How To Delete Your Snapchat Account - IONOS

Digital GuideSearch IONOS Products IONOS Products

• Domains & SSL
  • Domain Names
  • Domain Name Search
  • Free Domain Transfer
  • .com Domain
  • 1 Dollar Domain
  • Cheap Domain
  • Free Domain
  • Buy SSL Certificate
• Websites & eCommerce
  • Website Builder
  • Website Platforms
  • Website Templates
  • Web Design Services
  • eCommerce Website Builder
  • Search Engine Optimization Tool
• Hosting & WordPress
  • Web Hosting
  • WordPress Hosting
  • 1 Dollar Hosting
  • Windows Hosting
  • Free Website Hosting
• Office
  • Create Business Email
  • HiDrive Cloud Storage
  • Microsoft 365 Business
• Servers
  • Cloud Server
  • VPS Hosting
  • Free VPS
  • Dedicated Servers
  • Rent a Server
  • IONOS Cloud
• Tools
  • Business Name Generator
  • Logo Creator
  • Favicon Generator
  • Whois Lookup
  • Website Checker
  • SEO Check
  • SSL Checker
  • IP Address Check

Main menuSearchIONOS Products

• Websites
  • Website creation
  • Web design
  • Web development
  • Digital law
• Hosting
  • CMS
  • Blogs
  • Technical matters
• Server
  • Know-how
  • Configuration
  • Security
  • Tools
• Domains
  • Domain extensions
  • Domain administration
  • Domain news
  • Domain tips
• Online marketing
  • Online sales
  • Search engine marketing
  • Social media
  • Web analytics
• E-mail
  • E-mail marketing
  • E-Mail security
  • Technical matters

1. IONOS
2. Digital Guide
3. Online marketing
4. Social media
5. Delete Snapchat account

How to delete your Snapchat account

• IONOS editorial team01/30/20236 mins
• • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on LinkedIn

• Tutorials

Snapchat has long made a name for itself among other popular instant messengers. Its biggest draw? Pictures, videos, and stories that you send or receive from contacts are only available for a few seconds and are deleted immediately after viewing. These so-called “snaps” can also be edited with various filters, stickers, and effects. How could you not like the app? Maybe it’s because you aren’t satisfied with its lackluster data protection or because you’ve outgrown their younger target group. Maybe your hoped-for Snapchat fame didn’t work out, and you’ve lost interest in the app.

If you want to remove your account again, it is not enough to just delete Snapchat. As with other apps, your personal data will remain stored on the operator’s servers even if the small yellow ghost icon has disappeared from your smartphone. As with many other services of this nature, the actual function for deleting your account is hard to find – after all, the provider is reluctant to lose users. Depending on the individual case, it may even be sufficient to deactivate your Snapchat account temporarily instead of deleting it completely. We offer detailed, step-by-step instructions for both.

Deactivate Snapchat and delete Snapchat account

If you want to log out of Snapchat, this always happens in two steps: First, the user profile is deactivated for 30 days until it is finally deleted from Snapchat. You can also deactivate a Snapchat account using the delete function. If you know the app well, you’ll already know that you can’t find this function in the Android or iOS version. Instead, you need to use your web browser, which works as follows:

1. Go to accounts.snapchat.com in your browser.
2. Log in with your Snapchat account.
3. Click on the “Delete my account” option in the next window.
4. Confirm your decision by entering your login data again.
5. A message indicates that your Snapchat account has been successfully deactivated and you will shortly receive a confirmation email. You will also be notified that your account will be deleted within 30 days of deactivation. Until then, you can reactivate your Snapchat account and restore all data at any time. All you have to do is log into Snapchat with your access data.

The alternative, albeit more cumbersome solution is to navigate directly into the support area through the Snapchat homepage or the app settings (gear symbol in your profile). Then click on “Account details” under the menu item “My Account & Security” and then on “Delete My Account.” There you will again find all important information on deactivating and/or deleting your Snapchat account. A link to the “Accounts Portal” leads to the URL “accounts.snapchat.com”. From there, follow the step-by-step instructions described above.

Tip

If wou want to delete your TikTok account, visit our step-by-step guide.

If you allow the 30 days to elapse without reactivating your account, it will be permanently deleted. This means that all your contacts and any snaps you may have stored in the app’s archive will also be irrevocably deleted. In addition, your Snapchat name will become available again so that other users may be able to maintain their own account under your name. For these reasons, the step of deleting your account should be considered carefully. In case of doubt, the first step is to deactivate your Snapchat account. If you still don’t feel like resuming your snapchat activities, your account will automatically disappear after 30 days.

