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Aug 26, 2018 12:26 PM
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I understand there is no option to delete my account, therefore I'd like to clear my list.

How can I do this?

Edit: no longer needed. I went through a bit of a "phase". Glad I didn't just delete my account/list back then. Though it would be nice to have a way of hiding/deleting my old cringy threads from when I was a dumb teenager that cared too much about other people's opinions *sigh* lol (:
ittou_shuraOct 14, 2020 9:03 AM
Aug 26, 2018 12:40 PM
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Just import a blank list and check the overwrite function?
I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons,
if you were you wouldn't be on MAL.
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Aug 26, 2018 12:42 PM
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Iizbakaokay said:
Just import a blank list and check the overwrite function?


1) How do I create a blank list?

2) What is overwrite function?

Thanks!
Aug 26, 2018 1:43 PM
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ittou_shura said:
Iizbakaokay said:
Just import a blank list and check the overwrite function?


1) How do I create a blank list?

2) What is overwrite function?

Thanks!
Export your list, just keep the part in <myinfo> .... </myinfo> part and then import it using this https://myanimelist.net/import.php
I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons,
if you were you wouldn't be on MAL.
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Extended families or lovers on MAL are a farce.
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Aug 27, 2018 1:33 AM
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Iizbakaokay said:
Export your list, just keep the part in <myinfo> .... </myinfo> part and then import it using this https://myanimelist.net/import.php


I did that, this is what I left and added the last line as per instructions:



But it just comes with "parsing error" or something? I tried putting that last line at the top but still doesn't work.
Aug 27, 2018 3:06 AM
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ittou_shura said:
Iizbakaokay said:
Export your list, just keep the part in <myinfo> .... </myinfo> part and then import it using this https://myanimelist.net/import.php


I did that, this is what I left and added the last line as per instructions:



But it just comes with "parsing error" or something? I tried putting that last line at the top but still doesn't work.
Ahh shit, it only works with updating anime. You can PM Serhiyko in this thread: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1270793#msg34392897
He can pass you the script in PM ;)
I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons,
if you were you wouldn't be on MAL.
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Extended families or lovers on MAL are a farce.
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Aug 27, 2018 12:08 PM
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ittou_shura said:
I understand there is no option to delete my account, therefore I'd like to clear my list.

How can I do this?
Iizbakaokay said:
ittou_shura said:


I did that, this is what I left and added the last line as per instructions:



But it just comes with "parsing error" or something? I tried putting that last line at the top but still doesn't work.
Ahh shit, it only works with updating anime. You can PM Serhiyko in this thread: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1270793#msg34392897
He can pass you the script in PM ;)

Just going to remind both of you of this message.

Aug 27, 2018 12:24 PM
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changelog_ said:
ittou_shura said:
I understand there is no option to delete my account, therefore I'd like to clear my list.

How can I do this?
Iizbakaokay said:
Ahh shit, it only works with updating anime. You can PM Serhiyko in this thread: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1270793#msg34392897
He can pass you the script in PM ;)

Just going to remind both of you of this message.

but that's what my link points at. Plus, if they're not going to allow us either account deletion or list deletion which have been in demand for quite a while, people will resort to such means. I am not promoting it, just pointing him it's possible.
I don't know why people write that they are approachable persons,
if you were you wouldn't be on MAL.
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Extended families or lovers on MAL are a farce.
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Aug 27, 2018 12:34 PM
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If it's so taxing on the servers when people try to clear their lists, why are you not allowing an option for account deletion? It can't be such a common event right?

What do I have to do to get my account deleted? This is kind of ridiculous.

Can't you ban it at least?
Aug 27, 2018 1:19 PM
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ittou_shura said:
If it's so taxing on the servers when people try to clear their lists, why are you not allowing an option for account deletion? It can't be such a common event right?

What do I have to do to get my account deleted? This is kind of ridiculous.

Can't you ban it at least?

