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How many of you have pulled the plug and deleted reddit already? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Im working up the courage to. Ill never go back, but it is also hard to delete that much history just for a statement

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

be aware, you need to use a tool to wipe your content before deleting the account, otherwise all the posts will be up again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Any suggestions on tools to use?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Power delete suite on GitHub . Copy a JavaScript and paste on the address bar while reading your profile. A new interface will come and can decide what to delete or overwrite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been told that Redact is good, but haven't used it myself yet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll take a look around. Redact looks good but I'd rather something FOSS if I can find it. If I find anything I'll post here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yea agreed, please let me know if you find something! Thanks and good luck!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I ended up using shreddit, a Rust remake of an unmaintained Python script (https://github.com/x89/Shreddit). I had to keep running it over and over, but, I think that was the Reddit API's fault. If you end up using it, I recommend running it in a loop unless you want to keep running the same command over and over.

Anyway, it deleted all posts and comments, but messages in my inbox are still there. I'm fine with that for now but eventually want to clear that out I think.

If you're thinking of doing this I'd recommend running it before the API changes since the script uses it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks! Perfect; I plan to use it ASAP!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Glad to be of help! Let me know your experience with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I ended up still using Redact since I already had it set up, and it managed to overwrite and remove all my history without issue in one swoop :) Thanks anyways for the alternative, I'm sure it'll help someone else out!