Reddit is an exciting social media platform with several users. Users keep the platform going by posting various content to which other users comment. Like most humans, users can have second thoughts about their comments and decide to delete them. If you have made an inexplicable error through your comment and your best approach is to delete the comment, this article can help you out.
Deleting Reddit comments
You can delete your comment through any of Reddit’s several platforms.
Deleting your comments on Reddit’s desktop website
You can either delete your comment right after you post it. In this case, you do not have to navigate around the app. However, if you want to delete a comment you made long ago, your best bet is to find all your comments on your profile and delete them there. To visit your profile, locate the dropdown icon next to your username icon at the top right corner of the screen. Clicking on the dropdown will reveal a series of links, including your “online status,” your “profile,” and a link to your avatar. Select “Your profile.”
Your profile sorts your activity on the platform into “Overview,” “Posts,” “Comments,” “Saved,” “Hidden,” “Upvoted,” “Downvoted,” “Awards Received,” And “Awards Given.” For ease, navigate to “Comments” and search for the comments you want to delete. Once you find the comment in question, look at the post options below. However, you need to click on the three-line icon after options like the comment numbers, “Reply,” and “Share.” Clicking on the icon will reveal several more options, including “delete.” Click on delete to delete the comment.
Mobile app
Unlike the desktop website, you cannot delete posts or comments in the mobile website version. However, you can on the mobile app with steps similar to the desktop version. Go to your profile by clicking on the profile icon at the top right corner of your screen. After that, click on the “My Profile” option.
When you navigate to the comments section of your profile, search for the comment you want to delete. After finding it, click on it, which will redirect you to the post under which you made the comment. Click on the three-dot icon beside “Edit” to reveal a pop-up with several other options. Find “Delete” among the options and click on it to delete the comment.
Old Reddit
The first step on the old Reddit is to locate your username at the top right corner of your screen and click on it to get to your Reddit profile. Unlike the new desktop design, the old website does not distinguish your posts from the overview, so you have to delete your posts from the overview section.
Locate the relevant post from the overview. You will find the option to delete underneath the post, among the other options in the same place. Click on it to delete the post.
If you want to take it a step further and delete your account, you can also do it in these simple steps.
Web browser
To delete your Reddit account via Reddit’s desktop website, the first step is to locate the dropdown icon next to your username icon at the top right corner of the screen. Clicking on the dropdown will reveal a series of links, including your “online status,” your profile, and a link to your avatar. Below these links is the “user settings” link.
Below these links is the “user settings” link. Clicking on user settings will take you to a page with multiple options, including “account,” “profile,” “safety and privacy,” “feed settings,” “notifications,” “subscriptions,” and “chat and messaging.” Ideally, you will arrive at the “Account” section. However, you can simply click on it if you do not come there.
When you get to the account section, scroll to the bottom of the page, and you will find the option to delete your Reddit account at the bottom center of your screen. Click on it to delete the account.
Old web design
You can also delete your Reddit account on the old Reddit website version. You start by selecting “Preferences” at the top-right corner of your screen. The window you arrive at will have several options at the top, including “option,” “apps,” “RSS,” “feeds,” “friends,” “blocked,” “password/email,” and “delete.”
Select delete to go to the relevant section. Here, you can delete your Reddit account. Reddit will ask to verify your identity to ensure that a third party is not carrying out the act. You will also check a confirmation box confirming that you know the action you intend to perform is not reversible.
Mobile app
On the Reddit mobile app, you can delete your account by clicking your image icon at the top right corner of the screen to begin. This will reveal a panel that displays “my profile,” “create a community,” and others. Click on “Settings” at the bottom of the panel.
Under settings, simply scroll to the bottom of the page, and you will find the option to delete your Reddit account. Reddit will inquire if you want to delete your account, explaining that the action is irreversible. Simply click on delete to delete your account.
Mobile website
To delete your Reddit account on the mobile website, click on the three-line icon on the top right corner of your screen. It will reveal a panel that discloses your user name, link to your inbox, coins, premium, powerups, and your communities. Under these, you will find “settings.” Clicking on this will subsequently reveal a dropdown, including “dark mode,” “ask to open app,” “language,” and “request desktop site.”
Clicking on account settings will take you to a page with multiple options, including “account,” “profile,” “safety and privacy,” “feed settings,” “notifications,” “subscriptions,” and “chat and messaging.” Ideally, you will arrive at the “Account” section. However, you can simply click on it if you do not come there.
When you get to the account section, scroll to the bottom of the page, and you will find the option to delete your Reddit account at the bottom center of your screen. Click on it to delete the account.
While people delete their accounts for several reasons, many do because they get tired of the platform. However, you can use your account as a marketing tool rather than deleting it, especially if you leverage good Reddit marketing tools. You can leverage our social listening tool, Notifier, to begin your Reddit marketing journey.