Imgur delete anonymous upload (Greenshot)

Question

Need your help... thanks to Greenshot a missclick is sufficient to post a picture online to Imgur. (I did...and now I want to delete it) the picture has been posted using anonymous mode.

Because I didn't post it manually I do not have the delete link, but I have the deleteHash (15 alphanum-character).

I know there is formular to ask to delete the picture. But I would like to delete it myself.

In the plugin history I found a delete button which tell me the picture has been deleted from Imgur but the picture is still there.

I tried this : http://imgur.com/delete/ABCDEFghi01abcd but its tells me "This isn't a valid image link! Go on, get out of here!"

I tried this :

  <form action="https://api.imgur.com/3/image/ABCDEFghi01abcd" method="DELETE
  <p><input type="submit" value="OK"></p>
  </form>

but I got this :

{"data":{"error":"Authentication required","request":"\/3\/image\/ABCDEFghi01abcd","method":"GET"},"success":false,"status":401}

(BTW how do we send a DELETE method ? it seems ignored and sent a GET instead...)

maybe the deleteHash code given by Greenshot is wrong ?

Any idea ?

Sew

Answer 1

This problem with greenshot still persists in 2022.

I just had the same problem and I wanted to contribute my sufferings here.

Here are the steps to get the delete hash and how to use it:

1. Go to C:\Users{yourusername}\AppData\Roaming\Greenshot\Greenshot.ini andopen the file using notepad or any text editor
2. Look for 'Imgur', and you should find "Imgur upload history" which lists all the images you've uploaded and their deleteHash
3. The deletehash is a 15 alpha-numerical characters that appear following the "=" symbol
4. Go to imgur.com/delete/{deletehash} and you will see a prompt asking if you want to delete the picture permanently

Safekeeping

Still works. Although the ini key is now ImgurUploadHistory.<hash> (just search for ImgurUploadHistory; the hash will be different for each uploaded file) – Cony

Thanks a lot dude you're the best – Hautegaronne

is there any trick to deactivate this imgur button from Green shot ? – Hautegaronne

@Hautegaronne - you can configure the Imgur Plugin (Edit > Preferences > Plugins > Imgur Plugin > Configure) in Greenshot to not "Use anonymous access". Uncheck "Use anonymous access". – Propaganda

And here's how to disable the plugin so you don't have any more accidental uploads: getgreenshot.org/faq/… – Husch

Answer 2

For those of you facing the same issue specifically with Greenshot, in the current version (1.2.10 as of 10th Dec 2018) there's an easier solution:

In the taskbar/system tray click on the Greenshot icon, then select Imgur > History and you can see a list of images uploaded there and a button to delete them. I verified this by comparing with the solution of Michel Jiang.

Determiner

We're not supposed to thank people here really, but thank you! – Umbel

Answer 3

This should work if you pull the deleteHash from the history of the imgur plugin through Greenshot, then if you enter imgur.com/delete/{deleteHashHere} it should prompt you with the 'are you sure you want to delete y/n?' page.

Demand

This is much easier. Gives you a nice GUI to manage all your uploads. – Cony