Short Deno script to clear "Ghost Notifications", inspired by https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/6874?sort=new#discussioncomment-14481784. Requires the GH CLI, and Deno v2+. Edit the dates and repostories to clear notifications for before running.

delete-ghost-notifications.sh

deno run delete-ghost-notifications.ts

# Run with -A flag to disable permission checks
deno run -A delete-ghost-notifications.ts

delete-ghost-notifications.ts

import { $ } from 'jsr:@david/dax@0.43.2';
import type { GetResponseDataTypeFromEndpointMethod } from 'npm:@octokit/types@15.0.0';
import type { Octokit } from 'npm:@octokit/rest@22.0.0';

type Notifications = GetResponseDataTypeFromEndpointMethod<
  InstanceType<typeof Octokit>['activity']['listNotificationsForAuthenticatedUser']
>;

// UPDATE THESE BEFORE RUNNING
const PAGE = 1;
const SINCE = '2025-09-01T00:00:00Z';
const TO_REMOVE = new Set([
  'lido-fi-staking/lido-finance',
]);

// Token via `gh` CLI
const token = await $`gh auth token`.text();

const headers = new Headers({
  Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
  Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
  'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
});

const deleteNotificationUrls = [];

{
  console.log('\nFetching notifications...');
  const res = await fetch(
    `https://api.github.com/notifications?all=true&since=${SINCE}&page=${PAGE}`,
    { headers },
  );
  const notifications: Notifications = await res.json();

  for (const n of notifications) {
    if (TO_REMOVE.has(n.repository.full_name)) {
      deleteNotificationUrls.push(n.url);
      console.log(`Added ${n.repository.full_name} (${n.id}) to delete list: "${n.subject.title}"`);
    }
  }
}

console.log('\nDeleting notifications...');
for (const url of deleteNotificationUrls) {
  const res = await fetch(url, { method: 'DELETE', headers });
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to DELETE notification with URL: ${url}`);

  console.log(`Successfully deleted notification with URL: ${url}`);
}

console.log('\nDone!');