discord/ext/commands/context.py

@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ class Context(discord.abc.Messageable, Generic[BotT]):
         kwargs.pop("nonce", None)
         kwargs.pop("stickers", None)
         kwargs.pop("reference", None)
-        kwargs.pop("delete_after", None)
         kwargs.pop("mention_author", None)
 
         if not (

discord/interactions.py

@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class Interaction:
             self._state.store_view(view, message.id)
         return message
 
-    async def delete_original_message(self) -> None:
+    async def delete_original_message(self, delay: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
         Deletes the original interaction response message.
@@ -345,6 +345,14 @@ class Interaction:
         This is a lower level interface to :meth:`InteractionMessage.delete` in case
         you do not want to fetch the message and save an HTTP request.
 
+        Parameters
+        ------------
+        delay: Optional[:class:`float`]
+            If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message.
+            The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.
+            
+            .. versionadded:: 2.0
+
         Raises
         -------
         HTTPException
@@ -352,6 +360,8 @@ class Interaction:
         Forbidden
             Deleted a message that is not yours.
         """
+        if delay is not None:
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
         adapter = async_context.get()
         await adapter.delete_original_interaction_response(
             self.application_id,
@@ -460,6 +470,7 @@ class InteractionResponse:
         view: View = MISSING,
         tts: bool = False,
         ephemeral: bool = False,
+        delete_after: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
@@ -483,6 +494,9 @@ class InteractionResponse:
             Indicates if the message should only be visible to the user who started the interaction.
             If a view is sent with an ephemeral message and it has no timeout set then the timeout
             is set to 15 minutes.
+        delete_after: Optional[:class:`float`]
+            The amount of seconds the bot should wait before deleting the message sent.
+            .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
         Raises
         -------
@@ -539,6 +553,8 @@ class InteractionResponse:
             self._parent._state.store_view(view)
 
         self.responded_at = utils.utcnow()
+        if delete_after is not None:
+            self._parent.delete_original_message(delay=delete_after)
 
     async def edit_message(
         self,
@@ -733,7 +749,7 @@ class InteractionMessage(Message):
             allowed_mentions=allowed_mentions,
         )
 
-    async def delete(self, *, delay: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
+    async def delete(self, *, delay: Optional[float] = None, silent: bool = False) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
         Deletes the message.
@@ -743,6 +759,12 @@ class InteractionMessage(Message):
         delay: Optional[:class:`float`]
             If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message.
             The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.
+        
+        silent: :class:`bool`
+            If silent is set to ``True``, the error will not be raised, it will be ignored.
+            This defaults to ``False`
+        
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -757,12 +779,15 @@ class InteractionMessage(Message):
         if delay is not None:
 
             async def inner_call(delay: float = delay):
-                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
                 try:
-                    await self._state._interaction.delete_original_message()
+                    await self._state._interaction.delete_original_message(delay=delay)
                 except HTTPException:
                     pass
 
             asyncio.create_task(inner_call())
         else:
-            await self._state._interaction.delete_original_message()
+            try:
+                await self._state._interaction.delete_original_message(delay=delay)
+            except Exception:
+                if not silent:
+                    raise

discord/webhook/async_.py

@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class WebhookMessage(Message):
             allowed_mentions=allowed_mentions,
         )
 
-    async def delete(self, *, delay: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
+    async def delete(self, *, delay: Optional[float] = None, silent: bool = False) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
         Deletes the message.
@@ -727,6 +727,12 @@ class WebhookMessage(Message):
         delay: Optional[:class:`float`]
             If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message.
             The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.
+        
+        silent: :class:`bool`
+            If silent is set to ``True``, the error will not be raised, it will be ignored.
+            This defaults to ``False`
+        
+        .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -741,15 +747,18 @@ class WebhookMessage(Message):
         if delay is not None:
 
             async def inner_call(delay: float = delay):
-                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
                 try:
-                    await self._state._webhook.delete_message(self.id)
+                    await self._state._webhook.delete_message(self.id, delay)
                 except HTTPException:
                     pass
 
             asyncio.create_task(inner_call())
         else:
-            await self._state._webhook.delete_message(self.id)
+            try:
+                await self._state._webhook.delete_message(self.id, delay)
+            except Exception:
+                if not silent:
+                    raise
 
 
 class BaseWebhook(Hashable):
@@ -1270,6 +1279,7 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
         view: View = MISSING,
         thread: Snowflake = MISSING,
         wait: bool = False,
+        delete_after: Optional[float] = None,
     ) -> Optional[WebhookMessage]:
         """|coro|
 
@@ -1335,6 +1345,11 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
             The thread to send this webhook to.
 
             .. versionadded:: 2.0
+        
+        delete_after: Optional[:class:`float`]
+            If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message.
+            The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.
+            .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
         Raises
         --------
@@ -1416,6 +1431,9 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
         if view is not MISSING and not view.is_finished():
             message_id = None if msg is None else msg.id
             self._state.store_view(view, message_id)
+        
+        if delete_after is not None and msg is not None:
+            await msg.delete(delay=delete_after)
 
         return msg
 
@@ -1570,7 +1588,7 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
             self._state.store_view(view, message_id)
         return message
 
-    async def delete_message(self, message_id: int, /) -> None:
+    async def delete_message(self, message_id: int, delay: Optional[float] = None, /) -> None:
         """|coro|
 
         Deletes a message owned by this webhook.
@@ -1584,6 +1602,12 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
         ------------
         message_id: :class:`int`
             The message ID to delete.
+        
+        delay: Optional[:class:`float`]
+            If provided, the number of seconds to wait before deleting the message.
+            The waiting is done in the background and deletion failures are ignored.
+            
+            .. versionadded:: 2.0
 
         Raises
         -------
@@ -1595,6 +1619,9 @@ class Webhook(BaseWebhook):
         if self.token is None:
             raise InvalidArgument("This webhook does not have a token associated with it")
 
+        if delay is not None:
+            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+
         adapter = async_context.get()
         await adapter.delete_webhook_message(
             self.id,