This Python script will remove all old dashboards and monitors from an account belonging to the email as specified in the script's parameter. It uses the Datadog API endpoint to get a list/dict of all screenboards, timeboards, and monitors.
A dashboard or monitor is determined to be "old" if it the time since it was last modified is 3 months or greater by default; this timeframe can be modified.
You can also specify any dashboard IDs to exclude, as well as monitor tags to avoid deleting.
This is useful for cleaning up accounts with a large number of old dashboards and monitors that have not been used for a very long time, as manually deleting these can be a hassle.
-k, --apikey DD API key
-a, --appkey DD app key
-e, --email DD email used to login
-r, --removaltime (Optional) Removal time in seconds; time since last modification to determine if something is "old" and should be removed. Defaults to 7889231 (3 months)
-t, --excludetags (Optional) Tags to exclude from deletion; only applies to monitors. Format is string separated by commas
-d, --excludedashes (Optional) Dashboard IDs to exclude from deletion. Format is string separated by commas
-f, --forcedeleteall (Optional) Force delete all dashboards and monitors, regardless of owner/email. CAUTION: This is a dangerous option!
Can be used as an alternative for API/app keys and email.
DD_API_KEYDD_APP_KEYDD_EMAIL
To perform the cleanup with the following conditions:
- Delete all dashboards & monitors older than 1 week since last modification
- Don't delete the following dashboards:
963954,456220,471289 - Don't delete any of the monitors that have any of the following tags:
random_tag,keep_alive
$ ./remove_old_dash_monitors.py -r 604800 -d "963954,456220,471289" -t "random_tag,keep_alive"
Are you sure you would like to delete the following? [Y/n]
Screenboards: ['474394', '478109']
Timeboards: ['897928', '919162']
Monitors: ['6384800']
Y
Deleted all old dashboards and monitors.