delete_photos.js

/* 
Mass delete google photos
Works best in Chrom(ium); Firefox works but can have loading issues and timing issues with HUGE photo sets. 
https://github.com/mrishab/google-photos-delete-tool/
*/

let deleteIt = function() {
	// How many photos to delete?
	// Put a number value, like this
	// const maxImageCount = 5896
	const maxImageCount = "ALL_PHOTOS";
	
	// Selector for Images and buttons
	const ELEMENT_SELECTORS = {
	    checkboxClass: '.ckGgle',		// Delete sets of photos at a time
	    // checkboxClass: '.QcpS9c.R4HkWb', // Delete whole days at a time - Won't delete dates with only one image!
	    languageAgnosticDeleteButton: 'div[data-delete-origin] button',
	    deleteButton: 'button[aria-label="Delete"]',
	    confirmationButton: '#yDmH0d > div.llhEMd.iWO5td > div > div.g3VIld.V639qd.bvQPzd.oEOLpc.Up8vH.J9Nfi.A9Uzve.iWO5td > div.XfpsVe.J9fJmf > button.VfPpkd-LgbsSe.VfPpkd-LgbsSe-OWXEXe-k8QpJ.nCP5yc.kHssdc.HvOprf'
	}
	
	// Time Configuration (in milliseconds)
	const TIME_CONFIG = {
	    delete_cycle: 10000,
	    press_button_delay: 2000,
	   	check_sleep_delay: 200
	};
	
	const MAX_RETRIES = 10;
	
	// Force sleep a bit
	const sleep = ms => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
	
	let imageCount = 0;
	
	let checkboxes;
	let buttons = {
	    deleteButton: null,
	    confirmationButton: null
	}
	
	let deleteTask = setInterval(() => {
	    let attemptCount = 1;
	
	    do {
	        checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll(ELEMENT_SELECTORS['checkboxClass']);
			sleep(TIME_CONFIG['check_sleep_delay']); // Give a bit of extra time for the page to load more
	    } while (checkboxes.length <= 0 && attemptCount++ < MAX_RETRIES);
	
	    if (checkboxes.length <= 0) {
	        console.log("[INFO] No more images to delete.");
	        // Comment out the next three lines if you have 10k+ photos and don't want to risk it quitting part way through
	        clearInterval(deleteTask);
	        console.log("[SUCCESS] Tool exited.");
	        return;
	    }
	
	    imageCount += checkboxes.length;
	
	    checkboxes.forEach((checkbox) => { checkbox.click() });
	    console.log("[INFO] Deleting", checkboxes.length, "images/sets");
	
	    setTimeout(() => {
	        try {
	            buttons.deleteButton = document.querySelector(ELEMENT_SELECTORS['languageAgnosticDeleteButton']);
	            buttons.deleteButton.click();
	        } catch {
	            buttons.deleteButton = document.querySelector(ELEMENT_SELECTORS['deleteButton']);
	            buttons.deleteButton.click();
	        }
	
	        setTimeout(() => {
	            buttons.confirmation_button = document.querySelector(ELEMENT_SELECTORS['confirmationButton']);
	            buttons.confirmation_button.click();
	
	            console.log(`[INFO] ${imageCount}/${maxImageCount} Images/Sets Deleted`);
	            if (maxImageCount !== "ALL_PHOTOS" && imageCount >= parseInt(maxImageCount)) {
	                console.log(`${imageCount} photos deleted as requested`);
	                clearInterval(deleteTask);
	                console.log("[SUCCESS] Tool exited.");
	                return;
	            }
	
	        }, TIME_CONFIG['press_button_delay']);
	    }, TIME_CONFIG['press_button_delay']);
	}, TIME_CONFIG['delete_cycle']);
};

// Do stuff
deleteIt(); // Rerun this line to start the program again