Delete videos from youtube playlist

delete-from-yt-playlist.js

/*
Fill up your watch later playlist with a ton of videos? 
Use this script to remove some!

Navigate to any YouTube playlist and run the script
I typically go to my watch later playlist and sort by oldest

Deletes around 1 video every 2 seconds

Edit `MAX_TO_REMOVE` to delete more or less videos
*/

(() => {
  const MAX_TO_REMOVE = 100;
  
  const INTERVAL = { beforeRemove: 2 * 1_000, afterRemove: 1 * 1_000 };
  const SELECTORS = {
    actionsMenu: '#primary button[aria-label="Action menu"]',
    optionButton: "ytd-menu-service-item-renderer",
  };

  function openOptions() {
    document.querySelector(SELECTORS.actionsMenu).click();
  }
  function removeVideo() {
    [...document.querySelectorAll(SELECTORS.optionButton)]
      .find((x) => x.innerText.toLowerCase().includes("remove from"))
      .click();
  }
  function sleep(ms) {
    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
  }

  let i = 0;
  const id = setInterval(async () => {
    openOptions();

    await sleep(INTERVAL.beforeRemove);

    removeVideo();

    i += 1;
    if (i >= MAX_TO_REMOVE) {
      clearInterval(id);
    }
  }, INTERVAL.afterRemove);
})();