Logging out of Snapchat: How do I back up my snaps?

Snapchat’s success story is based on the fact that sent pictures, videos, and stories are only visible to the recipient for a short time and are then completely deleted. This offers more security for your own privacy and also allows various freedoms and creative uses.

Since mid-2016, however, Snapchat has had a new function called “Memories.” This function allows you to store snapshots and stories you have created in an app-internal archive and to manage them from there. With the option “My eyes only” it is also possible to protect them with a PIN. You can also configure the reminder function so that your pictures and videos are stored in your internal photo gallery on your smartphone. This works as follows:

1. Click on your Snapchat profile in the app and then on the gear symbol in the upper-right corner to access the settings
2. Scroll down and click on “Memories”
3. Here, click “Save” on “Save in…”
4. Now you can choose between the storage options “Memories,” “Memories and recordings,” or “Only in recordings”

So, while it is possible to back up your snaps before deleting your Snapchat account, this kind of function doesn’t exist for third-party apps. This is due to the inherent transience of the app. Dedicated third-party apps, which can be found in abundance in the app store and on Google Play, can help. Since a large data leak in October 2014, however, Snapchat is trying to remove applications like “Snap-Hack” from the store offerings at regular intervals. The basic rule is: Use at your own risk. Most third-party apps quickly turn out to be fraudulent, and in the worst case you risk having your Snapchat account blocked by using them.

Of course, you can also use the short time before an image disappears to take an awkward screenshot of it. However, this has the disadvantage that your contact will be informed about it. By using a common recorder app (for example, the Apowersoft Screen Recorder on Android), you can secretly record videos from your smartphone screen. Since processed data is also temporarily stored in your phone’s cache, certain apps and applications even allow you to restore deleted images and videos.

Was this article helpful? vote upvote downWhy not?

• Outdated
• Incorrect
• Difficult to understand

Related tags

• Tutorials

Contents

• Deactivate Snapchat and delete Snapchat account
• Logging out of Snapchat: How do I back up my snaps?

Related Products

WordPress Hosting See packages Popular Articles Personal email domain: What is it and how to create an email address

Create your personal email address with your own email domain to demonstrate…

Read more How do you buy a domain name? A guide

How do you register and secure a domain name? And how do you buy a domain that’s already…

Read more What are the different types of domains?

What are the different types of domain endings? And what’s the difference between…

Read more What is prompt engineering and how does it work?

What is prompt engineering and how can it be used to improve the results of ChatGPT and…

Read more Different Website Types compared

Choosing the right type of website is critical to the success of any online endeavor.…

Read more

Related articles

Lorna RobertsShutterstock

How to delete your Facebook account: a step-by-step guide

Recent scandals with Facebook’s data protection policies have left many users feeling betrayed by the social networking giant, which has been facing accusations of failing to protect personal information from third-party use. Deleting your Facebook account is the best and most…

• Facebook
• Tutorials

Read more

How to delete your Instagram account

An Instagram account only takes a few seconds to set up and can be deleted just as quickly – provided you know how. The function to delete the Instagram account is not so easy to find. We show you how to permanently remove all your images and videos from the web as well as social…

• Facebook
• Tutorials
• Instagram

Read more Lorna RobertsShutterstock

Deleting your Twitter account: how to delete your account with the microblogging service

Reading interesting posts from friends, acquaintances, celebrities. Maybe even throwing in a tweet of your own here and there: The short news service, Twitter, is one of the most popular social media channels worldwide, thanks to its simple concept and wide reach. However, when…

• Tutorials

Read more RohappyShutterstock

How to delete your TikTok account

TikTok is a social media video app that is popular among teenagers and music lovers. The Chinese app is gaining more and more fans worldwide. However, the portal for short, self-filmed video clips, lip-sync, and dancing is not to everyone’s taste. Anyone who would like to delete…

• Tutorials

Read more We use cookies on our website to provide you with the best possible user experience. By continuing to use our website or services, you agree to their use. More Information. OKSpecial DealsSave on great business-boosting products

Build or host a website, launch a server, or store your data and more with our most popular products for less.

Find a dealPage top IONOS arsys STRATO we22 LinkedIn facebook twitter x YouTube Lightbulb Hand thumbs up FA Balance Scale Exclamation circle List List ul Book Chat left quote Breadcrumb divider Table of contents Table of contents Download Send QR Code Scan Camera reels Search RSS Check Check lg Check circle X X lg X circle File earmark excel File earmark Word File earmark pdf File earmark arrow down Icon link Calendar3 Calendar event Arrow top Arrow right Arrow bottom Arrow left Stopwatch Info