So today I decided I wanted to delete all my tweets. No particular reason for this, just a clean slate and a new start - which I guess, being as neurotic as I am, is probably going to be a regular occurance now I found 'Twitwipe'.
Clicky!
Basically, you confirm your twitter account details (which is done via Twitter, so your log in details stay secure), and once you're sure you want to permanently get rid of your musings, hit the 'start wiping' button.
Easy right? Not exactly. If you have humungous amounts of tweets, I'm afraid you're in for a long wait. At the moment, Twitwipe can only delete a set number of tweets per hour, due to parameters set by Twitter. So, it is in fact a slow process, and by no means an instant fix.
However, it's probably a LOT easier and less stressful that clicking 'delete' on each individual tweet 5487 times.
One major con - During the wiping process, Twitwipe is kind enough to keep you updated on progress. This unfortunately happens via a pop up window, which simply says 'still wiping'. I don't recommend trying to acheive any work or web surfing whilst you're wiping, because said pop up box appears about 3-4 per minute, making you jump from your current tab back to the Twitwipe page. That said, it's a relatively small price to pay for a service that will save me great time and effort.
Thumbs up for this one, I think. So far, at least... I'll let you know.
Update: Ok, so this facility seems a little hit and miss. When I first logged in to use it, it took around 10 minutes to delete around 300 tweets. Not so impressive.
I gave it another go a while later and it managed to get rid of 980 tweets in 2-3 minutes. A big difference! It's still going to take a long while to clear my account, but it's a good start.
