How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps

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Title: How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device
Last Updated: January 11, 2025

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

This email is sent when you have authorized a new app in your Reddit account by signing in to a website or application.

If you haven’t recently signed in with Reddit, it is advisable not to click any links in the email. If you believe the email to be valid, however, you may follow the links to revoke the app’s access to your account.

Apps commonly used for browsing Reddit, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, and more, have frequently been reported as authorized without the user’s consent or awareness. The cause of this remains unclear, but it does not indicate a fault with the app or its developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Simply changing your password will not suffice to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps depend on access tokens to function using your account. Logging out of the app alone will not revoke any permissions granted to Reddit apps, either. Below are three proven methods that successfully stopped a scheduled Reddit post through Social Rise:

Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Go to settings, update your password, and select “Log me out everywhere,” especially if you suspect any unauthorized access.
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 – Head over to apps and choose “revoke access” beneath the respective app’s name.

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2.1. Restoring App Access

To re-grant permissions to an app, simply log back in using Reddit.

3. Viewing All Authorized Apps

To check all apps connected to your Reddit account, navigate toapps (this page is found in privacy settings).

Each application lists its permissions, description, and the developers behind it. By clicking on an app, you will be redirected to its specific website. These applications depend on the permissions granted to operate according to your directives (they do not function independently). Move your cursor over a permission to learn about its significance.

Example

To view which applications have accessed your Reddit account, navigate to the account activity page. You can also monitor the history of usage, which includes logins and associated locations.

3.1. What if an app is missing?

When you revoke access to an app using the methods mentioned above, it will no longer appear in the list. If the app is still not visible, ensure that the username in the email corresponds with the account you are currently logged into.

4. Unable to deauthorize Reddit on mobile web

During the process of attempting to revoke access for authorized apps on Reddit, you may observe Reddit on mobile web (installed).

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

This integrated application is part of Reddit and cannot be revoked, as it functions as a first-party application exclusively created by Reddit.

Another instance of such an application is Reddit Ads, which is automatically authorized when you access Reddit Ads while being logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web receives automatic authorization even if the mobile site has not been accessed. When a new account is created from a desktop, this app is already included.

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