How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device

1. Email Notification for App Authorization with Your Reddit Account

After authorizing a new app via signing in to a website or application with your Reddit account, you’ll receive a notification email.

If you haven’t recently logged into any services with Reddit, it’s wise to avoid clicking on any links in the email. If you’re confident about its authenticity, feel free to follow the links to revoke the app’s access.

Apps such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is Fun, Boost for Reddit, and others have often been reported to gain authorization without the user’s awareness. The cause remains unclear, though it isn’t attributed to any fault of the app or its developers.

2. How to Remove Authorized Apps on Reddit

Changing your password by itself is not enough to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps operate using access tokens. Simply logging out from the app won’t revoke permissions either. Below are three methods that succeeded in preventing a scheduled Reddit post with Social Rise from being published:

• Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Go to settings, change your password, and choose “Log me out everywhere,” especially if you suspect any unauthorized access to your account.
• Deauthorize all apps without changing the password – Navigate to account activity and submit the “Log out of all other sessions” form.
• Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Go to apps and click “revoke access” for the specific app.

To find out which apps have accessed your Reddit account, check the account activity page. You can also monitor the history of usage, including logins and their locations.

3.1. What if an app appears to be missing?

If you remove an app’s authorization through the methods mentioned above, it will no longer appear in the list. If it still does not show up, ensure that the email username corresponds with the account you’re currently logged into.

4. Cannot Deauthorize Reddit on Mobile Web

While trying to revoke permissions for authorized apps on Reddit, you may come across Reddit on mobile web (installed).

Reddit on mobile web automatically obtains access authorization for every account.

This integrated app constitutes a part of Reddit and cannot be revoked since it is developed solely by Reddit as a first-party application.

Another instance of such an app is Reddit Ads, which will be authorized automatically if you visit Reddit Ads while being logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web receives automatic authorization even if you haven’t engaged with the mobile site. When setting up a new account via desktop, the app is already present.

For additional inquiries regarding the mobile app, you may want to check r/redditmobile.