How to Remove Reddit Authorized Apps – On Any Device

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

This email will be sent when you authorize a new app in your Reddit account by signing into a website or an application.

If you haven’t recently logged in anywhere using Reddit, it’s advisable to avoid clicking any links in the email. If you believe the email is genuine, you may proceed to follow the links to revoke app access.

Several apps for browsing Reddit, such as Apollo, Relay for Reddit, Delay for Reddit, Reddit is fun, Boost for Reddit, among others, have commonly been reported as authorized without users being aware. The cause for this remains unclear and is not attributed to the app or its developers.

2. Removing Authorized Apps on Reddit

Changing your password alone will not help in removing authorized apps on Reddit, as these apps run using access tokens. Logging out from the app does not revoke permissions as well. Below are three effective methods that helped stop a scheduled Reddit post from being sent with Social Rise:

• Change your password and deauthorize all apps – Head to settings, modify your password, and select “Log me out everywhere,” particularly if you suspect unauthorized access to your account.
• Deauthorize all apps without changing your password – Go to account activity and submit the “Log out of all other sessions” request.
• Deauthorize a single Reddit app – Visit apps and press “revoke access” next to the app’s name.

To discover which apps have accessed your Reddit account, visit the account activity page. Additionally, you can monitor your usage history, which includes logins and locations.

3.1. What if an app is not listed?

If you remove an app’s access using any of the methods mentioned earlier, it will be removed from the list. If it still does not appear, check that the email’s username corresponds with the account you’re logged into.

4. Unable to revoke Reddit access on mobile web

While trying to revoke the access of authorized apps on Reddit, you may notice an entry labeled Reddit on mobile web (installed).

This mobile web interface automatically gains authorization for all accounts.

This integrated app is part of Reddit and cannot be removed since it functions as a first-party application created solely by Reddit.

An additional instance of such an app is Reddit Ads, which automatically receives authorization if you visit Reddit Ads while logged in.

Interestingly, Reddit on mobile web gets automatic authorization, even if you haven’t accessed the mobile site. The app is already available upon creating a new account from a desktop.

For further questions concerning the mobile app, you are welcome to visit r/redditmobile.