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How can I completely wipe my Reddit account? (self.reddit)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Zansacu to c/[email protected]
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I'm a fully mobile user (Android), so that limits my options. I don't just want to delete my account but also delete my posts and comments.

I was mostly shitposting but still had some 200k Karma so it could pinch Reddit a bit to remove that but it won't hurt users or Google search since I wasn't doing anything 'productive' or 'helpful'.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmm, have you tried using the website in desktop mode to run power delete suite? Could be worth a shot.

[โ€“] Zansacu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just did and it didn't even connect. Thanks for the tip though. ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dang, maybe you could find some kind of public or work computer, or even a freinds computer to run it on? It works entirely within a web browser so there shouldn't be any security issues.

[โ€“] Zansacu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a laptop but it's in the repair shop. My kid got coffee all over it... So I'm limited just to my phone for now. My work laptop has strict corporate limitations in it, so it won't connect to any social media, this includes Reddit and apparently GitHub too.

I wanted to purge my Reddit account since I have some time on my hands now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hmmmm. Maybe if you have an internet cafe or library or something nearby, other than that Im out of ideas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can use PowerDeleteSuite (https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite), just follow the instructions here: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite#installation

[โ€“] Zansacu 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't work โ˜น๏ธ

[โ€“] wazoobonkerbrain 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I too would like to know this. Somebody recommended shreddit and I tried that, it said it would delete all my visible comment history, which it appeared to do, but then later a whole new batch of older comments became visible.

[โ€“] Zansacu 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That sounds like it has some limit. Like, it can delete in a bulk of max 100 comments, for example.

Still better than doing it one by one.

[โ€“] wazoobonkerbrain 2 points 1 year ago

Could be but in that case the documentation was misleading.

[โ€“] AboveAverageJoe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used redact.dev. Worked great on macOS.

[โ€“] Zansacu 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not available for mobile. โ˜น๏ธ I mean, maybe it is for iPhones if it's on Mac OS but I have Android.

Thanks for the tip though. I'm sure it will be useful to someone also interested in this topic.

EDIT: It had a conflict with my VPN but once I resolved it I got it to work and it's wiping my account now.

Thank you very much!

[โ€“] AboveAverageJoe 2 points 1 year ago

Good luck. All my shit there is wiped. Sucks, but no other choice.