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();

Works great for me - 2025-January-13.

Press Command+Option+J (Mac) or Control+Shift+J (Windows, Linux, ChromeOS) to open the Console.

My only issue is that the script works on the messages that have loaded which means you need to scroll down through the list periodically if you have many conversations.

Can anyone tell me how this could be modified to either print or download the messages instead, have been searching for days with no useful results. Thanks