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Update: Install slack-cleaner2 as the normal one fails with invalid auth

install slack-cleaner:

$ pip install slack-cleaner

Get your legacy token: https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens

Delete messages from channel sent by users: system_events in this case

$ slack-cleaner --token=xoxp-xx --message --group system_events --user "*" --perform --rate=20

Delete messages from channel sent by bots: system_events in this case

$ slack-cleaner --token=xoxp-xx --message --group system_events --bot --perform --rate=20

Be aware of rate limits:

Resource:

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Troubleshooting:

  • Make a call to https://slack.com/api/conversations.list?types=public_channel%2Cprivate_channel%2Cmpim%2Cim&pretty=1&token=TOKEN
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