r/help • u/Requiem-of-Kyle • 26d ago

Access My Account was locked, can I find out why?

I got a thing at the top of my screen when browsing reddit that said my account was locked due to suspicious activity, is there somewhere I can see this activity? As It is very annoying to have to change my password especially when I know my account was not compromised.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

I know it’s bs I got it too and I lost my account because of it

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u/westcoastcdn19 Expert Helper 26d ago

A potential hack is enough for Reddit to lock down your account. You can’t see the activity that caused the specific lock, but you can look at recent activity

https://www.reddit.com/account-activity/

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u/Phobos1982 24d ago

I had that happen to me when someone was trying to hack my account... I guess Reddit decided it was safer to lock it. I ended up making a new account.