How to delete your Reddit account (2024)

Reddit can be a great social media platform if you want to explore niche hobbies with a certain degree of anonymity. The app lets you dig deeper into varied topics, share content, and interact with a diverse community online. Not only that, Reddit users often provide resources, ideas, or product advice. You can access Reddit across multiple devices, whether you use an Android phone, a laptop, or a cheap Chromebook.

Your experience can be frustrating if you engage in useless arguments or waste time doomscrolling through Reddit. Consider deleting it for your mental health. We show you how to delete your Reddit account.

Before deleting your Reddit account

Before we describe the steps necessary to delete your Reddit account, there are a few things to keep in mind.

Deleting your account doesn't remove any of your Reddit posts. They remain on the platform under a generic "deleted user" profile name. Reddit has a handy guide with FAQs to help you delete your posts and other Reddit data before closing your account.

If you're a Reddit Premium member, you must cancel your subscription before deleting your account. If you don't, contact Reddit's customer support to avoid paying a subscription for a non-existent Reddit account.

You'll need your Reddit username and password to confirm the deletion of your Reddit account, so make sure you remember them before you initiate the process.

How to cancel Reddit Premium

The process of canceling your Reddit Premium subscription varies according to your mode of payment. We list the steps for subscriptions purchased with a credit card, PayPal, Google Play, and Apple ID.

• Credit card or PayPal: Open User Settings and navigate to the Subscriptions section to cancel Reddit Premium.
• Google Play: Open Google Play and tap your profile in the upper-right corner. Select Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions. Select Reddit Premium to cancel it.
• Apple ID: Open the Apple App Store and head to the Manage Subscriptions section. Select Reddit Premium from the list of subscriptions and cancel it.

How to delete your posts on Reddit

Here's how to delete your Reddit post:

1. Log in to Reddit.
2. Tap your profile in the upper-right corner.
3. Select the Posts section.
4. Choose the post you want to delete and tap the three dots.
5. Tap Delete.

   

   

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How to delete your comments on Reddit

Here's how to delete your Reddit comment:

1. Log in to Reddit.
2. Tap your profile in the upper-right corner.
3. Select the Comments section.
4. Choose the comment you want to delete and tap the three dots.

   

   

5. Tap Delete.

   

All set? Let's get that Reddit account deleted.

How to delete your Reddit account

You can delete your Reddit account from desktop web browsers or via the Reddit app for Android and iOS devices.

Delete Reddit from the browser

Here's how to delete a Reddit account using a computer's web browser:

1. Open your web browser of choice (we use Firefox in this guide, but Chrome, Brave, and most other browsers will do).
2. Type reddit.com in your web browser's search bar to go to the Reddit website.
3. After opening Reddit's main page, click your profile picture in the upper-right corner to open the drop-down menu.

   

4. Click User Settings.

   

5. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the Delete Account section and click Delete Account.

   

6. A popup window opens. Enter your username and password, tick the checkbox to acknowledge your data is not recoverable, and click Delete.

   

7. Optional: If you created your Reddit account using Google or Apple ID credentials, locate the Connected Accounts section in account settings and click disconnect next to the Google account or Apple ID you used to sign up. If you never set up a password, you must do it before deleting your account.

   

Delete Reddit from the mobile app

Here's how to delete Reddit from your Android phone:

1. Log in to your Reddit account.
2. Tap your profile picture in the upper-right corner.
3. Select Settings.
4. Tap Account settings.

   

   

5. Scroll down and select Delete account.
6. Select Yes, delete.

   

   

Here's how to delete Reddit from your iPhone:

1. Log in to your Reddit account.
2. Tap your profile picture in the upper-right corner.
3. Select Settings.
4. Scroll down and select Delete account.

   

   

What happens to your profile after you delete your Reddit account?

All your profile details, including your post and comment history, avatar, and karma, are dissociated from your username when you delete your Reddit account. Other users can't trace the origin of your content. When someone clicks your profile with a direct link, they receive a message indicating that the account was deleted.

Starting over again

You may wonder what to do with your free time now that you've deleted your account. If you're missing the social media platform, consider these Reddit alternatives. If you want to start over with a new Reddit account, read our guide on how to create a Reddit profile.