Reddit is an amazing forum-like platform that can be used to share your views. Whether it be anime, tech, movies, politics, or anything you like in specific; Reddit has it for you. While Reddit can be a great source of knowledge for some, others might not find it intriguing. In such cases, it’s best to delete your Reddit account that you have.
If you are wondering how to delete your Reddit account, then you need not worry. We will guide you through the steps required to deactivate or delete your Reddit account.
Things to Remember Before Deleting Reddit Account
There are a few things that you need to remember before deleting your Reddit account. We’ll explain them further.
Reddit’s deactivation/deletion of the account is permanent. Once deleted, your account will be completely vanished from Reddit along with your username.
Albeit, the posts, and comments published on Reddit will remain there. However, your username will not be associated with those comments, posts, and messages too. As a result, no one will know the person behind the posts or comments since they’ll be completely stripped of their attribution.
WARNING: Once you deactivate/delete your Reddit account, there’s no going back. You can’t delete your old posts and comments after deactivating your Reddit account. So make sure to delete your posts and comments before deleting your Reddit profile.
Should You Delete Posts and Comments on Your Reddit Account Before Deletion?
It is definitely recommended to delete your posts and comments completely before leaving Reddit as a preliminary measure. Even if you decide not to delete your posts and comments, it is entirely fine. It is fine until and unless those posts and comments don’t contain any of your personal information.
If it contains any personal information like your name, address, email, or anything else, then it is more likely to delete them. Also, it is not recommended to share your personal information publicly on the internet. However, if you want to delete the posts and comments on Reddit, the guide below will help you to do so.
How to Delete Posts and Comments on Reddit
Before deactivating or deleting your Reddit profile, it is best to consider removing the comments and posts that you did. It becomes especially important if you mentioned any personal details over the subreddits or comments on posts. Here are the steps you need to follow to delete posts and comments on your Reddit account.
Once you are done with the process of deleting the posts and comments, you can proceed to delete your Reddit account.
- Log in to your Reddit account.
- Click your name located on the top-right and select the “Profile” option from the drop-down menu.
- On the top of the page, click the Posts option to view your posts. If you want to see your comments, click on the Comments option.
- Go through the list of posts/comments and choose the one that you want to delete. Once you find the post/comment, click on the “···” button next to the post.
- From the drop-down menu, select the Delete option.
- Click on the Delete Post/Comment option to confirm the deletion.
- Repeat the same process, if you have multiple posts to delete.
How to Delete Your Reddit Account
To delete your Reddit account permanently, follow the steps mentioned below.
WARNING: Once you deactivate/delete your Reddit account, there’s no going back. You can’t delete your old posts and comments after deactivating your Reddit account. So make sure to delete your posts and comments before deleting your Reddit account permanently.
- Log in to your Reddit account that you want to delete.
- Click on your name located on the top-right corner. From the drop-down menu, select the User Settings option.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on the Deactivate Account option in red.
- Reddit will ask you for optional feedback (the reason for deleting your account). You need to fill it in since it’s optional.
- After that, provide your username and password.
- Then click the “I understand that deactivated accounts are not recoverable” checkbox.
- Afterward, click on the Deactivate option.
- Reddit will ask you for permission one last time. If you are affirmative, go ahead and click on the Deactivate button.
- Your Reddit account is now permanently deleted.
Once done, you have successfully deleted your Reddit account permanently.
Your Reddit Account is Now Deleted Permanently
We hope that the above guide led you to delete your Reddit account seamlessly. You might have your own reasons for deleting your Reddit account. These days social media has been quite addictive in nature. If you use Reddit to gain knowledge or discuss something interesting and funny with people then and now, it’s completely fine.
If you feel Reddit has become addictive, you can always take a step back and block the website until you don’t feel addictive. Moreover, you have got YouTube to go through when you want to stay away from your Reddit account.
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