Sorted it so you can delete submissions as well now. Changed date in config file

shreddit

@@ -19,25 +19,34 @@ r = reddit.Reddit(user_agent="Shreddit-PRAW")
 r.login()
 
 if verbose:
-	print "Logged in as %s" % r.user
+    print "Logged in as %s" % r.user
 
 before_time = datetime.now() - timedelta(days=days)
 
 if verbose:
-	print "Deleting messages before %s" % before_time
+    print "Deleting messages before %s" % before_time
 
 whitelist = [y.strip().lower() for y in whitelist.split(',')]
 
 if verbose:
-	print "Keeping messages from subreddits %s" % ', '.join(whitelist)
+    print "Keeping messages from subreddits %s" % ', '.join(whitelist)
+
+delete_whitelist = ('comments', 'submitted')
+if item not in delete_whitelist:
+	raise Exception("Your deletion section is wrong")
 
 things = []
 if item == "comments":
     things = r.user.get_comments(limit=None, sort=sort)
-elif item == "submissions":
-    things = r.user.get_submissions(limit=None, sort=sort)
+elif item == "submitted":
+    things = r.user.get_submitted(limit=None, sort=sort)
 
 for thing in things:
+    if item == "submitted":
+        if verbose:
+            print thing
+        thing.delete()
+        continue
     if str(thing.subreddit).lower() in whitelist:
         continue
     now_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(thing.created)

shreddit.cfg

@@ -3,23 +3,24 @@
 [main]
 
 # How many days of comments you want to keep
-days = 7
+days = 2
 
 # Options: new, top, controversial, more?
 sort = new
 
 # Enables print statements to notify you of what's going on
-verbose = True
+verbose = False
 
 # Removes your vote before deleting the item
 clear_vote = False
 
-# Options: comments, submissions
+# Options: comments, sumbitted, overview
+# See: https://github.com/mellort/reddit_api/blob/master/reddit/objects.py#L359
 # Deletes either everything you've submitted
 # or every comment in your history.
-item = comments
+item = submitted
 
 # Anything in this list won't be deleted, coma delimited
 # spaces should work as .strip() is called after splitting
 # on comma.
-whitelist = AskScience, TheCulture, redditdev, sysadmin, programming
+whitelist = AskScience, TheCulture, redditdev, programming