https://github.com/ilf/twitter-eraser

delete Twitter content
https://github.com/ilf/twitter-eraser

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delete Twitter content

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ilf/twitter-eraser
• Owner: ilf
• Created: 2012-02-10T11:26:44.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-19T08:55:25.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T12:48:15.283Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 14.6 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Digital Eraser

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Digital Eraser deletes Twitter account data. It is intended to be run via cron.

Status

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Since Twitter killed free and open API access, you should delete your entire account instead.

Name

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Radiergummi is German for "eraser".

Reason

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[Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age](http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9436.html).

Description

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Twitter is a (near) real time medium. It doesn't need to keep an archive of everything you have ever done.

Digital Eraser can delete these things:

- status messages, including retweets

- favorites

- direct messages: sent and received

- blocks

- saved searches

It is designed to be run via cron automatically and regularly.

Warning

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This will permanently delete content of your Twitter-account.

Inspiration

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Dave Jeffery: [delete_all_tweets.py](https://gist.github.com/davej/113241)

Requirements

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[Tweepy](https://www.tweepy.org/) - Python library for accessing the Twitter API

Configuration

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Get OAuth key and secret for application and account at: [dev.twitter.com/apps](https://dev.twitter.com/apps)

Change the limits-variables to whatever value you want to keep.

Notes

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The Twitter API seems to have a hard time with old content. An initial deletion to the specified limits will take a while.

On first run, you will probably see a few errors. These are Twitters fault:

- Twitter error response: status code = 503

- No status found with that ID.

Twitters "Tweet Count" of a profile is not accurate. It seems to be about 20 Tweets over the actual count. Count them manually, and you will see Twitter Eraser is correct, Twitter not.

License

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[HESSLA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacktivismo_Enhanced-Source_Software_License_Agreement). But I also [like beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware).