How to Quote on Reddit

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: August 29, 2022 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a quote block in a comment on Reddit. You cannot create in-text quotes when using the Reddit mobile app.

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Open Reddit. Go to https://www.reddit.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open the Reddit home page.
- If you aren't signed into Reddit, make sure you sign in before attempting to leave a comment: click log in in the top-right corner of the page, then enter your username and password.
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Find the post on which you want to leave a quote, then click the post's title to open the post.

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Find the comment you want to quote. Scroll down until you find the comment from which you want to post a quote.
- If you want to quote the original post's content, you'll find it at the top of the thread.
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Click and drag your mouse cursor across the comment or content you want to quote to select it.
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Press either Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ Command + C (Mac) to do so.
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Click the "Quotation" icon. It's a set of quotes (") below the "Comment as" text box. Doing this creates a quote block, which resembles a vertical grey line, in the text box.
- If you want to reply to a comment, you'll first click Reply below the comment.
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Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (Mac) to do so. You should see the copied quote appear to the right of the quote block.
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Press ↵ Enter to start a new line, then press ← Backspace once to get rid of the quote formatting.
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Type in whatever you want to say in response to the quote below the quote itself.
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Click COMMENT . It's a dark-blue button in the lower-right side of the text box. Doing so posts your quote and comment.
- If you're replying to a comment, you'll instead click REPLY below the text box.

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Very nice. What about phones tho?

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You cannot do this in the mobile app.

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