How To Delete and Deactivate Reddit Account

Currently, you can only deactivate your Reddit account by visiting Reddit on your web browser using a PC, laptop, or Smartphone. Once you deactivate your account, you cannot reactivate the account again. Your username will become unavailable, and you’ll lose access to your account and all of your post and comment history. So before you deactivate your account, please be sure.

Things to Consider before you proceed with the deactivation process:

1. Deactivating your Reddit account doesn’t delete any posts or comments you’ve posted so far on Reddit. If you’d like to delete your posts or comments before you deactivate your account, you have to do that manually by visiting the activity log of your Reddit account.
2. If you’re a Premium member of Reddit, deactivating your account won’t cancel your subscription. So make sure to cancel your Premium subscription for Reddit beforehand.
3. To confirm the deactivation of your account, you will have to enter your Reddit password. If you receive an error while the deactivating process of your account, double-check to make sure you entered your password correctly.
4. Next- go ahead and deactivate your Reddit account.
5. Finally, understand this before proceeding that neither you nor the Reddit administrators can reactivate an account on your behalf.

How to deactivate your account is slightly different depending on the version of the Reddit website you’re on:

Deactivating an account on reddit.com includes the following steps:

1. First, visit your Account Settings on your Reddit account, scroll down to the Deactivate Account section, and click Deactivate Account.
2. If you have created your Reddit account with your Google account or Apple ID, scroll down to the Connected Accounts section.
3. Click on the disconnect button next to the Google account or Apple ID you previously used to Sign up.

Deactivating account on old.reddit.com the following steps:

1. Visit the deactivate tab of your preferences.
2. Enter your username and password, then confirm your deactivation before clicking the deactivate account