How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device

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

This email will be sent to you once you authorize a new app in your Reddit account by signing in to a site or application.

If you haven’t signed in anywhere using Reddit recently, we suggest avoiding any links in the email. However, should you believe the email is authentic, feel free to click through to revoke access for the app.

Apps commonly used to browse Reddit, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, etc., have been reported as being authorized without the user’s awareness. The cause for this is unclear, and it does not reflect poorly on the app or its developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Changing your password alone will not suffice to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps work through access tokens. Simply logging out of the app does not terminate its permissions either. Here are three effective methods that prevented a scheduled Reddit post from being posted via Social Rise:

• Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Head over to settings, update your password, and opt for “Log me out everywhere,” especially if you think there has been unauthorized access to your account.
• Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Visit account activity and fill out the “Log out of all other sessions” form.
• Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Go to apps, and click “revoke access” beneath the name of the app.

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

3.1. What should I do if an app is not visible?

When you revoke access for an app using any of the provided methods, it will no longer appear on the list. If the app continues to be unlisted, check to ensure that the email’s username corresponds with the account you are currently using.

4. Unable to revoke Reddit access on mobile web

While trying to revoke access for authorized apps on Reddit, you might see the mention of Reddit on mobile web (installed).

Authorization for every account on mobile web is granted automatically by Reddit.

This built-in app is an integral part of Reddit, and it cannot be removed, being a first-party application created solely by Reddit.

Another instance of such an app is Reddit Ads, which gets automatically authorized when you visit Reddit Ads while signed in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web receives automatic authorization even if the mobile site hasn’t been accessed. When you create a new account from a desktop, the app is pre-installed.

If you have further questions regarding the mobile app, feel free to visit r/redditmobile.