This is a simple script that will automatically delete all of your tweets and likes that are older than a specified number of days. If you use Twitter for conversation and not posterity then you'll like Amnesia.
If you want a copy of your tweets for your own personal records, make sure you download your Twitter archive before running Amnesia.
Remember: Amnesia cannot delete offline copies (e.g., screenshots, or web crawling) of your tweets and likes. Good luck.
You'll need the following.
- Python 2.7 (3 probably works, too)
- A Twitter App (create one for free)
- OAuth tokens (get these after creating your app)
git clone https://github.com/jmathai/amnesia.git
cd amnesia
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
You'll need to copy the configs-sample.py
to configs.py
and update the
oauth values.
cp configs-sample.py configs.py
The delete_after_days
value specifies that you want to delete all tweets
older than that many days.
By default, Amnesia will delete tweets/likes.
If you just want to try a dry run, make sure you set dry_run=True
in configs.py
.
Either way, you must run amnesia.py
.
If you like, you may revoke access to your Twitter account after using Amnesia.
You may want to periodically run amnesia so that it keeps your tweets pruned.
I use my crontab.
On Linux or OS X you can edit your crontab by typing crontab -e
in a
terminal.