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.

Steps

1
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.
2
Open a post. 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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3
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.
4
Select the section you want to quote. Click and drag your mouse cursor across the comment or content you want to quote to select it.
5
Copy the selection. Press either Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘ Command+C (Mac) to do so.
6
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.
7
Paste in your copied selection. 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.
8
Close the quote block. Press ↵ Enter to start a new line, then press ← Backspace once to get rid of the quote formatting.
9
Add your response text. Type in whatever you want to say in response to the quote below the quote itself.
10
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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Community Q&A

Question

Very nice. What about phones tho?

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This answer was written by one of our trained team of researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Staff Answer

You cannot do this in the mobile app.

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Warnings

Unfortunately, the Reddit mobile app doesn't allow you to use quote blocks.

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Do not misquote others or make up quotes.

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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Jack Lloyd is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. This article has been viewed 271,088 times.

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Updated: August 29, 2022

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