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Social users struggle to bulk-delete old posts safely

People with years of posts on Bluesky and X want to clear old content without closing their accounts, but deleting posts one by one makes large backlogs daunting. Some want to target posts by age or keyword, and some want a personal copy before deleting anything. People are also unsure whether existing cleanup tools still work.

For bluesky and X users with years of posts. Mentioned from Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky.

18 different people described this problem in 18 separate discussions.

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What people said

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  1. Is there a tool to delete any of your own posts from bluesky that are older ten a year, while also saving these post in some form on some harddrive or something
    nightowlanna.bsky.social on BlueskyNov 2024Asked for a tool
  2. I am looking to remove a bunch of old test posts, they all contain specific keywords. Is there a tool for #Bluesky that will help me do this easily rather than clicking delete on each one?
    shelbydenike.com on BlueskyDec 2024Asked for a toolHas a workaround
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