How to Unsend a Snap on Snapchat
It’s late at night, you open Snapchat and decide to send a snap to a person’s chat.
And all seems good…until you wake up the next day and realize you sent that snap to the wrong person.
Many users find themselves in this awkward situation and are confused about what to do next.
Should you apologize for the unwanted snap videos in advance?
Hey, don’t worry.
You can actually unsend messages and all your Snapchat conversations.
In this article, we will teach you how to unsend and delete snaps.
We’ll go over this topics:
- Can you unsend a snap?
- How to unsend a snap? How to delete sent Snapchat?
- If you delete a Snapchat message does it unsend?
Can You Unsend a Snap?
Short answer, you can’t unsend messages on Snapchat. There is no unsend function.
Due to how the Snapchat servers work, you can’t actually unsend messages.
So once that snap leaves your phone it will appear on the other person’s chat.
However, you can delete a particular snap, effectively unsending a sent snap.
To avoid this issue,some users prefer to send snaps directly from their camera roll.
With this method, they have to double check everything before they send a snap on Snapchat.
Pro Tip: A saved chat message can’t be deleted normally. However, we found a solution to the problem.
You can actually delete saved messages the recipient saved on Snapchat. When you delete it, it will disappear on yours and your friend’s screen.
How to Unsend a Snap? How to Delete Sent Snapchat?
Like most social media platforms out there, you can delete a Snapchat picture, video and text messages.
Once they are deleted the recipient won’t be able to open them.
You need to act fast before the other person opens the snap.
Otherwise, that person will be able to save the snap.
If the recipient opens it, you can still delete the snap.
But there won’t be much of a point after that.
Regardless, here’s how you can delete the snap video you sent to the wrong person:
Step 1: Tap On The Chat Icon
The first step is to log into your Snapchat account.
Now, go to the chat tab and open the chat with the text message or the sent snap you want to delete.
If it says delivered, it means the person hasn’t opened the snap yet, so you are still on time.
Step 2: Delete The Wrong Snap From The Pop Up Message
Tap the message and hold it. A pop-up menu will appear tap delete to delete the snap from your friend’s device.
Tap Okay to confirm and delete the sent snap.
However, this will not work if the other user’s phone is on airplane mode or has a poor Internet connection.
The other user will get a small notification when you delete a sent snap.
So think twice before you do so.
Wouldn’t it be better just to explain what happened to them?
Unless the snap is something really embarrassing, talking it over may be more useful.
If You Block The Other Snapchat Account Will It Unsend Snaps?
As of recently, this method is no longer available.
Before, you could block a user to prevent them from opening a snap.
However, after doing some research, we have confirmed with different sites that this is no longer possible.
Once you send a snap on Snapchat, the only way to avoid another person from seeing it is deleting it.
A deleted message will effectively unsend it.
But your friends will be notified by the app that you deleted a snap.
Pro tip:Note: T he Snapchat score is a feature that tells a user how much time they have spent sending text messages and videos on Snapchat.
Each account has a different score that Snapchat calculates based on a number of factors.
If You Delete a Snapchat Message Does It Unsend?
While, by definition, deleting and unsending are not the same thing, they both will work for you.
Deleting means completely removing the data from Snapchat.
Unsending means retrieving that same data.
Since there is no unsend feature, the delete option will virtually do the same.
That is preventing a person from opening a snap on Snapchat.
A deleted snap will not increase your snap score nor hurt your streak on the app.
But you’ll need to send another one to keep the score and the streak going.
Conclusion - Unsend And Delete Text Messages And Snaps
Like most social media apps, Snapchat tries to help its users to the best of their abilities.
But sometimes, the function you need is not available.
The lack of an unsend feature is not a deal-breaker for most.
But as one of the most popular social media apps out there, it’s weird that it lacks such a basic option.
Regardless, we hope the article was helpful.
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How to Unsend a Snap FAQ
What Can You Do When You Send A Snap To The Wrong Person?
The Snapchat app will automatically delete a sent snap after 24 hours.
However, you can manually delete it by long-pressing the message and tapping the delete option.
The person will be notified, so you better have a comment ready.
Will Clearing A Chat Delete Unopened Snaps?
Clearing chats does not delete a sent message. You need to delete a snap directly. Deleting it is easy.
Just search for the snap, tap it and delete it. If you don’t believe us try to Google it. Snapchat recently made a comment about it as well.
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter here at GrowFollowing. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.