telegram-delete-all-messages

Delete all your messages in private chats with python script. based on https://github.com/gurland/telegram-delete-all-messages

Installation

To install this script you have to download project and install requirements:

Linux

git clone https://github.com/borontov/telegram-delete-all-messages
cd telegram-delete-all-messages
pip install -r requirements.txt
python cleaner.py

Windows

• Download zip file from this repo and unpack it
• Install latest CPython 3 version
• Run install.bat
• Run start.bat

Obtain standalone telegram app API credentials

• Login to https://my.telegram.org/
• Select API development tools link
• Create standalone application
• Copy app_id and app_hash

Usage

You need both App ID and App hash to use script.

Environment variables

You could set APP_ID and APP_HASH environment variables to prevent entering API credentials manually.

Start

After starting script you will be prompted:

• To enter your Telegram APP credentials (if no environment variables found)
• Your account phone and then code sent to you by Telegram

$ python cleaner.py

Enter your Telegram API id: 123456
Enter your Telegram API hash: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Pyrogram v0.14.1, Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Dan <https://github.com/delivrance>
Licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)

Enter phone number: +123456789012
Is "+123456789012" correct? (y/n): y
Enter phone code: 88988
Logged in successfully as Stanislav

Choosing chat

• After providing needed information you will get your chat dialogs
• Enter number found near desired chat title

1. Python community
2. Rust Beginners
3. IDE & Editors

Insert chat number:

Message removal process

• After choosing chat you would get informed about messages removal process

Insert chat number: 2
Selected Rust Beginners

Searching messages. OFFSET: 0
Found 4 your messages in selected chats
Deleting 4 messages with next message IDs:
[23807, 23799, 23757, 23756]