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Show HN: Delete All Your Tweets To use it, go to your Twitter timeline then go to "tweets" tab to delete all tweets, OR go to "replies" tab to delete replies. Paste the following code into the browser JavaScript console. DISCLAIMER! This code deletes all your Tweets - I am not responsible for you deleting all your Tweets. Make sure you set your twitter handle in the code before pasting it! // IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT - SET YOUR TWITTER HANDLE IN THE NEXT LINE! // IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT - SET YOUR TWITTER HANDLE IN THE NEXT LINE! const yourTwitterHandle = "@yourhandle"; // one every 10 seconds to avoid Twitter noticing const waitTimeSeconds = 10 const sleep = async (seconds) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, seconds * 1000)); const main = async () => { while (true) { await walkTweets(); await sleep(waitTimeSeconds) } } const walkTweets = async () => { let articles = document.getElementsByTagName('article'); for (article of articles) { const spanElements = article.querySelectorAll('span'); for (spanElement of spanElements) { // delete if it is a retweet if (spanElement.textContent === "You Retweeted") { article.scrollIntoView(); try { const retweetElement = article.querySelector('[data-testid="unretweet"]'); if (retweetElement) { retweetElement.click(); document.querySelector('[data-testid="unretweetConfirm"]').click(); } } catch (e) {} return } if (spanElement.textContent === yourTwitterHandle) { // in this case it might be a tweet or a reply article.scrollIntoView(); try { // try to delete a reply const tweetReplyElement = article.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="More"]')[1]; if (tweetReplyElement) { tweetReplyElement.click() Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('*')).find(el => el.textContent.trim() === 'Delete').click() document.querySelector('[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]').click(); return } } catch (e) {} try { // try to delete a tweet const tweetElement = article.querySelector('[aria-label="More"]'); if (tweetElement) { article.scrollIntoView(); tweetElement.click() Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName('*')).find(el => el.textContent.trim() === 'Delete').click() document.querySelector('[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]').click(); return } } catch (e) {} } } } } main() March 9, 2023 at 02:03AM