applicationCommand(clientId, 'commandId'))
	.then(() => console.log('Successfully deleted application command'))
	.catch(console.error);








 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Where 'commandId' is the id of the command you want to delete. Run your deploy script and it will delete the command.

Deleting all commands

To delete all commands in the respective scope (one guild, all global commands) you can pass an empty array when setting commands.

const { REST, Routes } = require('discord.js');
const { clientId, guildId, token } = require('./config.json');

const rest = new REST().setToken(token);

// ...

// for guild-based commands
rest.put(Routes.applicationGuildCommands(clientId, guildId), { body: [] })
	.then(() => console.log('Successfully deleted all guild commands.'))
	.catch(console.error);

// for global commands
rest.put(Routes.applicationCommands(clientId), { body: [] })
	.then(() => console.log('Successfully deleted all application commands.'))
	.catch(console.error);








 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Discord's API doesn't currently provide an easy way to delete guild-based commands that occur on multiple guilds from all places at once. Each will need a call of the above endpoint, while specifying the respective guild and command id. Note, that the same command will have a different id, if deployed to a different guild!