[HN Gopher] Show HN: Gmail unsubscribe tool with bulk deletion a...
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Show HN: Gmail unsubscribe tool with bulk deletion and personal
data removal
Author : extrabright
Score : 36 points
Date : 2024-10-04 19:25 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (againstdata.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (againstdata.com)
| bks wrote:
| Looks useful. Been using this for years, find it very effective -
| https://github.com/labnol/unsubscribe-gmail
| xwowsersx wrote:
| Looks promising, and I could use some help organizing my own
| email. But here's a question: is there a risk that people will
| take advantage of a free trial for a one-time cleanup, and then
| not see the need for an ongoing subscription? I'm curious if
| that's a challenge in getting customers to commit.
| heyoni wrote:
| I feel like it should be priced as a one time fee anyway. Most
| of us got caught up wanting to hoard emails, want to clean
| things up but might now be diligently unsubscribing and
| deleting things rather than save everything forever.
| i_dont_know_ wrote:
| I am the right fool... A random internet link said "can we read
| all your email" an I clicked 'yes'.
|
| Welp. Time to do some major soul-searching and digital triage.
| z5h wrote:
| I really appreciate how readable the Privacy Policy is.
| https://againstdata.com/privacy
|
| I do think there should be more details about security. This is
| all that was mentioned:
|
| > DAD constantly evaluates and upgrades the security measures
| implemented as to ensure a secure and safe personal data
| processing.
| atum47 wrote:
| I've talked to chatgpt about bulk deleting email and it suggested
| a script on the Google sheets?! Apparently it was quite simple
| and you don't have to give access to a third party app.
| atum47 wrote:
| Here's an example of how you might use Google Apps Script to
| bulk delete emails from Gmail:
|
| Steps:
|
| 1. Open Google Sheets (or any other Google app that supports
| Apps Script).
|
| 2. Open the Script Editor:
|
| In Sheets, go to Extensions > Apps Script.
|
| 3. Write the Script:
|
| function deleteOldEmails() { var threads =
| GmailApp.search('older_than:1y'); // Modify query as needed for
| (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
| threads[i].moveToTrash(); // Move emails to trash } }
|
| This example deletes emails older than one year
| (older_than:1y). You can modify the search query for different
| criteria (e.g., label:unread, from:specific@example.com,
| before:YYYY/MM/DD).
|
| 4. Save the Script.
|
| 5. Run the Script:
|
| Click the play icon to run the script. It will ask for
| permissions the first time.
|
| This method allows you to automate email management using
| custom queries. Would you like to proceed with something like
| this, or were you thinking of a different approach?
| onlypassingthru wrote:
| To be fair, writing your own apps script is a little more
| involved, although one of the major LLMs should get you most of
| the way there.
| esses wrote:
| I think we have been conditioned to love tools like these but not
| want to sign up for fear of leaking personal data to the tool.
| sam1r wrote:
| In the end of the day, we all just need to clear our email
| ourselves. That time should not go into paying you and fighting
| your data policy which is already trespassing, in my opinion.
|
| If one does not already maintain their emails and subscriptions
| meticulously, which makes you think they will pay for your
| service, regularly?
|
| The other thing is that, let's say, if I do share my email data
| with you -- 99% of it is likely to be immediately trashed, i just
| haven't spent the time to do it. So to relegate that to a third
| party, that's probably the reason I didn't delete it in the first
| place.
|
| The value-add on of this service doesn't solve my reason for
| redundenant emails with unsub links -- i haven't had the spare
| few seconds to verify and do it myself.
| hammock wrote:
| Not working for me right now. Spinning at different points
|
| "Client error: `POST
| https:\/\/www.googleapis.com\/oauth2\/v4\/token` resulted in a
| `400 Bad Request` response:\n{\n \"error\": \"invalid_grant\",\n
| \"error_description\": \"Bad Request\"\n}\n"
|
| or
|
| 500 Server Error
| thorncorona wrote:
| You can click on the "manage subscriptions" button in Gmail and
| have this done natively in Gmail without passing all of your data
| to a 3rd party.
| tmpz22 wrote:
| How have I never known about this? I've spent so much time
| manually pruning large email inboxes...
| hammock wrote:
| Where is that button?
| hshshshsvsv wrote:
| It's on mobile app.
| legitster wrote:
| > When you choose to delete, a legal template is sent to the
| company's privacy contact, notifying them that you have chosen to
| delete the data they hold on you.
|
| I build the systems that handle GDPR data requests. Be warned
| that, depending on how complex the company's data systems are,
| you may be filing a support ticket that and requires some level
| of engagement. Especially if you are a user of said product and
| how authentication is established, you may accidentally delete
| your account.
|
| Also, 90% of the templated GDPR removal requests we get are for
| details that don't exist in our system. My impression of these
| tools is they are not very smart and can end up spreading your
| PII around more than they erase it.
| abetancort wrote:
| It does not do anything other than granting them a time
| indefinite permission into your gmail that permission allows them
| to read all of your emails, write and send as many new emails as
| you as they wish and it allows them the ability to
| delete/move/copy your emails using the gmail API.
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