[Recipe] Delete all your likes/favorites from Twitter

delete-likes-from-twitter.md

Ever wanted to delete all your likes/favorites from Twitter but only found broken/expensive tools? You are in the right place.

1. Go to: https://twitter.com/{username}/likes
2. Open the console and run the following JavaScript code:

setInterval(() => {
  for (const d of document.querySelectorAll('div[data-testid="unlike"]')) {
    d.click()
  }
  window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)
}, 1000)

setInterval(() => {
  const d = document.querySelector('button[data-testid="unlike"]')
  if(d) {
    d.click()
  } else {
    window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)
  }
}, 1000)

worked for me.

What is the limit on this what if you have thousands of likes? I want to start from 0.

To speed up this code while avoiding rate-limiting, consider decreasing the wait time incrementally. One approach is to reduce the time between unlikes initially and increase it if we start approaching Twitter's rate limits. We can also remove the additional wait every 50 tweets. However, this comes with a higher chance of hitting rate limits, so it’s important to adjust the timing carefully.

Below code with shorter delays that increase only if a rate-limiting error is detected. This setup reduces the wait to 3 seconds between actions and increases it only if an error occurs.

function nextUnlike() {
  return document.querySelector('[data-testid="unlike"]');
}

function wait(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

async function removeAll() {
  let count = 0;
  let next = nextUnlike();
  let waitTime = 3000; // Start with a shorter wait time of 3 seconds

  while (next && count < 1200) {
    try {
      next.focus();
      next.click();
      console.log(`Unliked ${++count} tweets`);
      await wait(waitTime); // Initial wait time of 3 seconds
      next = nextUnlike();

      // If no unlike button is found, scroll to load more
      if (!next && count < 1200) {
        window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight); 
        await wait(5000); // Shorter wait for loading more tweets
        next = nextUnlike();
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('An error occurred:', error);
      waitTime = Math.min(waitTime * 2, 60000); // Exponentially increase wait time if an error occurs
      console.log(`Rate limit hit? Increasing wait time to ${waitTime / 1000} seconds.`);
      await wait(waitTime); // Wait before retrying
    }
  }

  if (next) {
    console.log('Finished early to prevent rate-limiting');
  } else {
    console.log('Finished, count =', count);
  }
}

removeAll();

Explanation:

1. Shorter Initial Wait Time: The initial wait time is set to 3 seconds instead of 10.
2. Dynamic Wait Time: The wait time doubles each time an error occurs, up to a maximum of 1 minute. This approach helps slow down only if there’s a rate-limiting risk.
3. Reduced Scroll Wait: The scroll wait is reduced to 5 seconds, making it quicker to load additional tweets.