How do I mass delete spam (>19K)
 
   
  
 
 
I have more than 19000 spam messages. I could delete 50 at a time, but I have to imagine there is a faster way. 
 
 
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Are these spam posts (questions, answers, comments) or spam profiles?

I have been deleting thousands of spam profiles one by one on Ask Sage.

Thousands of spam profiles would also need to be removed from Ask Askbot, see

- [Ask Askbot profiles, newest first](https://askbot.org/en/users/?sort=newest)

Cleaning up spam profiles one by one makes you long for

- improved spam profile detection

- easier mass blocking of spam profiles

It would also be nice to be able to federate the efforts across Askbot-powered websites.

See this related question by @Evgeny:

- [Ask Askbot question 7893: Suggestions for antispam measures?](https://askbot.org/en/question/7893)
 
 
 slelievre's avatar slelievre (4 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
@Evgeny, please can we have markdown formatting active for comments here on Ask Askbot?
 
 
 slelievre's avatar slelievre (4 years ago)   
 
 
  
 
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