How-To

How to Delete Your Reddit History

By Brian Burgess

Updated December 11, 2023

Your Reddit history is everywhere, from your search history to your browser history. To delete your Reddit history, follow this guide.

If you’re searching online, you’ll leave a trail. The same applies on Reddit, where searches you made previously are accessible for you to run again later. If this is a problem, you’ll need to delete your Reddit history.

In addition to clearing the search history, the platform allows you to remove your reading and browsing history. If you want to get rid of these histories, you can do it from your desktop or mobile device.

It’s also important to note that you’ll also need to clear your browser’s Reddit history on your computer. Let’s clean up years of Reddit history that’s getting in your way using the steps below.

How to Delete Reddit Search History on Desktop

The process to clear Reddit history varies on each device, but we’ll show you how to do it on desktop or mobile. To clear Reddit search history on the desktop, follow the steps below.

1. Open your web browser.
2. Visit the Reddit website and sign into your account (if you aren’t already).
3. Click the Search Reddit field at the top of the page.
4. Your previous search queries will display. Click the X button next to each of the queries you want to go.

How to Delete Reddit Search History on Mobile

If you only have your phone or tablet available, you can delete your history from mobile devices via the app. To clear Reddit search history on mobile, follow the steps below.

1. Launch the Reddit app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android
2. Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner of the app.
3. Your recent searches will display, and tap the X button next to each query you want to remove.

How to Delete Your Reddit View History on iPhone or iPad

In addition to removing your search history, Reddit allows you to delete your view history from your mobile device. This will allow you to clear the list of the posts you read previously.

To clear your Reddit viewing history on iPhone or iPad, follow these steps.

1. Launch the Reddit app and sign into your account if you aren’t already.
2. Tap your profile icon on the top right corner of the screen.
3. When the menu appears, tap the Settings option.
4. Scroll down the Settings menu and tap the Clear local history option.
5. It will only take a moment, and the app will display a Local History Cleared message.

How to Delete Your Reddit Viewing History on Android

You can also delete your Reddit viewing history on your Android device. The steps vary, but we’ll show you what to do.

To delete Reddit viewing history on Android, follow these steps.

1. Launch the Reddit app.
2. Sign into your account and tap your profile icon in the top right corner.
3. Tap the History option from the menu.
4. The history of all the posts you viewed will appear. Tap the three-dot button in the top right corner.
5. Tap the Clear history option.
6. Your viewing history will be removed without any posts displaying.

Delete Reddit Browsing History (and more)

If you have spent hours on Reddit, you might want to delete your Reddit search history to provide you with a fresh start. Having Reddit save your searches is handy, especially on mobile. However, you might want to get rid of your viewing history, so a curious eye doesn’t see what you’ve been reading.

Of course, your web browser saves all your Reddit and other browsing history and much more. You’ll need to clear your browsing history to remove any saved Reddit content. Clearing your browsing history in your default browser is straightforward, but the steps do vary.

For example, the steps to clear browsing history in Microsoft Edge differ from clearing browser history in Firefox. Of course, if you are a Chrome user, you should be familiar with how to delete history in Google Chrome.

If you want to avoid Reddit and other browsing histories from being saved in the first place, start your web browser in Private mode instead.