4 Ways to View Deleted Reddit Posts and Comments

Reddit is home to the internet’s anonymous discussions on a variety of topics and interests. With the cloak of anonymity given by Reddit, users are free to say whatever they want, which isn’t always a good thing.

When a post or comment goes against a subreddit’s rules, they’re deleted using bots or human moderators. Reddit users also have the option to delete their own posts and comments. But are those deleted items gone for ever? What if you’re curious to read a deleted post or comment on Reddit? You can, with the help of certain websites and browser extensions, which we discuss here.

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1. Unddit

Unddit is the successor to Removeddit. According to the website, it retrieves content from Pushshift.io, which stores Reddit comments in a database. It’s the same database Reveddit fetches comments from.

Unddit can show all bot-, mod-, and user-deleted comments. Deleted comments shown in a red box were deleted by bots or mods, and comments in a blue box were deleted by users.

Here’s how to view deleted comments using Unddit:

1. Go to Unddit.
2. Drag the red “Unddit” bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar.

3. Go to the Reddit post containing the deleted comments that you want to view and click on the “Unddit” bookmarklet.

4. On the archived page, you can view deleted comments that were archived.

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2. Reveddit

Reveddit allows tracking and viewing of deleted Reddit posts and comments. However, it can only show content deleted by bots and mods, and not user-deleted content. Users can also install Reveddit’s browser extension called “reveddit real-time” to get notifications when their content is removed.

Here’s how to view deleted posts and comments using Reveddit:

1. Go to Reveddit.
2. Copy the relevant username, subreddit, or post link, paste it in the designated field, and click “go.”

3. Scroll through the archived page to view comments. Reveddit tells users whether bots or mods deleted them.

4. If the comment was deleted before Reveddit’s archival, click on the blue “Restore” button to look for it. Users can click multiple times until the content appears.

3. Wayback Machine

Wayback Machine saves copies of web pages. It’s a simple tool that also lets users view deleted Reddit posts and comments if they were up long enough for Wayback Machine to archive them.

Here’s how:

1. Go to Wayback Machine.
2. Copy the Reddit post URL with the content to retrieve.
3. Paste it into the Wayback Machine search bar and click on the “Browse History” button or press the Enter key.

4. The results page will show how many times the web page was saved and when. Make sure to select older dates to find deleted content.
5. Clicking on any of the dates will lead you to a saved version of the Reddit post for that day.

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4. Resavr

Resavr is the least powerful tool on this list. It’s not as strong as Unddit or the others because it only allows users to view deleted Reddit comments, not posts. This website is only recommended when you’ve exhausted the first three means and failed to find what you’re looking for.

The only advantage Resavr has is its “Recent Comments” section for the most recently deleted Reddit comments. It’s useful if you’re casually browsing for such comments.

Here’s how to view deleted comments with Resavr:

1. Go to Resavr.
2. Use the search bar to type keywords related to the deleted comment and click the search button or hit the Enter key.

3. Skim through the results page to find the deleted comment.

4. Clicking on any of the links should lead to a page with the full contents of the deleted comment.

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