{"id":1118,"date":"2009-02-13T21:39:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T04:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2009-02-13T21:39:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T04:39:27","slug":"delete-all-direct-messages-of-your-twitter-account-at-once-or-at-least-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/delete-all-direct-messages-of-your-twitter-account-at-once-or-at-least-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Delete All Direct Messages of your Twitter Account at once (or at least try!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Twitter doesn’t provide with a “Delete All Direct Messages” functionality, Here’s a Python script<\/a> that attempts to delete all the direct messages stored on your Twitter account.<\/p>\n

Limitations<\/strong>
\nThe only problem with it is that given the limitations of the Twitter REST API<\/a>, I was forced to send a request per message to be deleted, and it seems that Twitter will only allow 100 requests per hour (per client).<\/p>\n

So in theory you will be able to delete 100 an hour, although I have seen it delete over 400 messages Twitter gets all grumpy on me.<\/p>\n

Usage<\/strong>
\nJust save the script as twitter_delete_direct_messages.py<\/strong>, open a terminal and run it:<\/p>\n

[bash]python twitter_delete_direct_messages.py[\/bash]<\/p>\n

After that just follow the instructions on screen and enjoy as messages get wiped out.<\/p>\n

If you find this useful, you can thank me by following me<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Get The Script<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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