Delete all emails in GMail

gmail-delete.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2

import gmail # from https://github.com/charlierguo/gmail
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, date

print "Logging in inte GMail ...",
g = gmail.login("foo", "test")
print "done."

d = date(2018, 10, 30)

while True:
    print "Getting mails for %s ..." % d,
    emails = g.inbox().mail(on=d)
    print "deleting %d ..." % len(emails),
    for email in emails:
        email.delete()
        # seems to take at least 2 seconds
        # with my 1.000.000 mails it'll take over 20 days
    print("done.")
    d = d - timedelta(days=1)
    
g.logout()