[Feature Request] Delete messages in every group

[gurland]

[Feature Request] Delete messages in every group

[ixearth]

@gurland I would recommend to add multiple command-line arguments such like

-type group supergroup -id <some-chat-id> <some-other-chat-id>

The value of -type can be private, group, supergroup or channel, the id can be chat id of any of them (the one need to add quote characters when the id was negative number). Users should also be able to get chat IDs by using the script.

btw is "Saved Message" also being considered as personal chat? If it is then maybe it should be noted in the help message to avoid data loss. the one may don't think "Saved Message" as any of that four chat type. (you may add the dialogue to ask user to type yes to confirm, it won't be a problem if the one could run it as yes | cleaner.py when he needs to run it in non-interactive mode)

The reason I need to delete all of my chat message is I want to delete them before I delete my account, this use case is very rare, so I think -type is enough for such needs and -all is not necessary.

I need to delete messages from certain groups and private chats every period of time, so -id would be much useful for me to run the script with crontab.

[gurland]

Thanks for your report. I have divided this issue into 3 separate:
#10 - remove dialogs limit
#11 - improve CLI by adding command-line arguments
#12 - feature to delete messages everywhere.

@ixearth would you like to see message deletion in groups/supergroups only or maybe personal chats/channels posts?