Frees up space by mass-deleting old, unpinned files in Slack channels and DM's.
Download the slack_delete.py file and cd into it's directory.
python3 slack_delete.py --token <your-slack-token>
Replace <your-slack-token> with the API token found here.
[*] Fetching file list..
Filename2.jpg is pinned to #general.
Filename1.pdf is pinned to a private direct message.
3 unpinned files.
[*] Delete the unpinned files? (y/n): y
Confirm if you want to delete the unpinned files by typing y or n.
[*] Deleting files older than 30 days ...
1 of 3 - F8R1W9P7S True
2 of 3 - F9R1X8P7S True
3 of 3 - F7R1W9P7Z True
[*] Done
The sript will show you each file_id and whether or not the file could be deleted.
Set the script to delete files older than <number-of-days> days.
The default is to delete unpinned files over 30 days old.
--days <number-of-days>
Set the script to delete a maximum of <max-number-of-files> at one time.
The default is to delete a maximum of 1000 files.
--count <max-number-of-files>