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The last time I tried to change the password of a reddit account I lost access to it.

I attempted to change the password, got an error saying something went wrong. I figured I'd try again later. so I also didn't save the newly generated password.

Got logged out, and couldn't log back in with the old password.

And there's no way that I know of to contact anyone at reddit to try and get help.

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Try the Forgot Password link?

The email provider that account was tied to doesn't exist anymore, and the domain is taken. I didn't notice until after it happened, so I am not putting all the blame on reddit. It's more of a string of unlucky circumstances. Who knows if I could have even changed it without access to the email account, anyway.

Fun fact: Reddit for the longest time didn't require an email address to create accounts.

Reddit still doesn't require an email to create accounts, even if it now heavily implies it does. Just click next without entering one.

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