cefjoeii / delete-fb-group-posts

An iMacros script to auto delete posts on Facebook groups

Delete Facebook Group Posts in 2017

The one that initially worked is through the mbasic mode. I tried making a script for the desktop and mobile version of Facebook at first but the delete buttons generate unpredictable POS values when not refreshed. I encountered some glitches with mbasic along the way so I knew I had to make the desktop hack work.

So let's go and clean that spam-infested Facebook group of yours.

Step 1

Download the iMacros for Chrome extension.

Step 2

The extensions can be seen at the top right corner of the browser. Click on the iMacros for Chrome icon to run.

Step 3

Go to the Record tab just below the yellowish tree pane.

Step 4

For mbasic.facebook.com,

Click on the Record Macro button then click on the Stop button. The iMacros Editor will pop out.

Replace the code inside the editor with:

SET !TIMEOUT_STEP 1
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES

WAIT SECONDS=3

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:See<SP>More<SP>Posts
WAIT SECONDS=3

TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:*Comment*
WAIT SECONDS=3

TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Delete
WAIT SECONDS=3

TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:/a/delete.php?* ATTR=*
WAIT SECONDS=4

Hit Save As & Close button. Rename the script to something like mbasic.iim Make sure you got that extension correctly.

Step 5

For www.facebook.com,

Click on the Record Macro button again then click on the Stop button.

Replace the code inside the editor with:

SET !TIMEOUT_STEP 1
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES

URL GOTO=https://www.facebook.com/groups/URL
WAIT SECONDS=3

TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:u_0_2*
WAIT SECONDS=2

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:Delete<SP>File
WAIT SECONDS=2

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:Delete<SP>Post
WAIT SECONDS=2

TAG POS=1 TYPE=BUTTON ATTR=TXT:Delete
WAIT SECONDS=2

As you can see from the code, there is a URL. Change it to your group's URL

Hit Save As & Close button. Rename the script to something like www.iim Make sure you got that extension correctly as well.

Step 6

Go to the Play tab. Set the Max value to 999.

Step 7

Go to your facebook group's url and make sure your language is set to English. Example: mbasic.facebook.com/groups/URL or www.facebook.com/groups/URL

Step 8

Select the appropriate script from the yellowish tree pane.

Hit the Play Loop button. See the magic happens.

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Code Explained

I just learned this iMacros scripting and I think it might be worth the share. My script is still running and deleting posts at the time of writing this.

SET !TIMEOUT_STEP n This is probably for the error timeout.

SET !ERRORIGNORE YES Ignore any errors so the loop continues. Part of my debugging process.

WAIT SECONDS=n Change your waiting time if you have a slower connection or computer.

For mbasic,

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:See<SP>More<SP>Posts Sometimes, mbasic hides all the remaining old posts.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:*Comment* Select the first <a> element that contains the string 'Comment'.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=A ATTR=TXT:Delete Select the <a> element that contains the string 'Delete'.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=INPUT:SUBMIT FORM=ACTION:/a/delete.php?* ATTR=* Select the submit button. This one is tricky. I replaced the long url thing after the .php? with a wildcard * to make the script work on every iteration of the loop.

For www,

URL GOTO=https://www.facebook.com/groups/URL This refreshes the page to ensure that we are selecting the right first or second element every time.

TAG POS=2 TYPE=A ATTR=ID:u_0_2* Select the <a> element with the id attribute that starts with u_0_2.There is a post that can't be deleted so I tried to skip it by setting the value of POS to 2. Tweak this if you need to.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:Delete<SP>File Sometimes a "Delete Post" button appears as "Delete File". In any case, the script will go through this.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=SPAN ATTR=TXT:Delete<SP>Post If there is no such button as "Delete File", this comes to rescue.

TAG POS=1 TYPE=BUTTON ATTR=TXT:Delete You get the point.

Thanks! That's a lot of http requests for you!