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

Upon authorizing a new application during your sign-in process to a website or app using your Reddit account, you will receive an email notification.

If you have not recently signed into any service using Reddit, we advise that you do not click on any links within that email. However, if you believe the email is legitimate, you can safely follow the links to revoke access to the app.

Multiple apps for exploring Reddit, including Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, etc., have often been reported as authorized without the user’s awareness. The underlying cause remains unclear, though it does not reflect poorly on the app developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Changing your password is not enough to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as they use access tokens to function from your account. Merely logging out of an app does not revoke its permissions on Reddit. Below are three effective techniques that helped prevent a scheduled Reddit post with Social Rise from being submitted:

Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Head over to settings, change your password, and select “Log me out everywhere”, especially if you suspect any unauthorized activity in your account.
Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Visit account activity and complete the “Log out of all other sessions” form.
Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Go to apps, and click “revoke access” next to the app’s name.

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2.1. Restoring App Access

If you intend to restore permissions to an app, simply log in to it using Reddit once again.

3. Viewing All Authorized Apps

To see all applications connected to your Reddit account, navigate to
“`apps (accessible through the privacy settings).

Each application lists its permissions, a description, and its developers. By clicking on an application, you will be directed to its official website. These applications require explicit permissions to operate as per your directives (they do not function independently). Hovering over a permission will reveal its intended function.

Example

To find out which applications have accessed your Reddit account, head over to the account activity page. You will also be able to monitor your usage history, which includes logins and geographic locations.

3.1. What occurs if an application isn’t listed?

If you revoke an app’s access through any of the prior methods, it will no longer appear on the list. Should it still not appear, ensure that the username in the email aligns with the account you are currently logged into.

4. Issues with deauthorizing Reddit on mobile web

When you try to revoke access for apps authorized on Reddit, you might observe Reddit on mobile web (installed).

The Reddit mobile web automatically receives authorization for every user account.

This integrated app is developed by Reddit, and its authorization cannot be revoked since it is a first-party application.

Another instance of such an application is Reddit Ads, which receives automatic authorization if you access Reddit Ads while logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web gets automatic authorization regardless of whether you have visited the mobile site. Even when creating a new account on a desktop, the app is already included.

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