chatgpt remove old messages from browser cache

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// Function to remove old messages
function removeOldMessages() {
  // Select all message containers
  const messageContainers = document.querySelectorAll('div[data-testid^="conversation-turn-"]');
  
  // Log the number of messages found
  console.log(`Total messages found: ${messageContainers.length}`);
  
  // Check if there are more than 5 messages
  if (messageContainers.length > 5) {
    // Calculate the number of messages to remove
    const messagesToRemove = messageContainers.length - 5;
    
    // Log the number of messages being removed
    console.log(`Removing ${messagesToRemove} old messages.`);
    
    // Remove the old messages
    for (let i = 0; i < messagesToRemove; i++) {
      messageContainers[i].remove();
      // Log each removal
      console.log(`Removed message ${i + 1}`);
    }
  } else {
    console.log('No messages to remove.');
  }
}

// Call the function initially to clean up old messages
removeOldMessages();

// Set an interval to repeatedly call the function every 5 seconds
setInterval(removeOldMessages, 5000);