DM Deleter
12/5 Warning
Please note – there is an ongoing issue with Twitter direct messages. Running the DM Whacker across all your DMs has been known to trigger this issue. If this happens, it typically resolves itself within a day or so. People have also left their name on the page referenced above and had it fixed by Twitter. Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is an issue with Twitter’s infrastructure and there’s nothing I can do to fix it.
11/22 Update
DM Whacker is back in action – you should see v0.6.2-gobblegobble when you load it. If not, just delete and re-add the bookmarklet and that should work.
If you’ve found the Whacker useful, feel free to shoot over a little thanks my way using the link below. It’s much appreciated.
Thanks, Damon.
Important Notes
- This bookmarklet comes with no warranty
- It will delete your direct messages if you ask it to
- It is beta software and while it has been tested, the possibility exists that it might do bad things
- When Twitter sometimes disables the delete functionality (no trash can), this likely won’t work either
- If it seems to stop, simply refresh the direct messages page and start again
That being said…below you will find a solution to remove your direct messages on Twitter. This little guy has been known to delete thousands of DM’s. Please leave any comments on the original blog post.
Drag the link below to your bookmarks bar and then open your Direct Messages page in Twitter. Click the bookmarklet you created and select whether you want to delete all direct messages, or just direct messages from a specific user (No @ in front of their name).
Please note that when you delete a message from your Sent mailbox, it will delete it from the recipient’s Inbox. The same applies for messages you have received.
Bookmarklet: DM Whacker
This has only been tested in Firefox 3, Flock (thanks, @rotkapchen!), Safari, Opera 9.63 (thanks, @er0k!), and even Google Chrome at the present time. Please note I’ve had some reports of this not working on Firefox 2.
Suggested Regular Expressions
- mafia|twables|spymaster – Removes Spymaster and Twables direct marketing messages
- dwarf|videos|quiz|iq – Removes several spam messages going around
Version History
- 0.6.2 (2009/11/22): Accommodating more UI changes
- 0.6.1 (2009/05/01): Updated bookmarklet for new “discovery engine” – you’ll need to delete and re-add the bookmarklet
- 0.6 (2009/04/02): Updated bookmarklet to accommodate Twitter’s test ajax UI
- 0.5 (2009/02/15): Updated to address Twitter not allowing iframe’s
- 0.4.1 (2009/02/04): Updated to support Twitter’s redesign
- 0.4 (2009/01/05): Now supports text matching and regular expressions!
- 0.3.3 (2008/11/30): Properly uses jQuery API now
- 0.3.2 (2008/10/20): Updated to support another round of Twitter updates
- 0.3.1 (2008/09/21): Updated to support Twitter’s spiffy new layout
- 0.3.0 (2008/08/20): Updated to support Twitter’s new forms
Features in Development
Deletion of Sent Direct MessagesDone!- More filtering options, possibly by date
- Want to help? Fork the code!
Feedback is welcome on my blog post.
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February 4th, 2010 at 10:58 am