How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device

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

Upon authorizing a new app through your Reddit account, typically when signing into a website or application, you will receive this email.

If you haven’t logged in to any platform using Reddit recently, it’s advisable to avoid clicking any links found in this email. However, if you are assured of the email’s authenticity, you may proceed to click the links to revoke app access on Reddit.

Users have frequently reported apps for browsing Reddit, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, etc., being authorized without their consent. The cause behind this is unclear and does not reflect any wrongdoing by the app or its developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Changing your password alone will not suffice to remove authorized apps from Reddit since apps operate using access tokens. Logging out of the app does not automatically revoke permissions either. Here are three effective methods that successfully stopped a scheduled Reddit post with Social Rise from being published:

• Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Go to settings, change your password, and select “Log me out everywhere,” especially if you suspect that someone has accessed your account without permission.
• Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Visit account activity to submit the “Log out of all other sessions” request.
• Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Go to apps and click “revoke access” below the relevant app’s name.

To find out which apps have accessed your Reddit account, head over to the account activity page. You can also monitor the usage history, which includes logins and locations.

3.1. What if an app is missing?

If you revoke access from any of the aforementioned methods, the app will no longer appear in the list. If it is still absent, check that the username in the email corresponds to the account you are currently logged into.

4. Unable to deauthorize Reddit on mobile web

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

Reddit on mobile web automatically gains authorization for all accounts.

This built-in application is integral to Reddit and cannot be revoked, as it is a first-party application developed exclusively by Reddit.

Another example of a similar app is Reddit Ads, which receives automatic authorization when you visit Reddit Ads while logged in.

Surprisingly, Reddit on mobile web secures automatic authorization even if you haven’t accessed the mobile site. When you create a new account from a desktop, the app is already installed.

For additional inquiries regarding the mobile app, feel free to visit r/redditmobile.