Delete recent searches and history on Reddit
How to delete Reddit history
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Reddit is a social media platform and news aggregator where users can post content, such as links, text, images and videos, which are then voted on by the community. Founded in 2005, it has become one of the most visited sites on the Internet.
The platform is organized into "subreddits", which are communities focused on specific topics, such as science, news, games, music, books, sports, among others. Each subreddit has its own rules and moderators. Users can subscribe to subreddits that interest them to personalize the content they see in their feed.
Perhaps you didn't know it, but in the Reddit application for mobile phones all the searches that are carried out and all the publications that are viewed are recorded. Whether you want to preserve your privacy or if you use a device shared with more people, you are interested in knowing how to delete all those searches and views of publications since it is not always easy to find this section within the application settings.
Reddit history keeps a record of your interactions, such as posts viewed, upvoted, downvoted, and comments made. This feature helps users review their activities but also raises privacy concerns. Knowing what Reddit keeps is the first step to managing your digital footprint.
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
Step 1:
To begin, we enter the Reddit application from your Android device, iPhone or iPad. At the top right is the “Search” icon, it is a magnifying glass icon. Click to access the Reddit search engine.
Step 2:
When you click on the search engine you will see that the recent searches appear just below the search box, you can eliminate each of these searches by clicking on the “x” button to the right of each search term.
Don't leave yet because the history that is a little more hidden still needs to be cleaned.
Step 3:
When you have cleared all the searches that interest you, go back and click on your profile icon, this is the icon with your avatar that appears in the upper right next to the search engine icon.
Step 4:
If you are an iPhone or iPad user, you must skip to step 7. If you have an Android device, go down through the user menu to the bottom where we will see the “History” section, click to access the history of viewed publications.
Step 5:
Once inside the history you can delete each visited post one by one by clicking on the three vertical dots to the right of each post. If you want to delete everything, at the top right you will see an icon with three vertical dots, click on this button to display the options.
Step 6:
Click on “Clear history” to completely clear your viewing history.
Step 7:
In the iPhone and iPad application, cleaning the history is more hidden, to access it we go to the settings.
Step 8:
Scroll through all the settings until you find the “Clear local history” section, press to continue.
Step 9:
A floating window will appear to confirm that we want to clear Reddit's local history on this device, click again on “Clear local history” to confirm.
Step 10:
A message will appear confirming that the post view history in the Reddit app has been completely cleared.
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