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‎README.md‎

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-[How to Use Regular Expressions in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/work-with-regular-expressions-in-python). ([code](python-standard-library/regular-expressions))
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-[Logging in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/logging-in-python). ([code](python-standard-library/logging))
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-[How to Make a Chat Application in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/make-a-chat-room-application-in-python). ([code](python-standard-library/chat-application))
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-[How to Delete Emails in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/deleting-emails-in-python). ([code](python-standard-library/deleting-emails))
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-###[Using APIs](https://www.thepythoncode.com/topic/using-apis-in-python)
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-[How to Automate your VPS or Dedicated Server Management in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/automate-veesp-server-management-in-python). ([code](general/automating-server-management))
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#[How to Delete Emails in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/deleting-emails-in-python)
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To run this:
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- Change`username` and`password` for real email credentials, edit the`imap.search()` line for your use case and run`delete_emails.py`:
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```
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python delete_emails.py
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```
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importimaplib
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importemail
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fromemail.headerimportdecode_header
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# account credentials
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username="youremailaddress@provider.com"
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password="yourpassword"
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# create an IMAP4 class with SSL
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imap=imaplib.IMAP4_SSL("imap.gmail.com")
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# authenticate
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imap.login(username,password)
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# select the mailbox I want to delete in
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# if you want SPAM, use imap.select("SPAM") instead
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imap.select("INBOX")
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# search for specific mails by sender
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status,messages=imap.search(None,'FROM "googlealerts-noreply@google.com"')
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# to get all mails
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# status, messages = imap.search(None, "ALL")
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# to get mails by subject
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# status, messages = imap.search(None, 'SUBJECT "Thanks for Subscribing to our Newsletter !"')
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# to get mails after a specific date
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# status, messages = imap.search(None, 'SINCE "01-JAN-2020"')
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# to get mails before a specific date
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# status, messages = imap.search(None, 'BEFORE "01-JAN-2020"')
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# convert messages to a list of email IDs
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messages=messages[0].split(b' ')
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formailinmessages:
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_,msg=imap.fetch(mail,"(RFC822)")
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# you can delete the for loop for performance if you have a long list of emails
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# because it is only for printing the SUBJECT of target email to delete
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forresponseinmsg:
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ifisinstance(response,tuple):
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msg=email.message_from_bytes(response[1])
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# decode the email subject
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subject=decode_header(msg["Subject"])[0][0]
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ifisinstance(subject,bytes):
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# if it's a bytes type, decode to str
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subject=subject.decode()
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print("Deleting",subject)
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# mark the mail as deleted
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imap.store(mail,"+FLAGS","\\Deleted")
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# permanently remove mails that are marked as deleted
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# from the selected mailbox (in this case, INBOX)
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imap.expunge()
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# close the mailbox
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imap.close()
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# logout from the account
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imap.logout()

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