This extension sequentially unsends all messenges in a messenger chain.

Latest Version

Version
7.0.0
Update
October 8, 2024
Size
119KiB
Developer
Category
Users
4,000+
Rating
3.85965 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Shoot the Messenger Extension

(Buy my gf a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theahura -- I don't drink the stuff but she loves it)

If you're like me, you've been on FB Messenger for over a decade. And if you're like me, you care about privacy. I wrote this extension to clean up my digital footprint. Unlike other extensions, which only hide the messages from the user's inbox, Shoot the Messenger will remove messages from the RECEIVER'S inbox as well.

It's simple: you open a messenger thread on a desktop, press 'remove messages', and go get a coffee. While you're gone, the extension will scroll up through your messenger thread and automatically unsend every message. Unsending a message means that anyone in the thread will see 'X has unsent a message' instead of the original text of the message.

Technical details: this extension doesn't send any information to any servers, or try to reverse-engineer Facebook's messenger API. Instead, it simply simulates mouse clicks on the UI as if a user was pressing buttons.

The code can be found here: https://github.com/theahura/shoot-the-messenger/
I'll be posting updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theahura_
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Shoot the Messenger", "description": "This extension sequentially unsends all messenges in a messenger chain.", "version": "7.0.0", "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*.messenger.com/*", "https://*.messenger.com/*"], "js": ["main.js"], "run_at": "document_end" } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": ["submitSearch.js"], "matches": [""] } ], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "action": { "default_icon": "icon.png", "default_popup": "popup.html" }, "permissions": ["activeTab", "storage"], "host_permissions": [ "http://*.messenger.com/*", "https://*.messenger.com/*" ], "icons": { "128": "icon.png" }, "content_security_policy": { "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self';" }}
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User reviews

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Dragoș Nechita (ID: 000000f3872cbf2b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/19/2023 Skipping because we are in debug mode Fix it.

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Jomari Contreras (ID: 0000007f68879b65) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 07/20/2023 The extention has the tendancy to refresh the page after a certain period of time , however it does work

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Will (ID: 000000a7dc50f3bc) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/10/2023 This is an amazing tool! I was cleaning up messages from ex's and this worked like a charm. It was reasonably quick as well! Just make sure you put how many seconds/delay you would like.

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이검 (ID: 00000072f0e44ff3) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 02/14/2023 on this current day i dont think it works, i'll wait plz check it sir

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Hoàng REG (ID: 000000fd4da43f0f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/27/2023 it works smoothly - it still running tks nice tool