Archive all messages in Google Messages web app

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Archive all messages in Google Messages web app

This code was something I quickly put together to archive over 5000 text messages in Google Messages. I have no idea if Google frowns on this or not, but it's basically the same as if a human sat there and archived all the messages by hand.

Tested and working as of Monday, November 4, 2019.

How to run

1. Sign into https://messages.google.com/web/
2. Open Chrome Developers console by going to View > Developer > JavaScript Console.
3. Copy and paste the code below into console. It should automatically run.

Warning

Don't run any code before you know what it does. Review it and make sure it's safe. I accept no fault if something goes wrong. Google may change their code at anytime and this code may not work. I provide no support.

script.js

function sleep(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

async function archive() {
  let menu = document.querySelectorAll('button.menu-button');
  console.log(menu.length);

  if(menu.length) {
      menu[0].click();
      document.querySelectorAll('button.mat-mdc-menu-item')[0].click()
      await sleep(1000);
      archive();
  }
}

archive();

hi, i what i was looking for, tnx/
but i get two errors:

---

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'click')
at archive (:11:59)
at :17:1
archive @ VM177:11
(anonymous) @ VM177:17

---

Promise {: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'click')
at archive (:11:59)…}
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TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'click') at archive (:11:59) at :17:1
message
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"Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'click')"
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This is from Nov 4, 2019. I doubt the interface for Google Messages webapp is the same anymore.

tnx for your reply. can you pls update the code above so it will work again?

@thesterns just replace button.mat-menu-item with button.mat-mdc-menu-item in the above code

works great. thanks!

This works great for me!!! Thank you so much; this is exactly what I needed. I had hundreds of conversations in Google messages after migrating from my old phone, and this code helped me put the useless conversations away fast.
Tip: If you could only archive 25 conversations unexpectedly, refresh the webpage and rerun the code. The problem is that the Google Messages web end only loads 25 conversations by default.

There is possible add checkbox messeges who i want archive one click? but only this what have checked?