How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device

1. Email You Receive When Reddit App Authorization Occurs with Your Account

A notification email is sent when you authorize a new app through your Reddit account after signing in on a website or app.

It’s advisable to avoid clicking any links in the email if you haven’t recently signed in to Reddit. However, if you are sure that the email is genuine, you can use the links to revoke access for the app.

Users have frequently reported that apps meant for browsing Reddit, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, and others, have been authorized without their knowledge. The exact cause of this remains unclear, but it is not a reflection of the app or its developers’ fault.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Merely changing your password won’t be enough to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps leverage access tokens for functioning from your account. Additionally, logging out of the app won’t revoke the permissions either. Below are three effective methods that prevented a scheduled post on Reddit via Social Rise:

• Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Navigate to settings, update your password, and choose the option “Log me out everywhere” especially if you believe there has been unauthorized access to your account.
• Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Go to account activity and fill out the “Log out of all other sessions” form.
• Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Head over to apps, and click on “revoke access” next to the app’s name.

To find out which apps have accessed your Reddit account, go to the account activity page. Additionally, you can monitor the usage history, which includes logins and locations.

3.1. What happens if an app is missing?

If you revoke access from an app using any of the above methods, it will no longer appear in the list. If it is still not visible, ensure that the email username aligns with the account you are logged into.

4. Unable to revoke authorization for Reddit on mobile web

When trying to revoke access for authorized applications on Reddit, you might notice Reddit on mobile web (installed).

Every account will automatically have Reddit on mobile web authorized.

This integrated app is part of Reddit and cannot be removed, as it functions as a first-party application developed entirely by Reddit.

A similar instance would be Reddit Ads, which is automatically authorized if you access Reddit Ads while logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web receives automatic authorization even without visiting the mobile site. When creating a new account from a desktop, the app is already in place.

For additional inquiries regarding the mobile app, you may visit r/redditmobile.