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How to Delete or Deactivate Your Snapchat Account

Social media like Snapchat could be a hindrance to those who are working from home. Such social media apps will consume much time during your working hours. It will make a negative impact on your work productivity. If you’re using spending too much time on Snapchat, you can step away by deleting your account using this guide.

How to Permanently Delete Your Snapchat Account
1. Go to the Snapchat official page in your web browser and sign in with the necessary credentials.

2. Navigate to the bottom of the page and select Support.
3. Hit the option My Account and Security and tap Account Information.
4. Scroll down and select Delete My Account.
Note: Before deleting your account, you can back up your Snapchat account data. For this, navigate to MY DATA and submit the request to back up your data.

5. Enter the username and password to confirm the action.

6. Click Continue to start deleting your account.
7. Now, you’ll see a message stating that your account is being deactivated.

That’s it. Within 30 days, your Snapchat account will be deleted permanently. Once the account is deleted, your friends can’t contact you through the Snapchat app.
Note: Do you reckon someone has access to your Snapchat account? Change your Snapchat password instead of deleting your account.
How to Reactivate a Snapchat Account
It’s easy to reactivate your account within the 30 days grace period. After 30 days, your Snapchat account will be permanently deleted, and you won’t be able to reactivate it again.
1. Open the Snapchat app, and fill in the required details like USERNAME OR EMAIL, PASSWORD.

2. Click on the login button.
3. You’ll receive a warning message, as shown below. Click Yes on it.

4. You will receive a verification message through your mail. Open the mail and confirm the verification.

That’s it. Your Snap account will be reactivated within 24 hours. After activation, You will receive a confirmation mail. If you cannot log in to your account after 24 hours, please reach Snapchat customer support.
Other Social Media Apps Deletion Guide
- How to Delete Your TikTok Account
- How to Delete Facebook Messenger Account
- How to Delete Your Twitter Account
- How to Delete Telegram Account
FAQ
Unfortunately, Snapchat doesn’t provide options to deactivate or delete your account temporarily. You have to delete it permanently to avoid using the application.
Yes. You can delete your Snapchat account by providing the username instead of your email id. However, you must need an email if you want to reactivate it.
You can delete your Snapchat account within 30 days of account deletion. If you try to delete the account after 1 month, you can’t do it.
* Go to the Profile section of your Snapchat account.
* Click the Settings icon → Navigate to the Support section → Click I Need Help → Tap Account Information → Select Delete my account → Confirm the process to delete your account.