How to delete your Reddit account

If you're ready to say goodbye.
 By 
Meera Navlakha
 on 
A Reddit logo on a phone.

Redditors have been around for a while, witnessing the social media platform's various ups and downs. In the past year alone, Reddit has been through a lot: an IPO, AI-powered updates, API changes that resulted in major backlash...we could go on.

Many users remain loyal to the platform. But for the select few who want to delete their accounts, or simply have too many social media accounts to handle, here's a step-by-step guide on how to do it.

Note: once you delete an account, you won't be able to recover it.

How to delete a Reddit account

Total Time
  • 3-4 minutes.
What You Need
  • Reddit account

Step 1: Open Reddit on your desktop or smartphone.

Once you've opened Reddit, make sure you're logged in.

Step 2: Click on your profile picture on the top-right corner of the screen.

A screenshot of Reddit showing where the profile picture is.
Credit: Mashable screenshot

Step 3: Navigate to user settings.

This is found in the drop-down menu when you click on your profile picture.

Reddit settings shown in the dropdown menu.
Credit: Mashable screenshot

Step 4: Scroll all the way down and click "Delete account".

Reddit's settings with an arrow pointing to "delete account".
Credit: Mashable screenshot

Step 5: Enter your username and password.

You'll be asked to enter these details to proceed to the next step.

Step 6: Make sure you're sure.

Reddit will let you know that you can't recover your account once you delete it. Tick the box here.

Step 7: Click delete.

And you're done!

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Meera Navlakha

Meera is a journalist based between London and New York. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Vice, The Independent, Vogue India, W Magazine, and others. She was previously a Culture Reporter at Mashable. 

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