How To Clear Reddit Search History?

Reddit is like Facebook without your parents. But your friends and family may be snooping around your Reddit profile. So, how do you clear your Reddit search history to stop others from revealing your secret Reddit habits?

You have two approaches to remove a search item from your Reddit search history. They’re the same whether on desktop or mobile. You just need to click or tap the search box and click on the “x” mark next to the search item. You can also clear more history items on the Reddit mobile app.

Let’s dive deep into giving your Reddit profile a deep wash. This article will show you how to “reset” Reddit to a fresh start.

Why You Might Need To Clean Your Reddit History?

So, you’re planning your vacation to Greece. You jump to Reddit to do some research. You visit a few Greece-related subreddits, view some posts, upvote some, downvote others, even hide some posts.

Finally, you decide you don’t like Greece and choose to visit Egypt instead.

Yet, Reddit is still showing you posts about Greece. The notifications about Greece keep coming and annoying you.

But Reddit still doesn’t gauge that you don’t need more posts about Greece. Reddit doesn’t understand that you want to visit Egypt instead. And that’s why you may need to clear your Reddit search history, all the posts you upvoted and downvoted, and hidden.

You see, Reddit is taking notes of the content you viewed to serve you more of it. So, when you clear your history, you create a fresh start.

Another reason that you might want to clear your Reddit history is someone putting their nose where it doesn’t belong. By understanding what you’re doing on Reddit, people can target you with ads. In general, they can understand your interests and manipulate you.

There are many legit reasons to clear your Reddit history. So, let’s stop there and get into cleaning your Reddit. Also, you may need to download and install the Reddit app on your Android device and follow the instructions.

How To Clear Your Recent History On Reddit Android App?

Your recent history contains the posts that you viewed on Reddit. For example, when you’re browsing Reddit and click on a particular post, it’ll go to your recent history.

Then, Reddit will think you like this post and start showing similar posts. This could be annoying because you might lose interest in the subject and don’t want more about it. If your interest change, you can follow these steps to clear your recent history:

Download and install Reddit on your Android device.
Open the Reddit app and log in with your username and password.
Click on your icon on the top left or swipe from the left edge of your screen.
Tap the History button on the list.
Tab the three dots on the top left.
Tap on clear history.

You now cleared your Reddit recent history. It’s easy, isn’t it? But you still have some work to do to wipe the slate clean.

How To Clear Your Upvoted History On Reddit Android App?

Again, Reddit depends on your behavior to guess the content you like and give you more of it. Suddenly, you find yourself in an echo chamber where you get posts that reinforce your opinions.

It doesn’t hurt to consume the content you like. But too much of a good thing could be detrimental. And it’s not good for your mental health. So, here’s how to clear your upvoted posts history:

Download and install Reddit on your Android device.
Open the Reddit app and log in with your username and password.
Click on your icon on the top left or swipe from the left edge of your screen.
Tap the History button on the list.
Tap on the Recent drop-down list.
Tap on Upvoted.
Tap on the three dots at the top left of your screen.
Tap on Clear history.

If the clear history button is gray and you can’t tap it, try tapping on the upvote icon on each post to remove your vote.

How To Clear Your Downvoted History On Reddit Android App?

It works the same way but in reverse. When you downvote posts on Reddit, it’ll show you less of these posts. But you might decide later that you like this content.

With enough downvoted posts, you won’t see more similar posts. To come back, you must remove your downvotes on these posts. Here’s how you can clear your downvoted post history.

Download and install Reddit on your Android device.
Open the Reddit app and log in with your username and password.
Click on your icon on the top left or swipe from the left edge of your screen.
Tap the History button on the list.
Tap on the Recent drop-down list.
Tap on downvoted.
Tap on the three dots at the top left of your screen.
Tap on Clear history.

If the clear history button is gray and you can’t tap it, try tapping on the downvote icon on each post to remove your vote.

How To Clear Your Hidden History On Reddit Android App?

So, what if you hide a post but decide to unhide it? Sometimes, you don’t want to see a post anywhere, so you may hide it. Later, you may want to view your hidden posts.

You can unhide these posts by following these steps:

Download and install Reddit on your Android device.
Open the Reddit app and log in with your username and password.
Click on your icon on the top left or swipe from the left edge of your screen.
Tap the History button on the list.
Tap on the Recent drop-down list.
Tap on hidden.
Find the post you want to unhide.
Tab unhide post.