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How to limit your time on Reddit
Reddit is easy to open for one answer and leave an hour later. It has no time settings of its own that we could find, so the limit has to come from somewhere else.
Short answer: We couldn't find a time limit in Reddit's settings. Use your phone's own app limit, and on a computer limit reddit.com in the browser. If you tap past those, use an app that makes tapping past take effort.
1. Reddit's own settings
We looked for a daily limit or a break reminder in Reddit's settings and help pages and didn't find one. If Reddit adds one, we'll update this page. Until then, the limit has to come from your phone or from another app.
2. Your phone's own limit
iPhone: Screen Time
Settings › Screen Time › App Limits › Add Limit. On iOS 27 the same screen is called Time Allowances.
Give an app or a category of apps a daily time. When it's reached, a limit screen covers the app.
The catch: The limit screen has a button to ignore it, and Apple's own guide says limits can be ignored once reached. It holds only if someone else sets your Screen Time passcode.
Android: Digital Wellbeing
Settings › Digital Wellbeing and parental controls › App timers. On Samsung: Settings › Digital Wellbeing › App timers.
Give an app a daily timer. When it runs out the app closes and its icon dims until midnight.
The catch: You can delete the timer from the same screen in a few taps, and nothing asks you why.
3. A limit you won't switch off
The settings above share one weakness: getting past them takes a single tap, and a tap becomes a reflex. Blockers fix that by locking the app, and some people then remove the blocker the first time it gets in the way.
Kiri does something in between. You give Reddit a daily time. When it's up, mist covers the screen and you wipe it away by hand. Then one breath, and you choose: done, or two more minutes. A lot of Reddit happens in a browser tab, and on a Mac Kiri can time reddit.com on its own, in Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge or Arc.
4. If you want it locked
Some people do better with a wall. If that's you, use a blocker with sessions you can't cancel. We compare the main ones here, including what they cost.
Which should you use?
- You only use the phone app: your phone's own app limit is the place to start.
- You read Reddit in a browser at your desk: a website limit on your Mac, with Screen Time (Safari only) or Kiri.
- You tap Ignore without thinking: Kiri, or a pause-first app such as one sec.
- You want reddit.com unreachable during work hours: a site blocker such as SelfControl or Cold Turkey.
Menu names checked in November 2026. Apps move their settings around; if a path has changed, search the app's settings for the name in bold.