Questions and answers, organized as FAQ bars.

Q49 How do you check whether you are shadowbanned, suspended, or limited? There are several methods for checking whether your Reddit account is shadowbanned, suspended, or subject to platform-level restrictions,... + Q50 What does it mean to be shadowbanned vs. banned from a single community? A shadowban and a subreddit ban are fundamentally different types of account actions with very different scopes, origins,... + Q51 How do you see where you've been banned or muted? Reddit does not provide a centralized dashboard that lists all the communities from which you have been banned... + Q52 How do you delete your Reddit account, and what happens to your content if you do? Deleting a Reddit account is a permanent and irreversible action that can be initiated from the account settings.... + Q53 When you see "[deleted]" or "[removed]" under a username, what exactly happened? The labels "[deleted]" and "[removed]" both appear in place of usernames or post content in Reddit threads, but... + Q54 How can you export or review your Reddit data before closing an account? Reddit provides an official data export mechanism that allows users to download a copy of their account data... + Q55 What are the implications of using Reddit from multiple devices and networks? Using Reddit from multiple devices — a phone, a home computer, a work laptop, a tablet — and... + Q56 How does the Home feed differ from a feed that shows only joined communities? The Home feed and a purely subscription-based feed might sound identical at first glance, but in practice they... + Q57 What does the "Popular" or "Trending" feed surface, and how is it curated? Reddit's Popular feed, accessible at r/popular or through the navigation bar, surfaces the most widely upvoted and engaged-with... + Q58 What sorts and filters are available on posts (Best, Hot, New, Top, Rising, Controversial)? Reddit provides several sorting options that fundamentally change which posts you see at the top of any feed... + Q59 When should you use "New" sorting instead of "Best"? The New sort is the right choice in a specific set of situations where recency and visibility matter... + Q60 How does "Top – All Time" differ from "Top – This Month"? Both "Top – All Time" and "Top – This Month" rank posts by their net upvote score, but... + Q61 How do you change sort order in a thread on mobile vs. desktop? Changing the sort order on Reddit works slightly differently depending on whether you are using the desktop website,... + Q62 How can you see only images, only videos, or only text posts in some views? Reddit offers content-type filtering in certain contexts, though the availability and implementation of these filters varies by platform... + Q63 How do you search for content across all of Reddit? Reddit's global search function is the primary tool for finding posts, comments, communities, and users across the entire... + Q64 How do you restrict a search to a single community? Restricting a search to a single community is one of the most practical search techniques on Reddit and... + Q65 What search operators or filters are especially useful for power users (e.g., author, flair, time)? Reddit's search system supports a set of operators that allow for highly targeted queries far beyond simple keyword... + Q66 How can you search only titles instead of full post bodies? Restricting your Reddit search to post titles only is possible through the **title:** operator, which instructs Reddit's search... + Q67 How do you find communities by topic using the search bar? Finding communities by topic is one of the most common starting points for new Reddit users, and the... + Q68 How do you use community discovery carousels such as "Trending communities"? Trending communities carousels appear on Reddit's desktop site, primarily on the front page or in sidebars, and are... + Q69 What is the difference between joining a community and simply visiting it? Joining a community on Reddit and visiting one are functionally quite different, even though both allow you to... + Q70 How do you view a community without joining it? Viewing a Reddit community without joining it requires no special steps — you can simply navigate to any... + Q71 How do you browse by topic categories (e.g., Gaming, News, Learning)? Reddit organizes content into broad topic categories that serve as a navigational alternative to searching for specific community... + Q72 How do you create a custom multireddit or custom feed? Custom feeds — previously called multireddits — allow you to aggregate content from multiple communities into a single,... +