Either way, you’re in luck. In this guide, we’ll show you how to delete your Reddit search history both on the website and on your smartphone.
How to Delete Your Reddit Search History on Android
Deleting your Reddit search history on Android is a pretty straightforward process. Just follow these steps:
Open the Reddit app and tap on the search bar. Tap the x next to the search term you want to delete.
This immediately removes the search term from your history. You can skip any search term you want to keep. When done removing search terms, tap the back arrow in the top-left corner of the screen to return to the front page.
If you want to delete your entire Reddit history at once, you can follow the instructions below for the iPhone to clear the local history.
How to Delete Your Reddit Search History on an iPhone
You can clear your search queries on iOS just the way you did on Android. However, we’ll teach you how to clear Reddit’s local history on your iPhone below. Here’s what you need to do:
Open the Reddit app and tap on your profile icon. Select Settings from the menu. Scroll down to Clear local history. Confirm by tapping Clear local history again.
And that’s it! Once you’ve confirmed, it will clear your entire local history, including your search history. Remember that you can follow these exact steps on an Android device to clear the local history.
How to Delete Your Reddit Search History on the Web
Deleting your Reddit search history on the website is a bit more involved. Here’s why: when you search for something on Reddit, the website stores your search term in your browser’s cookies.
Think of it like this: when you visit a website, your browser creates a temporary file that stores information about that site. This is how your browser knows to automatically log you into websites you’ve visited before, for example.
So, to delete your entire Reddit search history on the web, you’ll need to clear your browser’s cookies. This will remove all of your Reddit search history and any other information stored in your cookies (like login information for other websites).
That said, if you want to delete individual search terms, like on iOS and Android, you can do so without clearing your cookies. Here’s how:
Visit Reddit. com and log in. Click on the search bar. Search terms you’ve previously entered will appear below the search bar. Click on the x next to the search term you want to delete.
And that’s it! Like on mobile, this will immediately remove the search term from your history.
What You Need to Know About Deleting Your Reddit Search History
Now that you know how to delete your Reddit search history, there are a few things to note.
For starters, If you use Reddit on multiple devices, you’ll need to delete your search history on each device separately.
Also, while deleting your search history will prevent other people who use your device from seeing what you’ve been searching for, it won’t hide that information from Reddit. Even after you’ve deleted them from your device, Reddit will still have a record of your searches.
To be clear, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, Reddit needs to store this information to provide personalized content. However, it is something to remember if you’re concerned about your privacy. In that case, you should browse Reddit anonymously instead.
Finally, as we mentioned before, deleting your entire Reddit search history will also delete any other information stored in your cookies. This includes login information for other websites, which you want to keep in mind if you use a shared computer.
Clear Your Reddit Search History
There you go. You’ve successfully learned how to delete your Reddit history. Don’t forget that if you use Reddit on multiple devices, you’ll need to clear your search history on each device separately.
And if you’re concerned about your privacy, know that deleting your search history won’t hide that information from Reddit. Anonymous browsing may be better if you don’t want Reddit to track your searches.
