How to Delete Snapchat Account: Deactivation Process

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Written by Wilbur Woodham

Snapchat is a mobile messaging application with attached images or videos. Quite a popular service among young people, but the functionality of this application has some features. For example, the photo and video are only available for a while, disappearing. To view the sent image or video, Snapchat gives 1-10 seconds, which allows the recipient to take a screenshot. In some cases, this is a problem for the sender, although Snapchat notifies the sender. Because of these features, some people refuse to use Snapchat.

How to deactivate the Snapchat account

Deletion of Snapchat is called deactivation. To delete Snapchat, it is not enough to delete the app from your PC or mobile device; you need to deactivate the account. It takes 30 days to deactivate. This means that you can delete the account for a while and within 30 days restore it or it will still disappear after that time.

What happens if you delete your Snapchat account?

For deactivation of the account, you must delete your account, after which you will be given a 30-day period in which Snapchat will consider the application for deletion. In the same period, users may change their minds and activate their profile, but in another case, after 30 days, the account and all your data disappear from the database of this service, namely:

  • Account settings
  • Device data
  • Location data
  • Friends
  • Account
  • Story
  • Snaps
  • Chats
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How to reactivate your Snapchat account

We mentioned this earlier. This process is simple. All you need to do is log in to your account and restore it. But it’s only possible during the 30-day deactivation window.

How to download your Snapchat data

For all the time using Snapchat, you probably have accumulated a lot of information that you do not want to part with when deleting. This is both the search history and correspondence with your friends, memorable images, and videos. Of course, you can all save it before deleting it. All you need is:

  1. Enter to accounts.snapchat.com
  2. You have to log in to your account
  3. Next, type “My Data” and then type “Submit Request”.
  4. After that, look for a link to your verified Snapchat email address
  5. Download your data by link

How to delete your Snapchat account

  1. Enter to accounts.snapchat.com 1
  2. You have to log in to your account
  3. On the page “Manage my Account”, click “Delete My Account.”
  4. Type “Delete My Account”.
  5. You need to log in with your username and password to confirm.
  6. Type “Continue” to start the process.
  7. In 30 days, your Snapchat account will be deactivated.
NOTE
Don’t forget the importance of protecting your personal data 2. It includes any measures we take to protect data, whether it is stored on a remote server or on our own computer’s hard drive.

How to Protect Yourself on Social Media

Steps to resolve:

  1. Keep your personal information in the correspondence.
  2. Do not publish any selfies that intruders may use for the wrong purposes.
  3. Secure your account with two-factor authentication, and provide a strong and unique password.
  4. Do not log in to your account on foreign devices
  5. Don’t save your username and password on someone else’s devices.
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References

  1. Snapchat: http://accounts.snapchat.com/
  2. 10 Working Tips to Protect Your Personal Data: https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/protect-your-personal-data/
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Wilbur Woodham

I was a technical writer from early in my career, and consider IT Security one of my foundational skills. I’m sharing my experience here, and I hope you find it useful.

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