I needed to delete all the items from my Amazon saved for later list and just found a way to do it!. The Amazon saved for later option is great until you realize that you have hundreds of items in there. To my surprise, Amazon will only allow you to individually remove each item. As this could take forever, I have put together some instructions below on how to delete all the items from Amazon saved for later list.
How to delete all the items from Amazon saved for later list
As this guide to removing all the items from the saved for later list is complicated please go slow and if you have any problems ask in the comments below as I would be happy to help you!
- Open the browser
- Navigate to Amazon.co.uk
- Log in to your account
- Click the Amazon shopping basket in the top right corner (as shown below)
- Scroll down to display the Saved for later items
- Click any blank area of the webpage
- Press CTRL + SHIFT + J (This will display the developer console on the right-hand side of the page as shown below.)
- Copy the below code by highlighting with the mouse and then pressing Ctrl + C
//Techsnail is happy to help
function deleteSavedItems() {
var query = document.querySelectorAll(“#sc-saved-cart input[value=Delete]”)
if (query.length) {
query[0].click();
}
if (query.length > 5) {
setTimeout(deleteSavedItems,100);
}
else {
console.log(‘Finished’);
}
}
deleteSavedItems();
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- Then paste the copied code above into the white text box on the developer console. To do this click the white text box and press Ctrl + V
- It should look like the image below.
- Press Enter to run the code and the items should start to disappear.
If this doesn’t work on the first try it is because copy and pasting the code renders quotes that are ASCII characters which are not correct. You’ll have to paste the code into the Console, then replace the quotes (4 of them) with quotes from your keyboard.
Use ‘ <– next to the Enter key.
The above tip was from Scott in the comments below.
Further information on how to delete all the items from Amazon saved for later list
- If this fails to delete all the items from Amazon saved for later list in one go then please repeat the process. To do this repaste the code into the white text window and press enter again
- Please note that this method will only delete items that are visible on the screen. Scroll down the page to make more items visible and it will delete more items.
- Amazon provides guidance on how to remove posts from the saved for later list which can be found by clicking here.
Can I delete just one item from the Amazon saved for later list?
Yes, of course. To do this you simply scrolled to the item you wish to remove and select the word delete from below the item.
What is the Amazon saved for later List for?
The saved for later list is a holding area where Amazon allows you to store items that you are interested in but are not currently ready to purchase. When you are ready to purchase the item click Move to Basket and the item will be repositioned in your basket ready for checkout.
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Chris, you are so awesome for sharing this, I’m beyond unfamiliar with things like tweaking a script, or the developer console (except when I accidently open it on a page and start swearing). I had 12-15 years of items in Saved For Later, you just saved me HOURS of precious time- I was able to clear it in well under an hour. Thank you, thank you!
Lifesaver!
Full Disclosure- I’m not very computer savvy.
I’m not sure what I did wrong, but it would only delete chunks at a time (i had to keep pasting the code and hitting return while it deleted anywhere from 6 to 30 items at a time) – It took a while(I had over 500 items in my “save for later” but it WORKS! I now have an empty ‘save for later’ – so Thank you!
Unfortunately, this doesn’t work. I get a syntax error each time I try this, even with the corrections other people have listed. “VM478:3 Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token.”
Any additional help would be apprecited.
Had to replace the quote and double quote in Notepad, and it worked! Thank you!
yea didnt work but I corrected the code
function deleteSavedItems() {
var query = document.querySelectorAll(`#sc-saved-cart input[value=Delete]`)
if (query.length) {
query[0].click();
}
if (query.length > 5) {
setTimeout(deleteSavedItems,100);
}
}
deleteSavedItems();
I felt like a hacker doing this. Had to correct the code like you said.
//Techsnail is happy to help
function deleteSavedItems() {
var query = document.querySelectorAll(“#sc-saved-cart input[value=Delete]”)
if (query.length) {
query[0].click();
}
if (query.length > 5) {
setTimeout(deleteSavedItems,100);
}
else {
console.log(‘Finished’);
}
}
deleteSavedItems();
My saved items had been accumulating for over 10 years – there was over a thousand items in there! You’re a lifesaver!
“No items in saved for later.”
What a BEAUTIFUL thing to see. Thank you, thank you!
This was so amazing to come across! It worked for me on my macbook air in the Chrome browser. I also had to change all the marks of ” and ‘ from my own keyboard to ‘
I didn’t get that at first but it worked after that!
and it doesn’t only delete the visible, it goes on and on. slowly. one at a time………
finally worked, only after i transfered the code to a word document, changed the ‘ for ‘, and pasted it into amazon, and again changed the ‘ to ‘.. as long as this works. thanks genius!
Remove the unnecessary else statement to get the script working.
//Techsnail is happy to help
function deleteSavedItems() {
var query = document.querySelectorAll(‘#sc-saved-cart input[value=Delete]’)
if (query.length) {
query[0].click();
}
if (query.length > 5) {
setTimeout(deleteSavedItems,100);
}
}
deleteSavedItems();
I got Syntax error
I don’t see any quotes in the code what am I supposed to replace?
I want to delete all the items in my basket, but it won’t remove anything.
You stated to delete items from “saved items” to click the delete button below. Now I admit I’m not the brightest bulb in the house but when I scroll to each item on the “saved items” list I’m not seeing any delete button. What am I missing?
Doesn’t work. Just says Uncaught Syntax error. I tried replacing the quotations it still didn’t work for me. Guessing this is no longer applicable.
Hi Ben, please make sure you are using Chrome and then if it doesn’t work “You’ll have to paste the code into the Console, then replace the quotes (4 of them) with quotes from your keyboard.
Use ‘ <– next to the Enter key." Tip from Scott below. All the best Chris
Thank you so so much. Worked perfectly once I had worked out that it doesn’t work using Firefox, so switched to Chrome & also changed all the quotes as directed.
Is it possible to move all the items to a list?
Worked great! Just had to change all quotation 4 marks to ( ‘ )
Thanks for making this!
Thank you, Ilya. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I received an email response regarding this post. Asking if you did not want to delete the entire list but wanted to remove lots of items without having to start from the beginning each time.
The only thing I could think of was this. Open the ‘saved for later’ list and instead of deleting items you don’t want. Move the items you do want to the basket and then delete the saved for later list. Then you can go to your basket and re-save the items for later.
I have not tried this but in principle, it should work.
If this doesn’t work on first try it is because copy and pasting the code renders quotes that are ASCII characters which are not correct. You’ll have to paste the code into the Console, then replace the quotes (4 of them) with quotes from your keyboard.
Use ‘ <– next to the Enter key.
Thanks to the author for this tip
Great tip Scott, thanks for sharing.
What is the coďe?
It didnt work out with me ?
Sorry to hear that Sama – So that I may help you further please advise which part did not work?