How to Turn Off Snapchat Notifications
Snap notifications are useful if you want to receive constant story, snaps, and message reminders on your phone.
Nevertheless, some users don’t like to receive notifications that often - we get you; it might get annoying after a while!
Luckily, the platform allows you to manage each Snapchat notification you receive from your device without major problems.
If you want to control notifications more thoroughly, then you must follow the steps we are about to show you in this guide.
Keep reading this post to learn more about:
- How to turn off Snapchat notifications;
- Best ways to manage and control notifications on Snapchat;
- What to know about each Snapchat notification that appears on the app.
What Happens When You Turn Off Notifications on the Snapchat App?
We know that certain notifications might bother you in your day-to-day activities.
Perhaps you don’t want to receive a notification on your iPhone or Android device telling you that you received a group chat message or new friend suggestions - it is up to you.
That’s why Snapchat enabled features to manage and disable notifications at your will. Once you turn them off, the following things will happen:
- You will stop receiving chat, story, or group notifications on your iPhone or Android;
- If you turn off message notifications, typing notifications and more notifications on Snapchat, no one will know that you did so;
- Some notifications, such as the typing notification, can only be disabled for specific users instead of all new messages.
So, don’t rush yourself to temporarily disable your Snapchat account - simply let’s manage the notifications option, and you will be good to go.
How to Turn Off Snapchat Notifications
Luckily, you can disable or mute notifications at your will, meaning that you control each Snapchat notification that takes place on your profile.
In order to do so, you need to follow the same steps we are about to show you, whether you have an Android or iPhone device.
Without further ado, let’s get rid of each Snapchat notification on the app!
1. Manage Notifications from the Snapchat Application
The first method consists of managing each Snapchat notification directly from the app notifications button.
You should have the latest version of the Snapchat app installed.
Also, this works both for managing iOS notifications and Android notifications as well.
Step 1: Open Snapchat
Open Snapchat, and tap on your profile icon. This will take you to your profile page, where you need to tap on the Settings icon.
Step 2: Tap the Settings Gear Icon and Go to Notification Settings
Tap on “Settings,” and a new menu will open. Scroll down until you find an option that says “Snapchat Notification.” Select “Notifications,” and proceed.
Step 3: Turn Off and On Snapchat Notifications
After you select “Notifications,” a menu with all available notifications will open. You have two options here.
1. Toggle Off Enable Notifications
If you toggle switch the button that says “Enable Notifications,” each Snapchat notification will disable.
Therefore, you will be preventing story, friend, and chat notifications from appearing on your phone.
You will need to open Snapchat on your Android or iOS device if you want to see all the messages and friend notifications at a time.
2. Manage Message Notifications, Story Notifications and More
You might as well decide which notifications you want to turn off.
Don’t want to get message notifications? Turn them off! Still want to receive story notifications? Then leave them as they are.
Tap “manage story notifications” or “message notifications” for further customization.
2. Manage Snapchat Notifications from Your Device’s Settings
All modern phones have the option to manage app’s notifications outside the app. So, whether you have an Android or Apple phone, this method will work either way.
Step 1: Go to the Settings App on Your Device
Go to your phone’s settings application. This will open a screen with many options.
Step 2: Select “Apps Notifications” and Tap on the Snapchat Icon
Tap on the option that says “Apps Notifications.” Here, a list of all your apps will appear. You need to tap on Snapchat, and proceed.
Step 3: Disable or Enable Snapchat Notifications at Your Will
Now, this control center allows you to manage all app info options.
Simply turn off message, story, or chat pop-up notifications at your will.
You are the master here, so the decisions you make depend entirely on you!
How to Turn Off Typing Notifications on Snapchat
One of the most common questions among Snapchatters is how to disable the typing notification.
Whenever a person starts writing messages, a typing notification icon will appear on Snapchat.
In this case, you must control friend notification from the friends’ screen.
There is no way to entirely disable typing notifications for everyone, so this is what you have to do.
Pro Tip: Do you suspect that someone unadded you on Snapchat? Perhaps they did!
If you tap on the search bar and then on their profile icon, but they appear as “non-friends,” then you have indeed been deleted from their friend’s list. Check out our related post to learn more.
Step 1: Go to the Snapchat Chat Settings Screen
Open the Snapchat app, and tap on the chat menu. This will open a list with your most recent chats.
Step 2: Select the Particular Person You Wish to Turn Notifications Off
Now, as we mentioned before, this process can only be done individually.
Therefore, you must select the particular person you want to disable typing notifications, long tap on their name, and proceed.
Step 3: Tap on “Messages Notification” and then “Silent”
A new menu will open. Tap on “Messages Notification” and finally select “Silent.”
Now, wherever the person starts to write, you won’t receive typing notifications from this person anymore.
You can repeat this process with as many people as you like to.
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FAQ
Can You Hide Notifications from One Person on Snapchat?
Yes! The Notification menu allows you to thoroughly control each individual Notification related to another Snapchatter.
Worry not - Snapchat won’t send them a notification telling you that you hid them!
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter here at GrowFollowing. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.