redDeleteIt Userscripts

Two companion userscripts help you bulk-remove Reddit posts and comments:

• redditDelete.js / redditDelete.ts: prompt-based flow with filters and dry run.
• redditDeleteUI.js / redditDeleteUI.ts: in-page UI that saves settings and lets you pick subreddits to include.

Install

1. Install a userscript manager (Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey).
2. From this repo, open the raw file you want (redditDelete.js or redditDeleteUI.js) and let your manager install it.
3. Ensure the script is enabled. Matches cover www/new/old.reddit.com/user/* and /u/*.

Using the UI script

1. Go to your Reddit profile; click the floating red “redDeleteIt” button.
2. Configure:
   • Mode: all / older than / newer than + time unit.
   • Toggles: NSFW only, dry run.
   • Subreddits: click “Load my subs,” then select which to include (only these are processed).
   • Persistence: session or local storage (remembers settings).
3. Click “Start run.” A profile tab opens and runs automatically; it paginates old Reddit. Dry run logs actions and shows a total count at the end.

Using the classic script

1. Go to your profile; accept the intro prompt.
2. Answer the filter prompts (mode, time window, NSFW-only, dry run).
3. The script scrolls, processes matches, paginates old Reddit, and reports a total affected count at completion.

Building

• Edit the TypeScript sources and run npx tsc (tsconfig includes both scripts). No external dependencies; targets ES2020 + DOM libs.
• Lint the generated scripts with npx eslint reDeleteItUI.js reDeleteIt.js (globals configured for browser/userscript usage).

Tips

• Start with dry run to confirm targeting.
• NSFW-only filtering depends on page metadata; if you see misses, capture a sample element to refine selectors.
• For the UI script, local storage keeps settings across tabs; session storage keeps them per tab.
• Old Reddit pagination: the script rewrites the next link’s count to match the number of processed items so offsets stay accurate even after deletions.
• Final alerts show total affected items; totals persist across multi-page runs on old Reddit.***