Is there a way to batch edit/remove favorites? My son used to use the favoriting system as a way of just indicating he liked something, but now he wants to use it more conservatively, and only for observations he wants to revisit because he liked them so much. I, too, would prefer that method. Probl…

There isn’t a way to batch edit them. Quickest way would be to open a bunch in new tabs.

the fastest way would be to get a list of observation ids and then run a bunch of DELETE /observations/{id}/unfave API requests.

quickest way for the average iNatter*

hmmm… i would assume the average iNatter could do it, if motivated enough. if i were to try to do it on a Windows machine, i would do something like this: get a list of observation IDs get a JWT construct a batch (.bat) file that looks something like this (replacing observation [IDs] and […

right, learning how to do all that as well as collecting the appropriate IDs would likely take more time for the average iNatter than opening a few dozen windows and tapping to unfave

The iNat users who even know those options exist, let alone how to use them and construct the appropriate lines of code, are in the extreme minority of users.

you know the option exists because i told you it exists, and i gave you some sample commands to handle the unfaving. whether or not someone can search forum threads and figure out how to use it all without having their hand held through the process, well, i guess that’s the deciding factor. probabl…

I’ve known the options exist for nearly a decade. That doesn’t mean I know how to use them. We were talking about the average iNat user. Forum participants are not average iNat users. I’d be completely unsurprised if the average user of of iNat is exclusively accessing the platform via the mobil…

I’m sorry, but you explained in previous posts the way that’s clear only for those who knows how to use it. Unfaving even hundres of obs is really faster than googling up every term used there.

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Thank you!

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