DM Deleter

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, and even Google Chrome at the present time. Please note I’ve had some reports of this not working on Firefox 2.

Version History

  • 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 Messages Done!
  • More filtering options, possibly by date

Feedback is welcome on my blog post.

8 Responses to “DM Deleter”

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     December 31st, 2008 at 8:59 am
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