Reddit: How to clear your history

You can quickly and easily clear your Reddit history. Our comprehensive guide shows you step by step how to remove your searches, comments and posts to protect your privacy.

Why clear your Reddit history?

Many users wonder why it makes sense at all to delete your Reddit history. There are several good reasons for doing so.

• The first reason to clear your history is to protect your privacy. On Reddit, you leave traces that could be viewed by other users or even third parties. By clearing your history, you reduce the risk of personal information falling into the wrong hands.
• Another reason is to improve your user experience. A cluttered history can slow down the app’s performance and make it harder to find relevant content. Regularly clearing your history helps keep your experience fluid and efficient.
• Clearing your history can also help reset Reddit’s algorithms, which offer suggestions based on your past behavior. If you find that suggested content is no longer relevant to your interests, a reset can help.
• Finally, removing old comments and posts can help avoid misunderstandings or conflicts with other users. Older posts may no longer reflect your current views and could be misunderstood in certain contexts.

What data does your Reddit history include?

Before you start cleaning your history, it’s important to understand what data is involved and how to proceed.

• Your Reddit history includes all the activity you do on the platform, including searches, comments, posts created, and upvotes/downvotes. Each of these areas can be managed and deleted separately.
• Searches are the simplest type of data to delete. On mobile, you can find this option in the settings under ‘Search Settings’. Deleting them removes all previous searches, which is particularly useful if you want to keep your search history private.
• Comments and posts you’ve created are also part of your history. These must be manually deleted by going into each comment or post individually and removing it. This can be time consuming, but it provides complete control over what remains visible.
• Upvotes and downvotes are also part of your history, although they cannot be deleted directly. However, they can be neutralized by clicking on them again, which has the same effect as if they had never been given.

Step-by-step guide: How to clear your Reddit history

Now that you understand the basics, it’s time to actually clear your history. This section will walk you through the steps.

• Start by clearing your searches. Open the Reddit app or website and navigate to Settings. There you will find the ‘Search Settings’ section, where you can enable the option to clear your search history.
• To remove comments and posts, go to your profile and select the ‘Posts’ or ‘Comments’ tab. Open each entry you want to delete, click on the three dots and select ‘Delete’. Repeat this process for all unwanted entries.
• To neutralize upvotes and downvotes, visit your profile and go to the corresponding posts or comments. Click the upvote or downvote arrow again to undo the vote.
• Finally, review your various subreddits and subscribed topics to make sure no unwanted traces remain. Remove subscriptions that no longer interest you to further clean up your feed.