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 and view. On the desktop version of Reddit, when you are browsing a community or your home feed, a row of filter tabs sometimes appears that allows you to select specific media types. These tabs typically include options for Cards (standard view), Classic, Compact, and sometimes explicit media-type filters such as Images, Video, Links, and Text. Selecting one of these tabs restricts the visible posts to only that content format, allowing you to, for example, browse only image posts in a photography community or only text-based discussions in a debate-oriented subreddit. On the mobile app, a similar filter is available in many communities by tapping the sort/filter area at the top of the feed — a small icon or text option may appear that lets you toggle between content types. However, this functionality is not universally available in every community; moderators have some control over which view modes and filters are presented to users in their community. It is worth noting that Reddit's filtering capabilities at the content-type level are less granular than on some competing platforms. The "self:true" and "self:false" search operators, as documented in Reddit Help resources, allow you to search for only text posts (self:true) or only link posts (self:false) within a community's search bar, which is a more reliable method for finding a specific content type if the tab filters are not visible. For video-only browsing, Reddit also maintains a dedicated video feed accessible from the navigation bar on desktop, which aggregates video posts from across the platform or from your subscribed communities. Third-party Reddit apps like Apollo (iOS) historically offered more robust content-type filtering as a built-in feature of their browsing interface.