A powerful, efficient tool to bulk delete photos from Google Photos. Available as both a Chrome extension and script injection - choose what works best for you.

Unlike manual deletion or timer-based scripts, this tool uses intelligent selector-based awaiting for optimal performance and reliability across all network conditions.

• 🎯 Smart Selection - Selector-based awaiting instead of unreliable timers
• 🔄 Auto-Scrolling - Automatically processes your entire library
• 📦 Batch Processing - Deletes up to 500 photos per batch
• 🔢 Configurable Limits - Set exactly how many photos to delete
• 💪 Resilient - Resume from where you left off if interrupted
• ⚡ Blazing Fast - Up to 25x faster than manual deletion

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/shtse8/google-photos-delete-tool.git

2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/

3. Enable Developer mode (top right)

4. Click Load unpacked → Select the chrome-extension folder

5. Navigate to Google Photos

6. Click the extension icon to start deleting! 🎉

1. Go to Google Photos

2. Open DevTools (Ctrl+Shift+I or F12)

3. Switch to the Console tab

4. Copy and paste the code from delete_photos.js

5. Press Enter to start! 🚀

_{*Actual performance varies based on network and hardware}

• Batch Size: Up to 500 photos per operation
• Success Rate: >99% with automatic retry
• Resource Usage: Low CPU/memory via smart selection
• API Efficiency: Minimized calls to avoid rate limiting

Photos Deleted (per minute)
│
500 │    ●━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Our Tool
    │   ╱
400 │  ╱
    │ ╱
300 │╱
    │    ●━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Average Script
200 │   ╱
    │  ╱
100 │ ╱
    │╱
 20 │●━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  Manual
    └────────────────────────────
     0   5   10  15  20  25  30
              Time (minutes)

• 🌐 Modern web browser (Chrome recommended)
• 🔑 Google Photos account (English version)

Block image loading for massive speed improvements:

1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar
2. Go to Site settings
3. Find Images → Select Block
4. Reload Google Photos

This dramatically reduces CPU, RAM, and network usage! 🚀

1. Navigate to Google Photos
2. Click the extension icon in your toolbar
3. Monitor progress in the console (F12 → Console tab)
4. Done! 🎉

Customize the deletion limit by editing the maxCount value:

Edit chrome-extension/content.js:

const CONFIG = {
  maxCount: 10000, // Change this number
  // ... other options
};

Then reload the extension at chrome://extensions/

Edit delete_photos.js:

const CONFIG = {
  maxCount: 10000, // Change this number
  // ... other options
};

Then use the updated script in the console.

Having issues? Try these solutions:

Still stuck? Open an issue and we'll help! 🤝

• 🛑 Use Responsibly: Always verify what you're deleting
• 💾 Backup First: Ensure important photos are backed up elsewhere
• 🔄 UI Changes: Google may update their interface, requiring script adjustments
• 🚫 Not Official: This tool is not affiliated with Google
• ⚖️ No Liability: Developers are not responsible for data loss or account issues

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

• 🐛 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest features
• 🔧 Submit pull requests
• ⭐ Star this repo if you find it useful!

MIT © Kyle Tse

See LICENSE file for details.