debanshu · May 7, 2020 13:11
diff --git a/delete.js b/delete.js
 /**
  Since I had forwarded my emails to my slack email, 
  it started to fill up my slackbot channel.

  This script is a very crude approach to deleting all the email files forwarded to me on slackbot.
  Required since there's no bulk delete on Slack yet.

  Needs the new Slack desktop UI to work.
  Only runs in the currently active channel/conversation 

  DISCLAIMER: Deletion of Slack Messages is permanent. 
  Please be careful of using this script. I take no responsibility for accidentally lost messages, 
  and I may not be updating the script unless I need to run it again.
 **/

 // function to delete the last email/attchement/file in the current channel
 function deleteMsg() {
 setTimeout(() => {
    document.querySelector(".p-message_pane_message__message--last [data-qa='more_file_actions']").click();
    setTimeout(() => {
        document.querySelector("[data-qa='delete_file']").click();
        setTimeout(() => document.querySelector("[data-qa='dialog_go']").click(), 0);
    }, 0);
 }, 0);
 }

 // schedule at every interval_seconds - tune based on your system/network speed; since this just emulates an actual browser interaction
 const interval_seconds = 2;
 const interval_id = setInterval(deleteMsg, interval_seconds*1000)

 // clear interval_id to stop - PLEASE USE BEFORE YOU SWITCH CHANNELS/CONVERSATIONS TO AVOID LOSING MESSAGES ACCIDENTALLY
 clearInterval(interval_id)
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