Start with one question
Before you touch a control, answer this: do you already know what you want gone? Your answer picks the approach.
- Yes, specifically - reach for filters.
- Roughly, it's a common case - start from a recipe.
- Yes, and there's a date attached - use pre-event mode.
None of these lock you in. They're starting points, not commitments.
Filters: when you know
Filters are the precise instrument. Narrow your history by subreddit, karma score, date range, content type, or keyword - and combine them. "Every comment in r/AmItheAsshole below zero karma, older than 2020" is one filter stack.
As you tighten the filter, a live count shows exactly how many items match. You're never guessing at the size of what you're about to remove, and the preview lists every one before anything runs.
Recipes: when you do not
Recipes are filters someone already tuned for the common cases. One click fills in the filter stack; you adjust from there.
- Pre-Interview Clean - low-karma takes and NSFW activity from the last five years. The stuff a hiring manager would notice.
- Wipe NSFW - every NSFW-flagged post and comment, all years, all scores.
- Old Account Tidy - older than five years and quiet, under five karma. The dust bunnies.
A recipe never deletes on its own - it just sets the filter and drops you into the same preview you'd get by hand.
Pre-event: when there is a deadline
Pre-event mode is for when "soon" isn't good enough - a job interview, a background check, a launch, a hearing. You set the date; Karmdit cleans now, watches for anything new that matches your filters until the day, and runs a verification pass so you know each removal actually stuck.
Filters are a scalpel. Recipes are a preset. Pre-event is a countdown.
You can combine them
These aren't three separate products - they're three doors into the same filter engine. Start from a recipe, tighten it with a manual filter, then hand the result to a schedule so it keeps running. Nothing you pick now rules out anything later.
The only thing every path has in common: you see the full preview, and nothing is deleted until you confirm.