Unsubscribing from all YouTube channels

youtube-unsubscribe.js

function findElements(textContent, selector = "*") {
  const elements = document.querySelectorAll(selector);

  return Array.prototype.slice
    .call(elements)
    .filter((el) => el.textContent === textContent);
}

function findElement(textContent, selector = "*") {
  const elements = findElements(textContent, selector);

  return elements[0];
}

const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));

async function run() {
  const channels = findElements(
    "Subscribed",
    "#notification-preference-button span.yt-core-attributed-string.yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-no-wrap",
  );
  console.log(`Channels found: ${channels.length}`);

  for (let i = 0; i < channels.length; i++) {
    console.log(`Unsubscribing from ${i + 1} of ${channels.length} channels`);
    channels[i].click();

    await delay(100);

    const unsubscribe = findElement("Unsubscribe");
    unsubscribe.click();

    await delay(500);

    const confirm = findElement(
      "Unsubscribe",
      "button[aria-label=Unsubscribe]",
    );
    confirm.click();
  }

  console.log("Done 🎉");
}
run();

1. Go to the channels page https://www.youtube.com/feed/channels?app=desktop
2. Scroll to very bottom of the page to load all channels
3. Open DevTools
4. Paste the code above
5. Drink your ☕ until it's done