Nuke Your Twitter History

.env

# Grab the keys from Twitter Apps: https://apps.twitter.com/

CONSUMER_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CONSUMER_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ACCESS_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

config.js

require('dotenv').config();

module.exports = {
  consumer_key: process.env.CONSUMER_KEY,
  consumer_secret: process.env.CONSUMER_SECRET,
  access_token: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
  access_token_secret: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET
};

twitter-nuke.js

/*

Nuke the history of tweets and favorites
Run the script a few times if you have a lot of history

This runs with node and the following dependencies:
  "dotenv": "^4.0.0"
  "twit": "^2.2.5"

*/

const Twit = require('twit');
const config = require('./config');

const bot = Twit(config);

/*

Nuke all tweets...

*/

const deleteTweet = id => {
  bot.post(
    'statuses/destroy',
    {
      id
    },
    (err, data, response) => {
      if (err) {
        console.log(err);
      } else {
        console.log('destroyed ' + id);
      }
    }
  );
}

bot.get(
  'statuses/user_timeline',
  {
    count: 1000,
    screen_name: '[YOUR_SCREEN_NAME]'
  },
  (err, data, response) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
    } else {
      data.forEach(t => {
        console.log(t.id_str);
        deleteTweet(t.id_str);
      });
    }
  }
);

/*

And favorites...

*/

const deleteFavorite = id => {
  bot.post(
    'favorites/destroy',
    {
      id
    },
    (err, data, response) => {
      if (err) {
        console.log(err);
      } else {
        console.log('destroyed ' + id);
      }
    }
  );
}

bot.get(
  'favorites/list',
  {
    count: 200,
    screen_name: '[YOUR_SCREEN_NAME]'
  },
  (err, data, response) => {
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
    } else {
      data.forEach(t => {
        console.log(t.id_str);
        deleteFavorite(t.id_str);
      });
    }
  }
);