Reddit is one of the largest internet sites which has great communities to join in and discuss something in. But, if you want to quit using Reddit and removes all your traces on the site, you can that easily. Here’s how to delete your Reddit account on mobile and PC.
Reddit has issues, just like other popular platforms out there. It has some controversial communities that influence the election. Once, the company enabled the tracking of the users and allow third parties to use the tracking data.
As a Redditor, you can’t opt-out of any of its privacy policies or terms of use as long as you are registered. This means, there is no other way to protect your privacy other than deleting your Reddit account.
If you don’t like Reddit and would like to remove your traces inside the website, you can delete your Reddit account. But, in addition before doing so, you have to manually delete all of your posts and comments since deleting your account doesn’t delete your posts and comments altogether.
You can delete your Reddit account easily using Reddit’s site on a PC or mobile web browser. Currently, there’s no way to remove a Reddit account on its official smartphone app.
How to delete your Reddit account on PC
Simply open the Reddit website on your PC’s browser to delete your Reddit account. Login to your account.
Then click your profile picture along with your Reddit username (which is a drop-down menu) at the top-right corner, and then click the User Settings option.
Here, scroll down until the bottom of the page, or until you see the “Deactivate account” button. Click that button to delete your Reddit account.
You will be prompted with a message. You may need to enter your username and your password again to confirm. Checkmark “I understand that deactivated accounts are not recoverable”. Click Deactivate.
Click Deactivate to confirm.
Now, you’ve deleted your Reddit account.
How to remove a Reddit account on the mobile
On a mobile browser, you can do the same by visiting the Reddit website, logging into your account, then tap your profile picture at the right-top. Choose User Settings.
Scroll down until you see the “Deactivate account” button. Click it to permanently delete your Reddit account.
Then, tap the same button again to confirm to finally deactivate your Reddit account.
Reddit, just like any platform out there, has issues and you may not like it. You can quit using Reddit and removing your traces from the website by deleting your posts and comments manually, then deleting your account using the above methods.
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