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Im working up the courage to. Ill never go back, but it is also hard to delete that much history just for a statement

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been told that Redact is good, but haven't used it myself yet

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll take a look around. Redact looks good but I'd rather something FOSS if I can find it. If I find anything I'll post here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea agreed, please let me know if you find something! Thanks and good luck!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ended up using shreddit, a Rust remake of an unmaintained Python script (https://github.com/x89/Shreddit). I had to keep running it over and over, but, I think that was the Reddit API's fault. If you end up using it, I recommend running it in a loop unless you want to keep running the same command over and over.

Anyway, it deleted all posts and comments, but messages in my inbox are still there. I'm fine with that for now but eventually want to clear that out I think.

If you're thinking of doing this I'd recommend running it before the API changes since the script uses it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks! Perfect; I plan to use it ASAP!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glad to be of help! Let me know your experience with it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I ended up still using Redact since I already had it set up, and it managed to overwrite and remove all my history without issue in one swoop :) Thanks anyways for the alternative, I'm sure it'll help someone else out!