How to Stop Recommended Posts on Reddit Feed

Ever since we got hooked on Reddit, mainstream apps like Instagram and Facebook have been dropping ranks on the screen time chart. But there’s one thing that irks us. We took time curating and subscribing to a subreddit list, but only for Reddit to bombard us with recommended posts. It got annoying after a bit, but we managed to stop recommended posts on the Reddit feed.

It is easy to disable recommendations on the Reddit app, both on the web and mobile versions. Once you do it, your home screen feed will be free from recommendations. We’ll also show you how to disable notifications for these posts. Let’s begin.

Why Does Reddit Recommend Posts and Trending Subreddits

That’s enough – we’ve given Reddit enough stick even though we just got started on this article. Reddit indeed has good intentions wanting to recommend posts to you. They aren’t sponsored. They are just posts generating many views, upvotes, and interactions in your particular region. So Reddit feels you might want to not miss out on it.

You also get suggested posts based on similar interests reflected in your existing subscriptions.

But if FOMO has never been a problem for you, and you are strict on seeing Reddit posts from only the subreddits you have subscribed to, jump on to the next section.

How to Turn Off Suggested Posts on Reddit

Here’s how you can disable all the recommended posts on Reddit. We have illustrated the steps for both the mobile app and the web app.

Stop Recommended Posts on Reddit Mobile App

Step 1: Open Reddit and tap on the profile picture icon in the top right corner.

Step 2: Tap on Settings.

Step 3: Tap on your username under Account Settings.

Step 4: Turn off the toggle for ‘Enable home feed recommendations’.

You won’t see any recommendations of posts on your Reddit feed on the iPhone and the Android app. Let’s look into how we can do the same on the web browser.

Stop Recommended Posts on Reddit Web Browser

Step 1: Open Reddit and click on the profile picture icon in the top right corner.

Step 2: Select User Settings.

Step 3: Click on Feed Settings.

Step 4: Turn off the toggle for ‘Enable home feed recommendations’.

That is how you can stop Reddit from showing recommended posts. However, if you are just annoyed by these notifications and not the actual recommendations, move on to the next section to turn it off.

How to Stop Reddit Notifications for Recommended Posts

With notifications for recommended posts, Reddit seems to have taken it to another level. We receive notifications to read a post from certain subreddits regularly. Reminds us all of a friend who is hell-bent on making you watch the Netflix shows and movies they suggest, right?

Not to worry, we will show you steps to turn off these notifications on mobile as well as web apps.

Disable Recommended Posts Notifications on Reddit Mobile App

Step 1: Open Reddit and tap on the profile picture icon in the top right corner.

Step 2: Tap on Settings.

Step 3: Tap on Account settings.

Step 4: Select Manage notifications.

Step 5: Turn off the toggles for :

• Trending Posts
• Broadcast recommendations
• Community recommendations

You will not receive any notifications for recommended posts on the Reddit app. Let’s now check how to do it on the web app.

Stop Post Recommendation Notifications on Reddit Web

Step 1: Open Reddit and click on the profile picture icon in the top right corner.

Step 2: Select User Settings.

Step 3: Click on Feed Settings.

Step 4: Turn off the toggles for :

• Trending Posts
• Broadcast recommendations
• Community recommendations

This disables all the notifications for recommended posts on Reddit. However, you can also disable all notifications on Reddit if you don’t want to receive them at all. Or if you want to customize more of what you see, check out these best third-party Reddit apps for iPhone and Android.

That’s it! Have more questions? Take a look at the FAQ section below.

FAQs on Reddit Recommended Posts

Stop Reddit Recommendations

We hope this guide helps you clean your Reddit feed and see the content you opted for. On the flip side, a few Reddit recommendations have also helped us find interesting subreddits that we scroll endlessly whenever we use the app. So maybe, you can give this feature another chance!