> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Clear Messages • AI Agent SDK

> clear_messages: Clear all pending messages.

# clear\_messages

Method

> This is a method of the [**MessageSteeringProtocol**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/MessageSteeringProtocol.md) class in the [**protocols**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/protocols.md) module.

Clear all pending messages.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def clear_messages() -> int
```

### Returns

**Returns** `int`

Number of messages cleared

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py#L518)
>
> `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 518


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