# authorId ## The easy way - Just click **Me** button next to "Author" in the popup window, it should auto detect your ID. ## The manual way - Right click your **avatar** in a message you sent in the chat, [Copy ID](./developerMode.md) NOT THE MESSAGE THE AVATAR. (You cannot delete the other's person messages a in DM channel, you will get Error 403) ----- > If the `Copy ID` doesn't show up, you need to enable [Developer mode](./developerMode.md) first.