Instagram Like Activity Deleter: Automate the deletion of all your Instagram Likes from the 'Your Activity' section. Perfect for quick digital clean-up. For comments, see my other gist.

Instagram Like Activity Deleter

/**
 * Instagram Like Removal Script – Enhanced Timing (2025)
 * based on the comment activity deleter by sbolel, fixed and modified to work for likes as well
 * important: UI language must be set to English for the script to work
 *
 * WARNING: This function directly manipulates the DOM and depends on the current HTML
 *  structure of Instagram's website to work. If Instagram implements changes to the
 *  activity page layout, structure, or functionality, this script may break or cause
 *  unexpected behavior. Use at your own risk and always review code before running it.
 *
 * How to use:
 * 1. Navigate to the Instagram likes page by going to:
 *    https://www.instagram.com/your_activity/interactions/likes
 * 2. Open the developer console in your web browser:
 *    - Chrome/Firefox: Press Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option+J (Mac)
 *    - Safari: Enable the Develop menu in Safari's Advanced preferences, then press Cmd+Option+C
 * 3. Copy and paste this entire script into the console and press Enter to run it.
 *
 * to speed up the process, you can run the script simultaneously in two browser windows with one 
 * like activity sorted from newest to oldest and the other from oldest to newest
 */

;(async function () {
  const UNLIKE_BATCH_SIZE = 80
  const DELAY_BETWEEN_ACTIONS_MS = 1500
  const DELAY_BETWEEN_CHECKBOX_CLICKS_MS = 100
  const DELAY_AFTER_SELECT_CLICK_MS = 2000
  const DELAY_AFTER_ITEMS_VISIBLE_MS = 2000
  const MAX_RETRIES = 60

  const delay = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))

  const waitForElement = async (selector, timeout = 30000) => {
    const startTime = Date.now()
    while (Date.now() - startTime < timeout) {
      const element = document.querySelector(selector)
      if (element) return element
      await delay(100)
    }
    throw new Error(`Element with selector "${selector}" not found within ${timeout}ms`)
  }

  const clickElement = async (element) => {
    if (!element) throw new Error('Element not found')
    element.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' })
    element.click()
  }

  const waitForSelectButton = async () => {
    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_RETRIES; i++) {
      const buttonCount = document.querySelectorAll('[role="button"]')?.length
      if (buttonCount > 1) return
      await delay(1000)
    }
    throw new Error('Select button not found after maximum retries')
  }

  const unlikeSelectedItems = async () => {
    try {
      const unlikeButton = [...document.querySelectorAll('span')]
        .find(el => ['Unlike', 'Gefällt mir nicht mehr'].includes(el.textContent.trim()))

      if (!unlikeButton) throw new Error('Unlike button not found')
      await clickElement(unlikeButton)
      await delay(DELAY_BETWEEN_ACTIONS_MS)

      const confirmButton = await waitForElement('button[tabindex="0"]')
      await clickElement(confirmButton)
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error during like removal:', error.message)
    }
  }

  const scrollAndWaitForMoreItems = async (previousCount) => {
    window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      await delay(1000)
      const currentCount = document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Toggle checkbox"]').length
      if (currentCount > previousCount) return true
    }
    return false
  }

  const removeLikes = async () => {
    try {
      while (true) {
        const [, selectButton] = document.querySelectorAll('[role="button"]')
        if (!selectButton) throw new Error('Select button not found')

        await clickElement(selectButton)
        await delay(DELAY_AFTER_SELECT_CLICK_MS)

        let checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Toggle checkbox"]')
        if (checkboxes.length === 0) {
          const gotMore = await scrollAndWaitForMoreItems(0)
          if (!gotMore) {
            console.log('🚫 No more items to unlike.')
            break
          }
          continue
        }

        await delay(DELAY_AFTER_ITEMS_VISIBLE_MS)

        for (let i = 0; i < Math.min(UNLIKE_BATCH_SIZE, checkboxes.length); i++) {
          await clickElement(checkboxes[i])
          await delay(DELAY_BETWEEN_CHECKBOX_CLICKS_MS)
        }

        await delay(DELAY_BETWEEN_ACTIONS_MS)
        await unlikeSelectedItems()
        await delay(DELAY_BETWEEN_ACTIONS_MS)
        await waitForSelectButton()
        await delay(DELAY_BETWEEN_ACTIONS_MS)
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error in removeLikes:', error.message)
    }
  }

  // Start script
  try {
    await removeLikes()
    console.log('✅ All likes removed or none left.')
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Fatal error:', error.message)
  }
})()