How to delete Snapchat on iPhone

Whether you’re ready to fully joke about the platform or deactivate your account a bit, stay tuned for how to delete Snapchat on iPhone.

If you’re ready to get rid of Snapchat, the service makes it easy to do with an option to delete your account directly in the iOS app settings.

We will discuss more details below, but when you delete your account, it will go into a deactivation mode for 30 days – with the option to change your mind – and will be completely deleted after 60 days.

Open Snapchat on your iPhone
Press your profile icon in the upper left corner
Select now gear icon upper right
Swipe down to the bottom and tap Delete account
Follow the instructions to complete the deletion of Snapchat

This is what the process looks like:

Delete Snapchat from the web

If you do not have your iPhone at hand, you can also delete Snapchat by going to its delete account page here. Log in with your account and follow the instructions.

Delete Snapchat details

When you delete Snapchat, your account will be disabled for 30 days. During that window, friends will not be able to “contact or interact” with you.

For the first 30 days after deletion, you can choose to reactivate your Snapchat account by simply logging in to the app again with your username and password (email login will not work and you will not be able to change your password).

After a further 30 days (60 in total) your Snapchat account will be permanently deleted. It includes your account, friends, Snaps, Chats, Story, account settings, device data and location data.

Snapchat notes, however, that it will “retain some personal data for certain legal, security and business needs.” It includes details like purchase history.

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