Bash scripts for deleting all Voicemails, Call Logs, and Messages from your Twilio account.

Delete Twilio Logs.md

Delete Twilio Logs with bash

Some simple bash scripts for deleting all Voicemails, Call Logs, and Messages from your Twilio account.

Adapted from eric-brechemier/how-i-replaced-skype-with-twilio#6 (comment)

delete-calls.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Delete all call logs from your Twilio account
#
# Requires:
#   * curl - transfer a URL
#   * jq - Command-line JSON processor
#
cd "$(dirname "$0")"

accountSID='ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' # REQUIRED
authToken='TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN' # REQUIRED

test -f ./auth.sh && . ./auth.sh

if test -z "$accountSID" -o -z "$authToken"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
accountSID and authToken must be set at the top of this script
or in a file called auth.sh in the same directory as this script.
They can be found in your Twilio dashboard:
https://www.twilio.com/console
EOF
  exit 1
fi

if test -z "$(which curl)" -o -z "$(which jq)"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
curl and jq are required.
curl: https://curl.haxx.se/
jq: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
EOF
  exit 2
fi

api="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$accountSID"
auth="$accountSID:$authToken"

curl "$api/Calls.json" -u "$auth" -s |
jq '.calls[] | .sid' --raw-output |
while read -r callSID
do
  echo "Delete Call $callSID..."
  curl -X DELETE "$api/Calls/$callSID.json" -u "$auth" -s
done

echo 'Done.'

delete-messages.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Delete all message logs from your Twilio account
#
# Requires:
#   * curl - transfer a URL
#   * jq - Command-line JSON processor
#
cd "$(dirname "$0")"

accountSID='ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' # REQUIRED
authToken='TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN' # REQUIRED

test -f ./auth.sh && . ./auth.sh

if test -z "$accountSID" -o -z "$authToken"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
accountSID and authToken must be set at the top of this script
or in a file called auth.sh in the same directory as this script.
They can be found in your Twilio dashboard:
https://www.twilio.com/console
EOF
  exit 1
fi

if test -z "$(which curl)" -o -z "$(which jq)"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
curl and jq are required.
curl: https://curl.haxx.se/
jq: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
EOF
  exit 2
fi

api="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$accountSID"
auth="$accountSID:$authToken"

curl "$api/Messages.json" -u "$auth" -s |
jq '.messages[] | .sid' --raw-output |
while read -r messageSID
do
  echo "Delete Message $messageSID..."
  curl -X DELETE "$api/Messages/$messageSID.json" -u "$auth" -s
done

echo 'Done.'

delete-recordings.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Delete all voicemail recordings from your Twilio account
#
# Requires:
#   * curl - transfer a URL
#   * jq - Command-line JSON processor
#
cd "$(dirname "$0")"

accountSID='ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' # REQUIRED
authToken='TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN' # REQUIRED

test -f ./auth.sh && . ./auth.sh

if test -z "$accountSID" -o -z "$authToken"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
accountSID and authToken must be set at the top of this script
or in a file called auth.sh in the same directory as this script.
They can be found in your Twilio dashboard:
https://www.twilio.com/console
EOF
  exit 1
fi

if test -z "$(which curl)" -o -z "$(which jq)"
then
  cat <<EOF >&2
curl and jq are required.
curl: https://curl.haxx.se/
jq: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
EOF
  exit 2
fi

api="https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/$accountSID"
auth="$accountSID:$authToken"

curl "$api/Recordings.json" -u "$auth" -s |
jq '.recordings[] | .sid' --raw-output |
while read -r recordingSID
do
  echo "Delete recording $recordingSID..."
  curl -X DELETE "$api/Recordings/$recordingSID.json" -u "$auth" -s
done

echo 'Done.'