I'm not defending the fact that not having an account deletion option is ridiculous, but what reason would you need to delete your account?
Aug 28, 2018 6:21 AM

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Okay, I think claiming that using a script to remove all entries from a server "taxes" the server is a bit lame, to be honest. I mean, how long is your list ? And, ontop of that you're just one user.... so *shakes my head*

I didn't exactly get what are ghost entries but well, if we had a way to remove multiple entries - that'd probably be fun.
Talk is cheap, show me the code.

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Sep 9, 2018 12:39 AM

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It's fine I don't need to clear my list or delete my account. Thank you for your help.
Sep 9, 2018 12:46 AM

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If you want your account deleted you can message DeNa and they will do it for you.
Sep 9, 2018 1:23 AM
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azulakina said:
Okay, I think claiming that using a script to remove all entries from a server "taxes" the server is a bit lame, to be honest. I mean, how long is your list ? And, ontop of that you're just one user.... so *shakes my head*

I didn't exactly get what are ghost entries but well, if we had a way to remove multiple entries - that'd probably be fun.

What I wrote back then was a general post telling people to be careful when using scripts. Back then we had several cases of people being banned by Crave (the previous owners of MAL before DeNA took over) because they were using scripts, including scripts that deleted the entire list. With small lists that might not be much of a problem, but if people had a few hundred entries, there was a high risk of being banned. I don't know how DeNA is handling this now, but I assume if they see an IP accessing the site many times per second/minute they will also start banning it at one point.

Ghost entries is a bug from the past (it has been fixed a long time ago). Basically when a DB entry was deleted it remained in the user lists as a ghost (not visible as list entry but it counted towards the statistics).

ittou_shura said:
It's fine I don't need to clear my list or delete my account. Thank you for your help.

The devs are developing a feature that will allow users to delete their accounts. If you can't wait that long you can request your account to be deleted by sending a message to DeNA's customer support:
https://myanimelist.net/about.php?go=support
Sep 24, 2020 6:32 PM

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@ittou_shura
It seems that it's okay to share this here on the forum right now so... I found your solution
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/382227-my-anime-list-mass-delete-button

Maybe if you change your list style to use the modern style the script will work, but I'm not sure...
If the script doesn't work let me know and I can fix it for you...
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Dec 8, 2020 6:32 PM

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hacker09 said:
@ittou_shura
It seems that it's okay to share this here on the forum right now so... I found your solution
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/382227-my-anime-list-mass-delete-button

Maybe if you change your list style to use the modern style the script will work, but I'm not sure...
If the script doesn't work let me know and I can fix it for you...
Do you have any version of this script but for the manga list? It seems like it only works for the anime list.

@hacker09 Thanks a lot!
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I've modified only 3 lines on the script, I guess that it should now work on manga lists
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iS THERE ANY WAY TO DELETE ONLY THE PTW LIST?
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Apr 11, 3:24 PM

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Better yet, use the blank XML upload https://myanimelist.net/import.php method

save the code below in a file named animelist_1712873953_-_16726746.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
		<!--
		 Created by XML Export feature at MyAnimeList.net
		 Version 1.1.0
		-->
		
		<myanimelist>
		
			<myinfo>
				<user_id>UserID</user_id>
				<user_name>username</user_name>
				<user_export_type>1</user_export_type>
				<user_total_anime>0</user_total_anime>
				<user_total_watching>0</user_total_watching>
				<user_total_completed>0</user_total_completed>
				<user_total_onhold>0</user_total_onhold>
				<user_total_dropped>0</user_total_dropped>
				<user_total_plantowatch>0</user_total_plantowatch>
			</myinfo>
		
		
			</myanimelist>
			


just change what is in bold
<user_id>UserID</user_id>
<user_name>username</user_name>

username is your MAL user name
When you are logged out go to your profile page and click on report in the right top side, the url is like https://myanimelist.net/modules.php?go=report&type=profile&id=121111, your profile id is the last numbers of the URL
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