How to Delete a Reddit Account (2024)

FAQs

How to Delete a Reddit Account? ›

Any posts or comments you made from your deleted account stay on Reddit, but people can't see who they came from. (If you have posts or comments you'd like to remove, you need to delete them before you delete your account.)

Any posts or comments you made from your deleted account stay on Reddit, but people can't see who they came from. (If you have posts or comments you'd like to remove, you need to delete them before you delete your account.)

Visit your Account Settings and scroll down to the Delete Account section and click Delete Account. If your account was created with your Google account or Apple ID, scroll down to the Connected Accounts section and click disconnect next to the Google account or Apple ID you signed up with.

Here are a few things to check before trying to delete again: Double-check to make sure you entered your username and password correctly. If you're unsure about your password, reset it before deleting. If you're having trouble deleting on reddit.com, try deleting on old.reddit.com.

When eliminating digital distractions it's easy to just delete accounts and think they are gone, but in the case of Reddit when an account is deleted, the history stays there in the form of old comments, messages, posts.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to get back a deleted account. Once you remove your account, your username, user history, and data are permanently erased from the system, and the username cannot be used again for creating an account.

Are Deactivation and Deletion the Same? In the case of Reddit, deactivation is another name for deletion, so yes, they are the same. Reddit does not offer you the option to deactivate your account temporarily.

In Reddit's User Agreement, it says, If you stop using the Services without deactivating your Account, your Account may be deactivated due to prolonged inactivity.

It can either (a) actually get deleted or (b) get un-flagged by an admin, which means it won't be deleted. If a Reddit admin reinstates a deleted post, it could continue to show up as deleted on your profile but be searchable via a web browser, particularly if the user isn't logged in to Reddit.

How long does it take to delete a Reddit account? ›

Within less than a minute you'll have finally deleted your account, and can go back to doing things that actually mean something to you.

Because communities on Reddit are shared spaces that in many ways belong to the members of the community as much as the creator, there's no way to delete a community. However, if you created a community that you don't want anymore or don't have use for, you can remove yourself as a moderator.

Once you're logged in, go to the private message you'd like to delete and click the delete link under the message. Deleting a message through chat is slightly different and you can only delete the ones you've sent and not the ones you've received.

If the comment has at least one reply, then the username will become [deleted] (or [removed]), but the comment/content will remain. >If the comment has at least one reply, then the username will become [deleted] (or [removed]), but the comment/content will remain.

According to Reddit's privacy policy, it deletes all this data from the company's server every 100 days, except the IP address you used when you created your account. Information that stays forever on Reddit servers includes your subscriptions, preferred language, karma, voting data, and last login date.

The deleted comments are visible on the profile summary page/comments tab with the comments, but when you click into the comment you cannot see it in the context of the comment thread where it was deleted.