How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps

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Title: How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device
Last Updated: November 30, 2024

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

You will receive this email when a new app has been authorized in your Reddit account after signing in to a website or application.

If you haven’t signed in with Reddit recently, it is advisable to avoid clicking any links in this email. However, if you are sure the email is legitimate, you may proceed to follow the links to revoke the app’s access to your account.

Several apps used for browsing Reddit, including Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is Fun, and Boost for Reddit, have often been reported as authorized without the user’s awareness. The reason behind this occurrence remains unclear, although it is not attributed to the apps or their developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Simply changing your password is not enough to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps use access tokens to operate from your account. Furthermore, logging out of an app does not revoke its permissions on Reddit. Here are three effective methods that prevented a scheduled Reddit post from being submitted using Social Rise:

Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Head over to settings, change your password, and select “Log me out everywhere” especially if there is a suspicion of unauthorized account 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 – Go to apps, and click “revoke access” beneath the name of the app.

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2.1. Restoring App Access

Should you wish to restore permissions to an app, simply sign in to it again using Reddit.

3. Viewing All Authorized Apps

To see all the apps associated with your Reddit account, navigate to
“`apps (located in the privacy settings).

Each application lists its permissions, developers, and description. By clicking an app, you will be directed to its official website. These applications need the specified permissions to operate according to your commands (they do not function independently). To understand a permission’s purpose, hover over it.

Example

For checking which apps have interacted with your Reddit account, head to the account activity page. You can also review your activity history, including logins and locations.

3.1. What if there’s an app that’s absent?

When you revoke access for an app through any of the methods mentioned above, it will no longer appear on the list. If an app is still absent, ensure that the username in the email corresponds with the account you are currently logged into.

4. Unable to revoke Reddit access on mobile web

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

This mobile web version of Reddit automatically gains authorization for every associated account.

As a built-in app, it is part of Reddit and cannot be deauthorized since it serves as a proprietary application developed exclusively by Reddit.

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

Interestingly, the mobile web version of Reddit receives automatic authorization even if you have not visited the mobile site. When you create a new account on a desktop, the app is already included.

If you have more questions regarding the mobile app, check out r/redditmobile.