Clear/Remove Reddit 'Recents'

clear-reddit-recents-store.md

Clear/Remove Reddit 'Recents'

Open the Browser's Developer Tools panel

Ctrl+Shift+i should open the browser's Browser's Developer Tools panel.

Be sure it is on the console tab of that panel.

Then you can copy and paste the JS code below to clear the recents.

Press 'Enter' to run the code.

Code

function clearRedditRecents() {
    const key = "recent-subreddits-store"
    const isPresent = localStorage.getItem(key)
    if(isPresent) {
        localStorage.removeItem(key)
        console.log(`${key} was removed from localStorage`)
    }
    console.log(`${key} was not found in localStorage`)
}

clearRedditRecents()

If the key name ever changes, just update the const in the function and rerun.

This process is irreversible.

Reddit will recreate a new recents store as you use reddit.