Python script to delete emails from a specific sender at gmail

delete_email.py

#coding: utf-8
import imaplib
import sys

'''
Simple script that delete emails from a given sender
params:
-username: Gmail username
-pw: gmail pw
-label: If you have a label that holds the emails, specify here
-sender: the target sender you want to delete

usage: python delete_emails.py username='[email protected]' pw='bla' label='e-commerce' sender='[email protected]'

see http://stackoverflow.com/a/5366205 for mode details

'''

args = dict([arg.split('=') for arg in sys.argv[1:]])

print("Logging into GMAIL with user %s\n" % args['username'])
server = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com')
connection_message = server.login(args['username'], args['pw'])
print(connection_message)

if args.get('label'):
    print("Using label: %s" % args['label'])
    server.select(args['label'])
else:
    print("Using inbox")
    server.select("inbox")

print("Searching emails from %s" % args['sender'])
result_status, email_ids = server.search(None, '(FROM "%s")' % args['sender'])
email_ids = email_ids[0].split()

if len(email_ids) == 0:
    print("No emails found, finishing...")

else:
    print("%d emails found, sending to trash folder..." % len(email_ids))
    server.store('1:*', '+X-GM-LABELS', '\\Trash')
    server.expunge()

print("Done!")

Not working. With correct email id and password, it is failing.

Deletes everything when not provided with a label.

Not working. With correct email id and password, it is failing.

You need to go to your google account settings and enable 'less secure app access'

Deletes everything when not provided with a label.

Change line 42 to

for email_id in email_ids:
    server.store(email_id, '+X-GM-LABELS', '\\Trash')

Thank you