How to stop getting emails from Reddit

As you join Reddit, email notifications may be something you actually look forward to.

Replies coming in, other users upvoting your comments, new topics popping up—all the joy and fun of having a new Reddit account.

Eventually, however, those messages may start to get on your nerves.

Here’s how to pull the plug on Reddit emails.

In a nutshell, to stop getting emails from Reddit:

• Reddit app: profile > “settings” > “account settings for [your username]” > “manage emails.”
• Reddit site: profile > “settings” > “emails.”
• Inbox: Reddit message > bottom of the mail > “unsubscribe.”

How to stop Reddit emails in the mobile app

If you have Reddit’s mobile app, you can turn off all email notifications there.

If you don’t have it—don’t download it. Instead, scroll down to see how to turn off notifications via a web browser.

Here’s how to turn off Reddit email notifications in the mobile app:

1. Open the Reddit mobile app and tap your profile picture in the top-right corner.
2. Go to “settings” > “account settings for [your username].” 
3. Scroll down a bit and tap “manage emails.”
4. Disable all the notifications you no longer wish to receive. 
5. To turn off all emails, scroll down and toggle “unsubscribe from all emails” on.

Important: If you open the “manage notifications” screen, you’ll only edit the notification settings for the Reddit app itself.pps, you’ll have to manually select batches of emails if you’re dealing with large quantities.

How to stop Reddit email notifications in the web browser

If you don’t use the mobile app, you can turn off all notifications by logging into your Reddit account in a web browser.

You can do that on any device that runs web browsers, such as a desktop PC, phone, smart TV, etc.

Here’s how to turn off Reddit emails in a web browser:

1. Go to the Reddit page and sign in to your account.
2. Click on your profile icon in the top-right corner.
3. Select “settings” from the drop-down menu.
4. Navigate to the “emails” tab in the horizontal menu.
5. Disable the emails you no longer wish to receive.
6. If you want to stop all emails, scroll down and toggle the “unsubscribe from all emails” option.

Important: The “notifications” category concerns only the Reddit page and app, not email notifications. 

How to turn off Reddit email notifications from your inbox

If you want to avoid downloading the Reddit app or logging into your account, there’s a way to bypass both.

You can disable Reddit notifications directly from the email you received.

Here’s how to unsubscribe from Reddit emails in your inbox:

1. Open any email from Reddit.
2. Look for an “unsubscribe” button next to the sender’s name or email address. 
3. If you can’t find one, scroll to the very bottom of the message and click the “unsubscribe” link in the small print.

Now—

Reddit sends various types of notifications. 

Sadly, you can’t automatically unsubscribe from them all without changing the user settings in your Reddit account.

Instead, you’ll need to manually unsubscribe from each type as they arrive in your inbox.

You can stop other unwanted emails from clogging your inbox

Disabling notification settings in services like Reddit is only part of the solution.

That’s because there are plenty of spammers who exploit your email without your consent—and there are no settings to change that.

But you can combat them.

These spammers obtain your email from data brokers—companies that collect personal data (like your name, email, address, marital status, education, sexual orientation, and more) and trade it.

Here’s what you can do about it:

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