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Many people enjoy the amazing features that Snapchat offers, especially privacy.

There is a lot of fun on Snapchat, and most of its users are teens who are on the constant task of gathering more Snapchat friends.

On Snapchat, people have various ways through which they can add you as their friend.

People ask whether they can know how someone added them on Snapchat.

Quick Answer

Once you add someone on Snapchat, they will be notified that someone added them as their friend. Checking the notifications will give the profile of the person that added them, and you can accept or ignore adding that person back as your friend. If someone falls under the “Added” section, you can check how they added you below their Snapchat username.

This guide dives into understanding how you can add someone on Snapchat. Also, we will see how to check who added you on Snapchat, add them back, and know how someone added you on Snapchat.

Table of Contents

1. How Can I Add Someone as a Friend on Snapchat?
   • Method #1: Adding by Search
   • Method #2: Adding from Contacts
   • Method #3: Adding by Snapcode
2. Who and How Did Someone Add Me on Snapchat?
3. Conclusion
4. Frequently Asked Questions

How Can I Add Someone as a Friend on Snapchat?

The beauty of Snapchat is that you have various ways of adding someone as your friend.

You can use their Snapcode, add them from our contact list, search them using their username, etc.

However, regardless of the method you use, once you add someone, they will still get notified that someone added them.

Let’s see the various ways of adding someone on Snapchat.

Method #1: Adding by Search

If you are using your real name on Snapchat, your friends can search for you and use it to add you as their friend.

Also, if someone knows your Snapchat username, they can search for it, and when your profile comes up, they can add you as a friend.

Moreover, if someone sees your profile in the suggestions section, they can add you based on Snapchat suggestions.

When someone adds you using these ways, you will get the “Added you from search” notification.

Method #2: Adding from Contacts

Snapchat has permission to access your contacts.

Therefore, if any of your contacts are on Snapchat, you will see their profiles on Snapchat.

You can add them by clicking the “Add” button next to their name.

Method #3: Adding by Snapcode

Someone can scan your code and add you on Snapchat if you’ve shared your Snapcode with people or on your other social media platforms.

In the “Add Friend” section, you can scan someone’s Snapcode and add them as friends on Snapchat.

The three are the common ways of adding someone on Snapchat.

Who and How Did Someone Add Me on Snapchat?

When you get a notification that someone added you on Snapchat, it’s normal to get curious about who added you and why they added you as their friend.

By looking at who added you as a friend on Snapchat, you can see how they added you below their name.

Follow the below steps:

1. Open the Snapchat app.
2. Tap on your Bitmoji in the top left corner.
3. Tap on the “Add Friends” option.
4. Locate the “Added Me” section. Anyone who has added you on Snapchat will fall under this section.
5. Below each name of the person that has added you, there will be the source of how they added you.

That’s it. The source can be “By Search,” “By Quick Add,” etc.

You now know how someone added you on Snapchat.

If you want to add them back as your friend, click the “Accept” button next to their Snapchat username. If you don’t want to, you can ignore their friend request and wait for it to expire.

Conclusion

This guide has covered the various ways someone can add you on Snapchat.

Further, we’ve seen how you can see who added you on Snapchat and how they added you.

Hopefully, you can now check your Snapchat account and look for friends that added you to see how they went about it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can anyone add me on Snapchat?

It depends on your privacy settings. If you’ve turned on the Snap Map feature and Quick Add, someone can add you when you are near them by searching for random people nearby.

How can I know anyone that adds me on Snapchat?

Snapchat immediately sends you a notification when someone adds you as a friend. To check everyone who added you on Snapchat, click the person icon on your Snapchat screen to open the “Add Friends” section. A list of anyone who added you will display. Besides, you can click the View All button below “Added me” to get the whole list of people who have added you.

Can I secretly add someone as a friend on Snapchat?

No, you can’t. When you add someone as a friend on Snapchat, they will be notified that someone added them as a friend. Once they do, they can open their notification to see who added them or visit their “Add Friend” section on Snapchat and see the whole list of those who added them on Snapchat and how they did that.

How can someone add me on Snapchat?

There are various ways of adding someone on Snapchat. You can add someone using the Quick Add feature, scanning them using Snap Map, searching for their username, adding them using their Snapcode, and adding your contacts who are on Snapchat.

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