DELETE YOUR TWEETS AND LIKES WITH PYTHON

If you want to delete all your tweets and likes with one shot, you can use this python script.

you need to find (or create) you api keys and secrets from https://developer.x.com/en/portal/dashboard page.

import json

import time

import tweepy

import os

from datetime import datetime

def load_tweet_ids_from_archive(file_path):

    """Load tweet IDs from Twitter archive files (tweets.js or like.js)"""

    tweet_ids = []

    

    try:

        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:

            # Twitter archive files have some JavaScript at the start

            content = f.read().replace('window.YTD.tweets.part0 = ', '')

            data = json.loads(content)

            

            for tweet in data:

                tweet_id = tweet['tweet']['id_str']

                tweet_ids.append(tweet_id)

                

    except Exception as e:

        print(f"Error loading {file_path}: {str(e)}")

    

    return tweet_ids

def delete_tweets(api, tweet_ids, batch_size=100, delay_seconds=2):

    """Delete tweets in batches with delay to avoid rate limits"""

    deleted_count = 0

    failed_count = 0

    

    for i in range(0, len(tweet_ids), batch_size):

        batch = tweet_ids[i:i + batch_size]

        

        for tweet_id in batch:

            try:

                api.destroy_status(tweet_id)

                print(f"Deleted tweet {tweet_id}")

                deleted_count += 1

                time.sleep(delay_seconds)

            except tweepy.errors.TweepyException as e:

                if 'No status found with that ID' in str(e):

                    print(f"Tweet {tweet_id} already deleted or not found")

                else:

                    print(f"Failed to delete tweet {tweet_id}: {str(e)}")

                    failed_count += 1

                    

        print(f"Progress: {deleted_count} deleted, {failed_count} failed")

        

    return deleted_count, failed_count

def main():

    # Load Twitter API credentials from environment variables

    consumer_key = os.getenv('TWITTER_API_KEY')

    consumer_secret = os.getenv('TWITTER_API_SECRET')

    access_token = os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN')

    access_token_secret = os.getenv('TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET')

    

    if not all([consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_token_secret]):

        print("Please set all required Twitter API environment variables:")

        print("TWITTER_API_KEY, TWITTER_API_SECRET, TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN, TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET")

        return

    

    # Authenticate with Twitter API

    auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)

    auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)

    api = tweepy.API(auth, wait_on_rate_limit=True)

    

    # Verify credentials

    try:

        user = api.verify_credentials()

        print(f"Authenticated as @{user.screen_name}")

    except tweepy.errors.TweepyException as e:

        print("Authentication failed:", str(e))

        return

    

    # Load tweet IDs from archive files

    tweets_file = 'tweets.js'  # Path to your tweets.js file

    likes_file = 'like.js'     # Path to your like.js file

    

    if not os.path.exists(tweets_file):

        print(f"Error: {tweets_file} not found in current directory")

        return

    

    print("Loading tweet IDs from archive files...")

    tweet_ids = load_tweet_ids_from_archive(tweets_file)

    

    # Optional: Also delete liked tweets (uncomment if desired)

    # like_ids = load_tweet_ids_from_archive(likes_file)

    # tweet_ids.extend(like_ids)

    

    if not tweet_ids:

        print("No tweet IDs found in archive files")

        return

    

    print(f"Found {len(tweet_ids)} tweets to delete")

    

    # Confirm before deletion

    confirm = input(f"Do you want to delete {len(tweet_ids)} tweets? (yes/no): ").strip().lower()

    if confirm != 'yes':

        print("Deletion cancelled")

        return

    

    # Delete tweets

    print("Starting deletion process...")

    deleted, failed = delete_tweets(api, tweet_ids)

    

    print("\nDeletion complete!")

    print(f"Successfully deleted: {deleted}")

    print(f"Failed to delete: {failed}")

if __name__ == '__main__':

    main()