Script to delete all tweets and favorites for a user.

delete_tweets.py

import os

import tweepy


consumer_key = os.environ['CONSUMER_KEY']
consumer_secret = os.environ['CONSUMER_SECRET']
access_token = os.environ['ACCESS_TOKEN']
access_token_secret = os.environ['ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET']


auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_token_secret)
api = tweepy.API(auth)


def delete_tweets():
    for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items():
        try:
            api.destroy_status(status.id)
            print("Deleted:", status.id, status.text)
        except:
            print("Failed to delete:", status.id)
    print('Deleted all tweets')


def delete_favorites():
    for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.favorites).items():
        try:
            api.destroy_favorite(status.id)
            print("> Deleted:", status.id, status.text)
        except:
            print("Failed to delete:", status.id)
    print('Deleted all favorites')
    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    delete_tweets()
    delete_favorites()