Bulk delete shared links

Question

I just found that deleting all the shared links that accumulate over time isn't that easy. In fact, I have to click on each one's ellipsis and then click again on "Delete". Imagine the fun I had for all those files and folders.

May I suggest Dropbox made more use of the concept called "Checkbox", which is widely used in other parts of it's UI.

Dave84935 · Answer

4 years on and this still isn't a native option to the UI? 🙄

greghaygood · Answer

Here's an updated snippet of code that works with the current UI:

var list = document.querySelectorAll('#links-list .mc-popover-trigger')

for( var index = 0; index < list.length; index++ )
{
    var popup = list[index]
    popup.click()
    var deleteLink = document.querySelector('.delete-link')
    if (deleteLink) {
        deleteLink.click()
        document.getElementsByClassName( "button-primary dbmodal-button" )[0].click();
    }
}

Steve S.86 · Answer

"It's funny that..."...no it is not funny at all, it's unbelievable.

Still, as per the previous post, why is this hack even necessary???

Are there so few developers in Dropbox that there is no-one to put a "Check All" checkbox??

Are they all so busy inventing new collaborative features that no-one is asking for??

I note that in the referenced thread, the jquery version worked, but not the pure javascript version posted later, as the ids and classes appear to have changed in the page.