You’ve spent way too much time on Reddit and now you’re worried that your search history is a little… embarrassing. Or maybe you’re just worried about your privacy.
Either way, you’re in luck. In this guide, we will show you how to delete your Reddit search history both on the website and on your smartphone.
How to delete your Reddit search history on Android
Deleting your Reddit search history on Android is a pretty straightforward process. Just follow these steps:
- Open the Reddit app and tap the button search bar.
- tap on the X next to the search term you want to remove.
This immediately removes the search term from your history. You can omit any search terms that you want to keep. When you’re done deleting search terms, tap the back arrow in the top left corner of the screen to return to the main page.
If you want to delete your entire Reddit history at once, you can follow the instructions below to get iPhone to clear local history.
How to Delete Your Reddit Search History on an iPhone
You can clear your search queries on iOS just like you did on Android. However, below we will teach you how to clear local Reddit history on your iPhone. This is what you need to do:
- Open the Reddit app and tap on your profile icon.
- Select Settings from the menu.
- scroll down to Clear local history.
- Confirm by tapping Clear local history again.
And that is! Once you’ve confirmed, it will erase all of your local history, including your search history. Remember that you can follow these exact steps on an Android device to clear local history.
How to Delete Your Reddit Search History on the Web
Deleting your Reddit search history on the website is a bit more involved. Here’s why: When you search for something on Reddit, the website stores your search term in your browser’s cookies.
Think of it this way: When you visit a website, your browser creates a temporary file that stores information about that site. This is how your browser knows to automatically log in to websites you’ve visited before, for example.
Therefore, in order to delete all of your Reddit web search history, you will need to clear your browser’s cookies. This will delete all of your Reddit search history and any other information stored in your cookies (such as login information for other websites).
That said, if you want to remove individual search terms, like on iOS and Android, you can do so without clearing cookies. That is how:
- Visit Reddit.com and sign in.
- Click on the search bar.
- The search terms you previously entered will appear below the search bar.
- Click on the X next to the search term you want to remove.
And that is! Just like on mobile, this will immediately remove the search term from your history.
What you need to know about deleting your Reddit search history
Now that you know how to delete your Reddit search history, there are a few things to keep in mind.
For starters, if you use Reddit on multiple devices, you’ll need to delete your search history on each device separately.
Also, while deleting your search history will prevent other people using your device from seeing what you’ve been searching for, it won’t hide that information from Reddit. Even after you’ve removed them from your device, Reddit will still have a record of your searches.
To be clear, this is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, Reddit needs to store this information in order to serve personalized content. However, it is something to remember if you are concerned about your privacy. In that case, you should browse Reddit anonymously.
Finally, as we mentioned before, deleting all of your Reddit search history will also delete any other information stored in your cookies. This includes login information for other websites, which you may want to be aware of if you use a shared computer.
Clear your Reddit search history
There you go. You have successfully learned how to delete your Reddit history. Don’t forget that if you use Reddit on multiple devices, you’ll need to clear your search history on each device separately.
And if you’re concerned about your privacy, know that deleting your search history won’t hide that information from Reddit. Anonymous browsing may be better if you don’t want Reddit to track your searches.
