Reminder: Delete/Edit your Reddit Posts today before the API Shutdown!

As a PSA, remember that the API changes don't only impact third party apps & accessibility tools, but also your ability to bulk delete or modify your Reddit history. If you intend to delete or modify your previous Reddit posts, be sure to run a tool like Power Delete Suite today before the shut down.

Also remember that as Subreddits went from private to public, there may have been posts and comments you attempted to delete but couldn't until they went public again. So if you ran these tools, you might want to run it again to make sure you got everything.

TuxTypical,

I did it almost 2 weeks ago, and now I'm here. Wherever "here" is.

TheOminousBulge,
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I'm glad I don't post much. I went through and edited every comment to just "Fuck u/spez" and then deleted my account.

JoMiran,

NO API NEEDED

I used the "Spaz's Reddit Delete" browser script through Greasemonkey to sanitize my account. No API needed. Now, if any of my comments or posts are a result of a Google search (I posted a lot on tech support type subs), they will lead to a dead link or to a [deleted].

PS: Deleting your account leaves your posts and comments behind, which in turn provide value to Reddit.

gerowen,

I filed a request for my Reddit data a week ago, so that I could save my account in its current state, before deleting it, and still haven't received the notification that it's ready. This process should be automated and not require human intervention, so I'm not sure why it's taking so long.

nevernevermore,
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I requested data for 3 of my accounts on June 6 and only received everything June 29

zcd,

Thanks for the reminder, just nuked my 13 year old account and 8 year old alt

jernej__s,

@iwidji I'll simply submit a GDPR delete request as soon as they fulfill the data export request. I do not trust the messages will be deleted otherwise.

c3p1o,

Just did that. Thank you for the reminder.

ShyGuy993,

I'm not gonna say don't do it, because there are good reasons to do so but do keep in mind that this also hurts users who get linked to older posts from Google etc. and can no longer view what was posted. Fuck Reddit and Spez but keep in mind the downsides of deleting your content.

athos77,

Well, then maybe Google should fix their search algorithm instead of relying so heavily one site. Or if Google's search results are so heavily invested in reddit, them maybe Google should financially invest in reddit. I'm tired of people blaming users who are deleting their data instead of corporations making shitty decisions.

somethingspecial,

Man editing and nuking my 14 year old account is pain. Reddit's changed a lot over the years. I miss the April Fools days gags, too. Reddit Mold was an amazing one. Team Periwinkle forever, but signing off from Reddit for good.

DarkThoughts,

You cannot actually delete all your comments, because they don't all show up in your profile. I just found an old comment of mine from a saved comment chain that was still intact, even though the profile says it is empty. So yeah, good luck actually getting rid of all your data. And Reddit will likely just restore the comments again as well.

numbscroll,
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@iwidji I know this 100% won’t happen, but I daydream that I open Apollo tomorrow and it magically asks me for my kbin or lemmy instance and login. It would so poetic (bust mostly selfishly I’m just really, really going to miss Apollo).

paddirn,

Scorched earth, leave nothing for u/spez but ashes.

Mozami,
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I already did that a few days ago using the tactic mentioned in the post. Now I'm waiting for my requested data to come in and then I'm deleting my Reddit account.

Burp,
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I used power delete but my comments just came back a couple days later :(

siuvhne,
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edit them instead of deleting. and use this version

https://www.github.com/pkolyvas/PowerDeleteSuite

dreday,

Yup, same.

siuvhne,
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edit them instead of deleting. and use this version

https://www.github.com/pkolyvas/PowerDeleteSuite

Advanced_Visual,
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Spez editing comments again?

Unhappily_Coerced,

TamperMonkey browser add-on with RedditHistorySanitizer userscript (https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/23605-reddit-history-sanitizer/code). It's kinda slow, but much faster than doing it manually!

DarkThoughts, (edited )

Alternative: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/370530-better-reddit-delete
Edit: I think those scripts should also work after this, since they don't make API calls.

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