Remove all your X (Twitter) bookmarks

// Responsive Muse · Remove All Bookmarks on X (Twitter) · v1.1 · 2026-10-22
// Removes your bookmarks, newest first: all of them, or only the latest LIMIT. Runs only on
// x.com/i/history (bookmarks). It asks before changing anything, then clicks the same bookmark
// button you would. It makes no network requests of its own and never reads cookies,
// passwords or tokens.
(async () => {
  const TOOL = 'Remove all bookmarks';
  const LIMIT = 0;        // only the latest this many posts (0 = all)
  const DELAY = 1200;     // pause between removals, in milliseconds

  if (!/^(x|twitter)\.com$/.test(location.hostname) || !/^\/i\/(history|bookmarks)\/?$/.test(location.pathname)) {
    alert('Open your bookmarks first (signed in):\nhttps://x.com/i/bookmarks');
    return;
  }
  // A small box on the page shows progress and asks before changing anything,
  // so you never need to read or edit the console.
  const many = (n, word) => `${n} ${word}${n === 1 ? '' : 's'}`;   // 1 video, 2 videos
  const panel = (() => {
    const box = document.createElement('div');
    box.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;right:16px;bottom:16px;z-index:2147483647;width:340px;max-width:calc(100vw - 32px);' +
      'background:#111318;color:#e6e8ee;font:14px/1.5 system-ui,sans-serif;border-radius:12px;padding:16px;' +
      'box-shadow:0 8px 30px rgba(0,0,0,.4);text-align:left';
    const head = document.createElement('strong');
    head.textContent = TOOL;
    const msg = document.createElement('p');
    msg.style.cssText = 'margin:8px 0 12px;white-space:pre-line';
    const row = document.createElement('div');
    row.style.cssText = 'display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;justify-content:flex-end';
    box.append(head, msg, row);
    document.body.append(box);
    const button = (label, primary, onClick) => {
      const b = document.createElement('button');
      b.textContent = label;
      b.style.cssText = 'font:600 14px system-ui,sans-serif;padding:8px 14px;border-radius:8px;cursor:pointer;' +
        (primary ? 'background:#0f766e;color:#fff;border:1px solid #0f766e' : 'background:none;color:#e6e8ee;border:1px solid #3a3f4b');
      b.onclick = onClick;
      row.append(b);
    };
    return {
      text(t) { msg.textContent = t; },
      ask(t, yes) {
        msg.textContent = t;
        row.replaceChildren();
        return new Promise(r => {
          button('Cancel', false, () => { row.replaceChildren(); r(false); });
          button(yes, true, () => { row.replaceChildren(); r(true); });
        });
      },
      stoppable(onStop) { row.replaceChildren(); button('Stop', false, onStop); },
      actions(t, list) {
        msg.textContent = t;
        row.replaceChildren();
        list.forEach(([label, primary, run]) => button(label, primary, run));
      },
      finish(t) { this.actions(t, [['Close', true, () => box.remove()]]); },
      close() { box.remove(); },
    };
  })();
  const sleep = ms => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
  const idOf = art => ((art.querySelector('a[href*="/status/"] time')?.closest('a')?.getAttribute('href') || '')
    .match(/\/status\/(\d+)/) || [])[1];
  const done = new Set();   // X keeps removed posts on screen, so remember which ones are handled

  // 1. Ask (X loads bookmarks as you scroll, so the total isn't known in advance)
  const scope = LIMIT ? `your latest ${LIMIT} bookmarks` : 'all your bookmarks';
  if (!await panel.ask(`Remove ${scope}?\nThis can't be undone. Export them first if you might want them later.`, LIMIT ? `Remove ${LIMIT}` : 'Remove all')) {
    panel.finish('Cancelled. Nothing was changed.');
    return 0;
  }

  // 2. Remove one by one, scrolling to load more
  let stop = false;
  panel.stoppable(() => { stop = true; });
  window.scrollTo(0, 0);
  await sleep(DELAY);
  let count = 0, idle = 0;
  while (!stop && idle < 4 && !(LIMIT && count >= LIMIT)) {
    const art = [...document.querySelectorAll('article[data-testid="tweet"]')]
      .find(a => a.querySelector('button[data-testid="removeBookmark"]') && !done.has(idOf(a)));
    if (!art) {
      window.scrollBy(0, window.innerHeight * 0.8);
      await sleep(DELAY);
      idle++;
      continue;
    }
    idle = 0;
    done.add(idOf(art));
    art.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center' });
    art.querySelector('button[data-testid="removeBookmark"]').click();
    count++;
    panel.text(`Removing… ${count}${LIMIT ? ` of ${LIMIT}` : ''}`);
    await sleep(DELAY);
  }
  if (!count && !stop) {
    panel.finish('You have no bookmarks to remove.');
    return 0;
  }
  panel.finish(`${stop ? 'Stopped' : 'Done'}: removed ${many(count, 'bookmark')}.\nReload the page to see the result.`);
  return count;
})();