Reddit claims perpetual, irrevocable rights to all your content including for AI training, can terminate your account at any time for any reason, and limits their liability to just $100. They force arbitration for US users and disclaim most warranties about service reliability.
Reddit updated its terms with a new version taking effect July 1, 2026, but the actual rules you follow as a user appear to be the same. They added support for more languages including Indonesian, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu. They also reorganized some of the advertising-related policy links in the navigation menu.
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Reddit claims perpetual, irrevocable rights to all your content including for AI training, can terminate your account at any time for any reason, and limits their liability to just $100. They force arbitration for US users and disclaim most warranties about service reliability.
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Notable Clauses
“When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and an...”
“This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit.”
“For example, this license includes the right to use Your Content to train AI and machine learning models, as further described in our Public Content Policy .”
“You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.”
“To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we may suspend or terminate your Account, moderator status, or ability to access or use the Services at any time for any or no reason, including for violating these Terms or our Reddit Rules .”
“IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE REDDIT ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR ANY AMOUNT YOU PAID REDDIT IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.”
“To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims you bring arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws rules; all disputes related to these Terms or the Services will be brought...”
“THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, LEGAL, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.”
Protect Yourself
ACTIONABLESettings and actions you can take to limit your exposure
Turn Off Personalized Advertising
Prevents Reddit from using your activity to show targeted ads, reducing some data collection for advertising purposes
- Go to User Settings → Privacy & Security
- Toggle off 'Personalize ads based on your activity on Reddit'
- Toggle off 'Personalize ads based on information from our partners'
Disable Activity Tracking
Reduces Reddit's ability to track your browsing behavior across the site for personalization
- Go to User Settings → Privacy & Security
- Toggle off 'Allow Reddit to use your activity on Reddit for advertising purposes'
- Toggle off 'Allow Reddit to use data from third parties for advertising purposes'
Limit Content Recommendations
Reduces algorithmic content suggestions based on your behavior patterns
- Go to User Settings → Feed Settings
- Toggle off 'Enable home feed recommendations'
- Toggle off 'Show trending posts'
Export Your Data Before Deletion
Download copies of your posts and comments before Reddit's content license makes them permanently unavailable to you
- Go to User Settings → Privacy & Security
- Click 'Request my data'
- Wait for email with download link (can take several days)
- Download and save your content archive
Turn Off Email Notifications
Prevents Reddit from sending marketing emails and reduces contact opportunities
- Go to User Settings → Notifications
- Toggle off all email notification types you don't want
- Uncheck 'Unsubscribe from all emails'
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