How to remove a Reddit post about you
Reddit ranks well, moderates by volunteers, and rewards exactly the wrong instincts.
Contact the subreddit moderators first, because they can remove content Reddit's central team will not. Report to Reddit for doxxing, harassment or personal information, which are enforced sitewide. Never argue in the thread: engagement raises the post, and Reddit threads rank strongly for name searches precisely because they attract discussion.
Moderators outrank the platform here
Each subreddit is run by volunteers with their own rules, and those rules often prohibit things sitewide policy allows, such as naming private individuals or posting about ongoing legal disputes.
A short, calm message to the mod team citing their own rule works more often than a sitewide report. Aggression fails badly: moderators talk to each other, and a hostile approach can turn one post into a thread about the hostile approach.
Cite their rule, not your grievance. You are asking a volunteer to apply a policy they wrote.
The sitewide grounds
- Personal information: full names, addresses, workplaces, phone numbers of private individuals.
- Harassment campaigns directed at a specific person.
- Impersonation of a real person or business.
- Non-consensual intimate imagery, which is removed reliably and quickly.
Why arguing is the worst option
Reddit's ranking rewards engagement. A thread with an aggrieved business owner replying gets more comments, more votes and more visibility, and it will outrank the original within your name search.
The pattern is consistent enough to be predictable: the reply becomes the story, gets screenshotted to other subreddits, and the item you wanted gone acquires a second life. If it has already reached that stage, treat it as a crisis rather than a moderation problem.
Common questions
Can I delete a Reddit post about me?
No. Only the author, a moderator, or Reddit can remove it.
Do deleted Reddit posts stay visible?
Frequently yes, through archive and mirror sites, which is why the removal window matters and why suppression is often part of the answer.
Is a legal route viable?
For genuinely defamatory false statements, sometimes. Anonymity makes it slow and expensive, and the filing itself can attract attention on the platform.
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Working through this for a business? See Crisis reputation management.