Yes, there are a few different ways someone can hide their Snapchat story from certain friends or groups of people. Snapchat gives users several options for controlling who can view their stories. These options allow Snapchatters to share stories with some friends while hiding them from others.
Ways to Hide Your Snapchat Story
Here are the main ways someone can hide their Snapchat story from others:
Custom Story Settings
The easiest way to hide your Snapchat story from someone is by using custom story settings. To do this:
- Open your Snapchat app and tap on your profile icon in the top left corner.
- Tap the gear icon to access your settings.
- Scroll down and tap “Custom” under the “Who Can View My Story” section.
- From here, you can choose specific friends you want to hide your story from by tapping the empty circle next to their name. This will block them from viewing your story.
You can also hide your story from certain groups of friends by creating custom “friend lists” and excluding those lists. For example, you could put co-workers in one list and classmates in another, then exclude the co-workers list to hide your story from them.
Private Story
Another option is to create a private story. Private stories can only be viewed by friends you manually add to them. To make a private story:
- Tap your profile icon and tap the plus (+) icon to create a new story.
- Give your private story a name and tap “Private Story” (instead of “My Story”).
- Tap the contacts you want to add to your private story.
Any snaps you post to your private story will only be visible to the friends you selected. Everyone else will be unaware the private story exists.
Blocking Friends
You can stop someone from viewing your Snapchat story by blocking them. To block a friend:
- Go to your “My Friends” page and tap the name of the friend you want to block.
- Tap the gear icon next to their name.
- Scroll down and tap “Block” to confirm.
This will prevent them from viewing any of your stories. Keep in mind that blocking someone also stops you from viewing their stories. Blocking is best used for friends you no longer talk to very often.
Ghost Mode
Turning on Snapchat’s “Ghost Mode” will hide your story and location from all your friends. To enable Ghost Mode:
- Go to your profile and tap the gear icon.
- Tap “Ghost Mode” and confirm by tapping “Continue” when prompted.
Your profile icon will appear grayed out to friends when Ghost Mode is enabled. They will be unable to see any content from you until you turn it back off.
Hiding Your Story from Specific People
Here are some examples of how someone might use these story privacy options to hide stories from certain people:
- A teenager could hide their story from parents and family members so they don’t see something they wouldn’t approve of.
- Someone in a relationship could hide their story from a ex to avoid an awkward situation.
- A student starting college may hide stories from high school friends they are no longer close with.
- An employee could hide their weekend stories from co-workers to maintain professional boundaries.
Overall, Snapchat gives users granular control over who views their stories. While stories are public by default, it only takes a couple taps to hide your story from specific friends, groups, or everyone.
Pros and Cons of Hiding Your Snapchat Story
Hiding your Snapchat story from certain people has some potential advantages, but also some drawbacks to consider:
Pros
- Lets you control your privacy and choose who sees your content.
- Avoids awkwardness or drama with exes, family members, co-workers, etc.
- Allows you to share different sides of your personality with different friend groups.
- Can help prevent unwanted contact or harassment from people you don’t want viewing your stories.
Cons
- Could offend friends if they realize you hid your story from them.
- Makes it harder for friends you’ve hidden from to keep up with what’s going on in your life.
- Can require more effort to actively manage custom settings and friend lists.
- You may accidentally forget to hide a story and share something unintended.
Overall, hiding your story from specific people can be useful in many circumstances, but may occasionally complicate your social media relationships and interactions if not managed carefully.
Hidden Story Viewing on Snapchat
If someone has hidden their Snapchat story from you, is there any way you can still view it? Unfortunately, there is no built-in way to override someone’s story privacy settings on Snapchat. Some things to keep in mind:
- You will not receive notifications about a hidden story or see it listed in stories.
- There is no way to request access to a hidden story that’s been blocked.
- Viewing hidden stories on jailbroken or rooted devices is difficult and highly unethical.
- Asking a friend to take screenshots of someone else’s hidden story and send them to you is inappropriate.
Essentially, you should respect people’s story privacy choices on Snapchat. If someone has hidden their story from you, it’s best to accept that and move on. Constantly trying to find ways around their settings would violate their boundaries and consent.
Conclusion
Snapchat provides users with options like custom settings, private stories, blocking, and ghost mode to control who views their stories. Hiding your story from specific people can be a good way to manage privacy, avoid awkward situations, and segment content for different friend groups. However, it can also occasionally complicate relationships if friends realize they are being excluded or feel hurt. Overall, story privacy settings should be used ethically and not as a means to actively deceive close friends. Respecting people’s choices to hide stories from you is important on Snapchat and other social media platforms.