Discord Purge Commands Guide | The Archives of Holme
Summary
The Archives of Holme has released a comprehensive guide for Custodians and staff on using advanced purge commands to maintain channel cleanliness. This documentation covers essential tools for removing spam, attachments, embeds, and specific message types to ensure a professional environment. By utilizing these filtering options, staff can efficiently manage community content and keep the server organized.
🧹 Bleed Message Cleanup
These commands are for Custodians and authorized staff who need to remove spam, inappropriate content, unwanted attachments, reactions, embeds, or other message clutter.
All commands in this family require Manage Messages.
🗑️ General Purging
,purge [member] [search]
Deletes messages from the current channel using the supplied filters.
,purge after [message link]
Deletes messages sent after a selected message.
,purge before [message link]
Deletes messages sent before a selected message.
,purge between [start id] [finish id]
Deletes messages between two specified messages.
,purge upto [message link]
Deletes messages up to the referenced message.
👤 Message Sources
,purge humans [search] — Remove messages sent by members
,purge bots [search] — Remove bot messages
,purge webhooks [search] — Remove webhook messages
🔗 Content Types
,purge links [search] — Remove messages containing links
,purge files [search] — Remove attachments
,purge images [search] — Remove images and image links
,purge embeds [search] — Remove embedded content
,purge stickers [search] — Remove stickers
,purge emoji [search] — Remove emoji-related messages
,purge emotes [search] — Remove emote-related messages
,purge activity [search] — Remove activity/system-style messages
💬 Text Filters
,purge contains [substring] — Remove messages containing specific text
,purge startswith [substring] — Remove messages beginning with specific text
,purge endswith [substring] — Remove messages ending with specific text
📣 Mentions & Reactions
,purge mentions [member] [search]
Removes messages containing mentions associated with a member.
,purge reactions [search]
Removes reactions from messages in the channel.
⚠️ Cleanup Guidance
Purge commands can remove many messages quickly.
Before using them:
- confirm the correct channel
- double-check filters and message links
- avoid removing evidence needed for moderation cases
- preserve important screenshots or case proof first
- use the narrowest purge command necessary
📜 Quick Reference
,purge — General cleanup
,purge after/before/between/upto — Delete by message position
,purge humans/bots/webhooks — Delete by sender type
,purge links/files/images/embeds — Delete media or links
,purge stickers/emoji/emotes — Delete expression content
,purge contains/startswith/endswith — Delete matching text
,purge mentions — Remove mention-related messages
,purge reactions — Clear reactions
🧹 Clean carefully. Moderation evidence should be preserved before messages are removed.
