diff --git a/commands/delete.js b/commands/delete.js
index e90504b..2378e07 100644
--- a/commands/delete.js
+++ b/commands/delete.js
@@ -1,19 +1,56 @@
 module.exports = {
   name: 'delete',
-  description: 'Delete a specified number of your messages.',
+  description: 'Delete a specified number of your messages with human-like delays.',
   async execute(message, args, deleteTimeout) {
     const deleteCount = parseInt(args[0], 10);
 
-    if (isNaN(deleteCount)) {
-      const errorMsg = await message.channel.send('Please provide the number of messages to delete.');
+    if (isNaN(deleteCount) || deleteCount <= 0) {
+      const errorMsg = await message.channel.send('Please provide a valid number of messages to delete.');
       setTimeout(() => errorMsg.delete().catch(console.error), deleteTimeout);
       return;
     }
 
-    const messages = await message.channel.messages.fetch({ limit: deleteCount + 1 });
-    const filtered = messages.filter(msg => msg.author.id === message.author.id);
-    filtered.forEach(msg => {
-      msg.delete().catch(console.error);
-    });
+    const getRandomDelay = () => Math.floor(Math.random() * (3000 - 1000 + 1)) + 1000;
+
+    const getBatchDelay = () => Math.floor(Math.random() * (10000 - 5000 + 1)) + 5000;
+
+    const BATCH_SIZE = 10;
+
+    try {
+      let remainingMessages = deleteCount;
+
+      while (remainingMessages > 0) {
+        const fetchLimit = Math.min(remainingMessages, BATCH_SIZE);
+        const messages = await message.channel.messages.fetch({ limit: fetchLimit + 1 });
+
+        const filteredMessages = messages.filter(msg => msg.author.id === message.author.id);
+        for (const msg of filteredMessages.values()) {
+          try {
+            if (msg.deletable) {
+              const delay = getRandomDelay();
+              await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+              await msg.delete().catch(err => {
+                if (err.code !== 10008) {
+                  console.error('Failed to delete message:', err);
+                }
+              });
+            }
+          } catch (error) {
+            console.error('Error deleting message:', error);
+          }
+        }
+
+        remainingMessages -= filteredMessages.size;
+
+        if (remainingMessages > 0) {
+          const batchDelay = getBatchDelay();
+          await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, batchDelay));
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Failed to delete messages:', error);
+      const errorMsg = await message.channel.send('There was an error while trying to delete messages.');
+      setTimeout(() => errorMsg.delete().catch(console.error), deleteTimeout);
+    }
   },
-};
+};
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