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

Upon authorizing a new application through your Reddit account by signing in to a website or app, this email will be sent to you.

If you have not recently signed in to Reddit anywhere, it’s advisable not to click any links in the email. Conversely, if you are sure of the email’s authenticity, you may follow the links to Reddit to revoke access for the app.

Many apps designed for Reddit browsing, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, and similar, have often been reported as authorized without user approval. The cause for this remains unclear, though it is not attributable to the app developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Simply changing your password is not enough to remove authorized apps from Reddit, as these apps operate using access tokens. Just logging out of the application does not revoke permissions either. Below are three effective methods that ensured a scheduled Reddit post via Social Rise didn’t get submitted:

Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Navigate to settings, change your password, and select “Log me out everywhere,” particularly if unauthorized access is suspected.
Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Go to account activity and fill out the “Log out of all other sessions” form.
Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Visit apps, then click “revoke access” beneath the respective app’s name.

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2.1. Restoring App Access

If you intend to restore permissions for an app, just sign in to it again using Reddit.

3. Viewing All Authorized Apps

To see all applications linked to your Reddit account, navigate to
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Located in the privacy settings, you can find the apps page.

Every application lists its permissions, description, and the developers involved. When you click on an app, it will direct you to its respective website. These applications depend on the permissions listed to operate according to your instructions (they do not function independently). To learn about what a permission entails, hover over it.

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

3.1. What if an app is missing?

If you choose to revoke access from an app via any of the methods above, it will no longer appear in the list. Should it still be absent, ensure the username in your email corresponds with the account you are currently logged into.

4. Unable to deauthorize Reddit on mobile web

During the process of revoking access for authorized applications on Reddit, you may see Reddit on mobile web (installed).

This app automatically receives authorization for every account when using Reddit on mobile web.

As a part of Reddit, this integrated application cannot be removed, as it is a first-party application developed specifically by Reddit.

Another instance of such an application is Reddit Ads, which automatically gains authorization if you visit Reddit Ads while logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web obtains automatic authorization even if you have not accessed the mobile site. The app is pre-installed as soon as you create a new account from a desktop.

For additional questions regarding the mobile app, please visit r/redditmobile.