Deleting all of your activity on Reddit might just be a good idea instead of deactivating or deleting your Reddit account because you might have to subscribe to all subreddits once again. While the process is easy, it isn’t as straightforward as using an in-built setting. Having said that, we’ve broken down this process so that you find it easy, so let’s begin.
What Happens After you Delete Posts and Comments on Reddit
Once you delete a post or a comment on Reddit, it won’t be visible to anyone else on Reddit. However, people can still see the title of the post, but not the contents or the username of the original poster. What about the Karma points earned if you may ask? Nope, you still get to keep all the earned Karma points even if you delete posts and comments! Here’s how a deleted post looks on Reddit. The title is visible, but the contents under the heading or the username will not be shown. However, people can still read all the comments made under the post, and people can still search for the post on Reddit. Here’s what a deleted comment looks like on Reddit. It just says ‘Comment deleted by user’ without any further information. However, replies to the deleted comment will still be visible. And once you delete all Reddit posts and comments, they will not be visible on your timeline. Now that we are aware of what happens after you delete posts and comments on Reddit, let’s look at how to delete them.
How to Permanently Delete Reddit Posts
We’ll show you how to delete a Reddit post individually, then proceed to delete all Reddit posts at once.
Method 1: Delete Reddit Posts Individually
Step 1: Open Reddit and tap on your profile icon. Step 2: Tap on Profile. Step 3: Tap on Posts in the toolbar. Step 4: Open a post you wish to delete and tap on the three-dot icon. Step 5: Tap on Delete. Step 6: Tap on Delete Post to confirm. You have now successfully deleted a post on Reddit. What about deleting all Reddit posts at once? Obviously, you’d prefer doing that instead of deleting posts individually. So, here’s how you can do it.
Method 2: How to Delete All Reddit Posts at Once
This method requires using a third-party extension, which is available on all popular browsers. The name of the extension is called Reddit Enhancement Suite, and you can download it from the links below. Step 1: Download the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension from the links below based on the browser you are using. Download Extension on Chrome, Edge, and Brave Download Extension on Firefox Step 2: Install the Extension. This extension will help you use a few developer options in your web browser to perform actions in Reddit. One such action is deleting all Reddit posts and that is what we are going to do. Step 3: This extension is designed to be used on the legacy version of Reddit. So, use the link below to be redirected to the old version of Reddit. Open Old Version of Reddit Step 4: Sign in using your credentials and tap on your username. Step 5: Now, tap on the Submitted button to open all your posts. Step 6: Open the developer options.
On Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave Browser: Press Ctrl + Shift + J (Windows) or Option + ⌘ + J (macOS) On Firefox: Press Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows) or Option + ⌘ + I (macOS)
Step 7: Now, tap on Console Step 8: Paste the following code into the console. Step 9: Tap on the Enter key to run the command. This will start deleting your posts. Note: If you have more posts, you will have multiple pages of posts. So at a time, this method can remove a single page of posts, and once done, Reddit will display the next page of posts and you need to repeat the process until you delete all pages of posts. After deleting all posts, you will see the message ‘there doesn’t seem to be anything here’ – which indicates that all posts have been deleted from your Reddit account. Next, let us show you the steps for deleting comments on Reddit.
How to Delete Reddit Comments
First, let us look at how we can individually delete your comments from a post.
Method 1: Delete Your Reddit Comments Individually
Step 1: Open Reddit and tap on your profile icon. Step 2: Tap on Profle. Step 3: Tap on Comments in the toolbar. Step 4: Open a comment and tap on the three-dot menu button. Step 5: Tap on Delete to delete the comment. However, it is quite time-consuming to delete each and every comment to get rid of it all. So, use the method below to delete all Reddit comments at once.
Method 2: How to Delete All Reddit Comments at Once
Deleting all your Reddit comments at once from any posts requires the use of a third-party extension. Here’s how to install and use the extension. This method requires using a third-party extension, which is available on all popular browsers. The name of the extension is called Reddit Enhancement Suite, and you can download it from the links below. Step 1: Download the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension from the links below based on the browser you are using. Download Extension on Chrome, Edge, and Brave Download Extension on Firefox Step 2: Install the Extension. This extension allows you to tweak the developer options to perform special actions in Reddit and deleting comments in bulk is one of them – which is also what we are going to show you. Step 3: This extension is designed to be used on the legacy version of Reddit. So, use the link below to open the old version of Reddit. Open Old Version of Reddit Step 4: Sign in using your credentials and tap on your username. Step 5: Now, tap on the Comments button to open all your comments. Step 6: Open the developer options.
On Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave Browser: Press Ctrl + Shift + J (Windows) or Option + ⌘ + J (macOS) On Firefox: Press Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows) or Option + ⌘ + I (macOS)
Step 7: Tap on Console. Step 8: Paste the following code onto the console. Step 9: Tap the Enter key to run the code. This will start deleting your comments. Note: If you have posted more comments and have multiple pages of comments, this method can remove a single page of comments at a time. Once done, Reddit will display the next page of comments. So, you need to repeat the process until you delete all pages of comments. Step 10: There you go, you have deleted all Reddit comments and you will see a message that ‘there doesn’t seem to be anything here’. That is how to delete all Reddit posts and comments at once. However, if you have more questions, you can take a look at the next section.
Delete All Reddit Posts and Comments With Ease
We hope this tutorial helped you delete all Reddit posts and comments at once. However, this procedure was not straightforward, we do hope Reddit integrates tools like these in their official web app itself. But, if you carefully follow the procedure we mentioned, you will certainly be able to complete the process with ease.
