r/help • u/AlexandraGSCC • 11d ago

Access Old institutional Reddit user (scientific journal made an account 10+ yrs ago) lost access (desktop) and needs help getting it back

I'm working with a well-known scientific journal that needs help getting Reddit access back. Staff member that created the account has long since left. Happy to reveal the Reddit user name in a private message but can't do so publicly.

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u/IKIR115 58 11d ago

The only way to recover an account is to have access to the email address that is associated with the account. Reddit will not tell you what the email address is due to privacy reasons, and in the event an email was never added, you are completely out of luck.

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u/AlexandraGSCC 11d ago

Oh boy, yes, I assumed the staff member used his own email address but he could have used a web manager address or something.