delete-me-discord 1.3.0

Tool to mass delete your Discord messages and reactions with filters and retention controls.

Delete Me Discord

Delete Me Discord is a command-line tool to delete your own Discord messages (and reactions) with filters and retention controls.

⚠️ Using automated tools on Discord may violate Discord’s Terms of Service. Use at your own risk.

TL;DR

• Deletes your messages/reactions in bulk.
• Filters by time/count and include/exclude (channels, categories/parents*, guilds).
• Dry-run + discovery helpers (--list-guilds, --list-channels) to target safely.

*Discord’s API uses parent_id for categories; we use “category” and “parent” interchangeably.

Installation

You can install delete-me-discord using pip. Ensure you have Python 3.7 or higher installed:

pip install delete-me-discord

Usage

After installation, you can execute the script directly from the command line using the delete-me-discord command.

Quick Start

• Export your token first (See this guide to obtain your token):
  export DISCORD_TOKEN=<your_token>

• Find IDs first (safe):
  delete-me-discord --list-guilds and delete-me-discord --list-channels

• Full channel wipe (preview first):
  delete-me-discord --include-ids <channel_id> --delete-reactions --preserve-n 0 --preserve-last "seconds=0" --dry-run
  Drop --dry-run to execute.

• Rolling retention (preview):
  delete-me-discord --preserve-last "weeks=2" --preserve-n 20 --dry-run
  Drop --dry-run to keep recent messages (last 20 + last 2 weeks), expire older.

• Initial purge, then fast daily retention runs:
  First run without --fetch-max-age to clear old history. For daily runs, set --fetch-max-age to your preserve window + 1 day (e.g., --preserve-last "weeks=2" + --fetch-max-age "weeks=2,days=1"), so you only fetch the recent slice while keeping your preservation buffer.

Command-Line Options

• -g, --list-guilds: List guild IDs/names, then exit.
• -c, --list-channels: List channels (grouped by guild/category/parent + DMs), then exit.
• -d, --dry-run: Simulate deletions; no changes made.
• -R, --delete-reactions: Remove your reactions on messages encountered once the deletion window is reached (older than the cutoff and past the preserve-n threshold).
• -i, --include-ids: Channel/guild/parent IDs to include. If omitted, all IDs are eligible except those in --exclude-ids. Channel/category (parent) includes punch through higher-level excludes (category/guild). Example: --include-ids 123 456
• -x, --exclude-ids: Channel/guild/parent IDs to exclude. Example: --exclude-ids 789
• -p, --preserve-last: Keep messages/reactions newer than this delta (default weeks=2, e.g., weeks=1,days=3).
• -n, --preserve-n: Always keep the last N messages (default 12).
• --preserve-n-mode: How to count the last N messages to keep: mine (only your deletable messages; default) or all (the last N messages in the channel, any author).
• -a, --fetch-max-age: Only fetch newer than this delta (e.g., weeks=1). Default: no max age.
• -m, --max-messages: Max messages to fetch per channel (default: no limit).
• -r, --max-retries: Retry count for API requests (default 5).
• -b, --retry-time-buffer: Extra wait after rate limits (default 25 35 seconds).
• -f, --fetch-sleep-time: Sleep between fetch requests (default 0.2 0.4 seconds).
• -s, --delete-sleep-time: Sleep between deletions (default 1.5 2 seconds).
• -l, --log-level: DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL (default INFO).
• -v, --version: Show the version number and exit.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Open an issue or pull request with improvements or bug fixes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software as per the terms of the license.