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# Change the message text
 Changes the text of an existing message



`Function EditMessageText(Val Token, Val ChatID, Val MessageID, Val Text, Val Markup = "MarkdownV2") Export`

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | Token | --token | String | Bot token |
 | ChatID | --chatid | String, Number | Chat ID for message sending |
 | MessageID | --messageid | String, Number | Message ID for editing |
 | Text | --text | String | New message text |
 | Markup | --parsemod | String | Markup type for message text: MarkdownV2 or HTML |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from VK Teams

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:::tip
You can mention a user by appending their userId to the text in the following format @[userId]

 Method at API documentation: [GET /messages/editText](https://teams.vk.com/botapi/#/messages/get_messages_editText)
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```bsl title="Code example"
 Token = "001.3501506236.091...";
 ChatID = "689203963@chat.agent";
 MessageID = "7402287649739767956";
 Text = "New message text";
 
 Result = OPI_VKTeams.EditMessageText(Token, ChatID, MessageID, Text);
 
 Text = "<b>New bold message text</b>";
 Markup = "HTML";
 
 Result = OPI_VKTeams.EditMessageText(Token, ChatID, MessageID, Text, Markup);
```
	


```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint vkteams EditMessageText --token %token% --chatid %chatid% --messageid %messageid% --text %text% --parsemod %parsemod%

```