The Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) is a community-driven unofficial browser extension for Reddit. Reddit is a social media platform that allows users to share their votes, comments, and messages, and save links on content. This browser extension is available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Microsoft Edge. Many users have reported that the Reddit Enhancement Suite is not working properly for them. This is because RES is specially designed to work on old Reddit and several of its features do not work on the new features. You should also know that Reddit Enhancement Suite has now entered the maintenance-only mode.
Reddit Enhancement Suite is not working
If the Reddit Enhancement Suite is not working, follow the below steps to fix the problem.
- Restart your browser
- Clear browser cache
- Re-install the Reddit Enhancement Suite
Let us see them in a bit more detail.
1] Restart your browser
Launch your browser and depending on which it is, copy-paste the following in the address bar and hit Enter:
Chrome:
chrome://restart
Mozilla Firefox:
about:profiles
The About Profiles page will be open, that page will have a box named Restart in the top right. To restart the browser while keeping all the tabs open, click on Restart Normally.
Microsoft Edge:
edge://restart
After restart, all your running tabs or Windows will be restored.
2] Clear your browser cache
These posts will give you the instructions for clearing the browser cache, cookies, etc for Chrome and Firefox | Microsoft Edge | Opera.
3] Re-install the Reddit Enhancement Suite
Launch your browser and depending on which it is, copy-paste the following in the address bar and hit Enter:
Chrome:
chrome://extensions
Locate the RES extension and click Remove. Navigate again to the Chrome Web Store. Search for RES and click Add to chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
about:addons
Click on the three-dot next to the Reddit Enhancement Suite and click Remove. Now go to the Firefox Addons, find RES, and click on Add to Firefox.
Microsoft Edge:
edge://extension
Locate the RES extension and click Remove. Now go back to the Edge Add-ons. Find RES, and click the Get button to install it again.
These posts will show you in detail how to manage Extensions in Microsoft Edge and in Chrome, Opera and Firefox.
Hopefully, these tips will help you in fixing the problem.
How do I enable old Reddit?
To enable old Reddit, follow the below steps:
- Navigate to Reddit
- Click on the User Settings
- Enable the option Opt out of the redesign
- You can also visit old.reddit.com
Read: Top 3 Reddit apps for Windows PC
What does Reddit Enhancement Suite do?
If you are using Reddit, there’s a one browser extension called Reddit Enhancement Suite(RES). It has several features, some of which are shown below.
- Filters out the content
- Blocks NSFW content
- Tracks new comments in the thread
- Disables subreddit themes
- RES has never-ending page loads.
Does Reddit delete inactive accounts?
Reddit is a social media platform. It does not delete inactive accounts. If you do not log in to your account for over six months. So Reddit will only send you one email every three months reminding you that your account is inactive. But when an account is inactive for more than 12 months, the account is automatically deleted.
