Can't seem to delete channel I created

var cid;

rtm.on(RTM_EVENTS.CHANNEL_CREATED,function(ev){
    cid=ev.channel.id;                                   //created
    };

 web.channels.create('name_of_channel');

then i want to delete it on the first message it receives…

rtm.on(RTM_EVENTS.MESSAGE,function(m){
    web.channels.unarchive(m.channel);                   //not deleted
    web.channels.unarchive(cid);                         //not deleted
    });

web.channels.remove and delete don’t exist.

How can I delete a channel that this api created?

[ghost]

Ok:

• the API method you’re looking for is channels.archive There isn’t a way to permanently delete a channel via the API, but you can as a team admin, you can see the docs to do so here: https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/213185307-Deleting-a-channel
• the link you were running into is in JSDoc format, which means you need to take the part to the left of the pipe character | The part after the pipe character is how the link will display when JSDoc is rendered
• unarchive is the opposite of archiving; it would restore a channel that you’ve archived back to being usable again

[AkiTensai]

As the “Primary Owner”, I can’t delete the channel that was originally #general. I have since renamed it to something else, have a new #general, and don’t see an option to promote a new channel to the undeletable general channel. The help article doesn’t state that #general is not delete-able.