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Delete all iMessage conversations. Compatible with macOS Monterey. Please check Reduce motion before launch this apple script.
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delete_all_imessage_conversations.applescript
# System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Display -> Reduce motion
tell application "Messages" to activate
tell application "Messages"
set chatCount to (count of chats)
end tell
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Messages"
set frontmost to true
repeat chatCount times
click menu item "Delete Conversation…" of menu "File" of menu bar 1
delay 0.2
click button "Delete" of sheet 1 of window 1
delay 0.2
try
click button "Report Junk" of sheet 1 of window 1
delay 0.2
on error errMessage number errNumber
end try
click menu item "Go to Next Conversation" of menu "Window" of menu bar 1
delay 0.2
end repeat
end tell
end tell
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lexrus commented Nov 27, 2021

https://twitter.com/lexrus/status/1464420994811002885

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Nice work. This was the missing piece for a similar script I was working on. I hacked together some Python scripts to do some extra work like caching and searching contacts to only delete unknown callers. WARNIN: THIS IS NOT TESTED CODE -> It's kind of a mess. I wrote it to just clear my old chats and have not had a chance to "product-ize" it yet but anyone is welcome to use it. https://github.com/iconifyit/batch-delete-imessages

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