When you’ve gotten used to posting on Reddit, it’s easy to go down the rabbit hole and start posting and commenting everywhere. If and when you want to delete your account, however, it can be difficult to delete everything you’ve posted. When you delete your account, all your posts and comments remain on the forum unless you delete them manually. Let’s learn how to delete your Reddit account, as well as how to delete all of your posts and comments.
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To delete your Reddit account, go to user settings and scroll down. Click delete account, then enter your username and password. Click delete When you are sure that you want to delete your account.
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how to delete your reddit account
desktop
Go to reddit.com and log in to your account. Click on your profile picture in the top right.
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make sure you are on account Tab in User Settings.
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Scroll down, then click delete account,
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Feather We’re sorry to see you go page, you can enter your reason for leaving Help make reddit better box. Enter your account username and password in verify your identity section, then click the checkbox next to I understand that deleted accounts are not recoverable,
If you haven’t already, you should make sure you delete all of your posts and comments. Otherwise, even if you delete your account, your old posts and comments will remain on the platform for others to see—and possibly take advantage of.
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You will get one final warning on this delete account pop up. Click delete To finish deleting your Reddit account.
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Android and iOS
To be clear, there is no way to delete your Reddit account from the mobile app. This is not possible at this time because of the way they have structured account deletion. What you can do, however, is use your mobile browser to emulate the desktop process.
Go to reddit.com in your smartphone’s mobile browser. Tap the menu icon in the top right that looks like three horizontal lines: a long middle line above and a short line below it.
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How to Delete All Reddit History at Once (Chrome Extension)
Usually, when you delete a social media account, your content goes with you. However, due to the nature of how posts and comments work on Reddit, all of your content will remain on the platform even after you delete your account.
If you want to delete all of your posts and comments when you delete your account, you’ll need to do it manually—unless you’re a Google Chrome user. If you don’t use Chrome, you’ll need to go to your Reddit history and delete every comment and post you publish.
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Nuke Reddit History is a Chrome extension that allows you to delete all your comments and posts on Reddit in one go. Let’s learn how to use it.
How to Use Nuke Reddit History
Visit the Chrome Web Store page for Nuke Reddit History. Click add to chrome, Go through all the steps and give the extension all the necessary permissions.
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Now, just go back to Reddit. Make sure the extension is pinned, then click its icon in the pinned extension next to your address bar. choosing Overwrite and delete all my comments To edit the extension and scrub all your comments, then delete them. choosing delete all my posts extension to delete all your Reddit posts at once.
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