The `XACK` command removes one or multiple messages from the _pending entries list_ (PEL) of a stream consumer group. A message is pending, and as such stored inside the PEL, when it was delivered to some consumer, normally as a side effect of calling `XREADGROUP`, or when a consumer took ownership of a message calling `XCLAIM`. The pending message was delivered to some consumer but the server is yet not sure it was processed at least once. So new calls to `XREADGROUP` to grab the messages history for a consumer (for instance using an ID of 0), will return such message. Similarly the pending message will be listed by the `XPENDING` command, that inspects the PEL. Once a consumer _successfully_ processes a message, it should call `XACK` so that such message does not get processed again, and as a side effect, the PEL entry about this message is also purged, releasing memory from the Redis server. @return @integer-reply, specifically: The command returns the number of messages successfully acknowledged. Certain message IDs may no longer be part of the PEL (for example because they have been already acknowledge), and XACK will not count them as successfully acknowledged. ```cli XACK mystream mygroup 1526569495631-0 ```