remove comments the creator did not respond to YouTube

console.js

// Scroll to the bottom of the page (loading all comments)
// tip: press your mouse wheel down and move your mouse down
// Open the console and run:

// ###########################
// STEP: 1
document.querySelectorAll('ytd-comment-replies-renderer:not(:has(yt-img-shadow)), ytd-comment-thread-renderer:not(:has(ytd-comment-replies-renderer))').forEach((e) => {
    let target = e;
    if ( e.tagName.toLowerCase() == "ytd-comment-replies-renderer" ){
        target = e.parentElement.parentElement;
    }
    target.remove();
})

// ###########################
// STEP: 2
// Open all Replies
// we use a delay to ensure its not triggering rate-limits
function delay(ms) {
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
async function clickWithDelay() {
    const elements = document.querySelectorAll('#more-replies');
    for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
        elements[i].scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' }); 
        elements[i].click();
        await delay(4000);
    }
}
clickWithDelay();

// ###########################
// STEP: 3 (Optional)
// Remove all replies that are not the creator
document.querySelectorAll('#header-author:not(:has(.ytd-author-comment-badge-renderer))').forEach((e) => {
    let target = e.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement;
    if(target.hasAttribute('is-reply')){
        target.remove();   
    }
});

// ###########################
// STEP: 4
// Extract the comments as JSON (will popup a download)
let comments = [];
document.querySelectorAll('ytd-comment-thread-renderer').forEach((e) => {
    let author = e.querySelector('#author-text > span').textContent.trim();
    let comment = e.querySelector('.yt-core-attributed-string').textContent.trim();
    let replies = [];
    Array.from(e.querySelectorAll('ytd-comment-view-model')).slice(1).forEach((e1) => {
        let replyAuthor = e1.querySelector('#author-comment-badge yt-formatted-string, #header-author .ytd-comment-view-model').textContent.trim();
        let replyContent = e1.querySelector('.yt-core-attributed-string').textContent.trim();

        replyAuthor = replyAuthor.replace(/[\n\s]+/g, ' ').trim();
        replyContent = replyContent.replace(/[\n\s]+/g, ' ').trim();
        
        replies.push({
            author: replyAuthor,
            content: replyContent
        });
    });

    author = author.replace(/[\n\s]+/g, ' ').trim();
    comment = comment.replace(/[\n\s]+/g, ' ').trim();

    comments.push({
        author: author,
        comment: comment,
        replies: replies
    });

    let file = new Blob([JSON.stringify(comments, null, 2)], {type: 'application/json'});
    let a = document.createElement('a');
    let url = URL.createObjectURL(file);
    a.href = url;
    a.download = 'comments-with-replies.json';
    document.body.appendChild(a);
    a.click();
    setTimeout(() => {
        document.body.removeChild(a);
        window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);  
    }, 0); 
});