How to delete a Reddit account?

Reddit is a social news website and forum where content is socially selected and promoted by site members through voting. A platform where users add all kinds of content (photos, gifs, links, etc.). In this article, we show you how to delete your Reddit account.

Reddit membership registration is free and it is mandatory to use the basic features of the website. There are also forums where users share news or comment on other users’ posts.

It was created in 2005 by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman with the help of YCombinator and has more than 320 million users.

How does Reddit work?

On Reddit users can upvote and downvote other users, depending on the trends and content they upload. It is a place where the online reputation is important.

If many users upvote a post, it will rise in popularity and users logging into Reddit will see that post as featured.

Any user with a Reddit account can create a subreddit on a topic they like, such as automotive, or they can make one that is more specific.

Please note that you can not put any personal private data, either location, or credit card, … because it will lead to a direct ban. Double-posting videos or spamming is also prohibited.

Things to consider before deleting your Reddit account:

• No user may create an account with the same nickname as another person, whether it is a current user or an account that has already been deleted.
• At the moment, you cannot download the data you have on Reddit.
• Reddit is not going to close the account temporarily but, if deleted, it will be gone forever. Comments and post content will remain visible to everyone else and the creator of those comments will appear as [deleted] unless the author deletes those comments first.

How to delete a Reddit account?

After these small clarifications, let’s show you how you can delete a Reddit account.

1. Log in to the Reddit account you are going to delete.
2. Click on the profile picture at the top right with a down arrow and then go to where it says “User Settings”.
3. Once inside, go to account and at the bottom will be Deactivate account in red.
4. When you click on “Deactivate account” a window will appear with a brief summary of what will happen.
5. You will have to enter your username and password and then click on the little box below to make the account unrecoverable.
6. Finally, click on Deactivate.

Now you know how to delete a Reddit account. If you don’t want to delete your account from the platform, but simply want to remove a message you have posted in the past that is no longer available, here’s how to delete a message on Reddit.

If you have any doubts or questions, please do not hesitate to leave us a comment. We will get back to you as soon as possible.