How do I delete my snap score?

Having a high Snapchat score can be a status symbol for some Snapchat users, showing how active they are on the app. But for others, their Snapchat score may be uncomfortably high or they want a fresh start on the app. Fortunately, deleting your Snapchat score is possible, though the process is a bit involved.

What is Snapchat Score?

Snapchat score is a number that appears below your name on your profile. It’s a running total of the number of Snaps you’ve sent and received since you created your account. You gain one point for each Snap you send, and one point for each Snap you receive. Your score goes up every time you interact on Snapchat.

Snapchat displays your score so your friends can see how active you are on the app. A high score means you use Snapchat frequently to interact with lots of people. Some users enjoy watching their score go up over time and comparing it to friends as a way to compete on the app.

But not everyone cares about their Snapchat score. Some people would rather not have public metrics visible about their app usage. And if your score is already in the hundreds of thousands or millions, you may want to wipe the slate clean and start fresh.

Why Would You Want to Delete Your Snapchat Score?

Here are some common reasons people want to delete or reset their Snapchat score:

• Your score is embarrassingly high. You don’t want people judging how much time you spend on Snapchat.
• You want a fresh start on Snapchat. Wiping your score puts you back at 0.
• You’re quitting Snapchat. Deleting your score removes your usage history.
• You got hacked. Resetting your score removes points gained by the hacker.
• You’re in a Snapstreak competition with friends. Deleting your score starts the race over.

In most cases, people want to delete their Snapchat score for privacy reasons. Your Snapchat score is public information that gives insight into your app usage. By removing your score, you make it private information again.

How to Delete Your Snapchat Score

Unfortunately, there is no direct way to reset your Snapchat score within the app. Snapchat does not provide an option to erase your score history and start over. But you can delete your Snapchat score through a few indirect methods:

Method 1: Delete Your Account

The most straightforward way to delete your Snapchat score is to delete your Snapchat account entirely. Here’s how:

1. Open Snapchat settings
2. Go to the “Account Actions” section
3. Select “Delete My Account”
4. Enter your password to confirm

Once your account is deleted, your Snapchat score will be permanently erased from existence. However, this also means you lose access to your memories, friends, and other information stored in your account.

Method 2: Create a New Account

If you want to keep your Snapchat account but reset the score, you can create a new account instead. Here’s how:

1. Open the Snapchat app and tap Sign Up
2. Enter your email and password to create a new account
3. Build up your new friends list and Snaps
4. Switch between accounts or abandon your old one

The downside to this method is you have to start rebuilding your friends list and memories from scratch. But it lets you keep separate high and low scores if you switch between accounts.

Method 3: Stop Using Snapchat

If manually deleting your account or making a new one seems too extreme, you can passively delete your score by stopping Snapchat use. Here’s how:

1. Stop opening Snapchat and sending Snaps
2. Wait for friends to stop sending you Snaps
3. Wait for your score to expire after 30 days of inactivity

Snapchat scores expire and delete themselves if you stop using the app for 30 days. This passive approach takes longer but lets you avoid deleting your account.

How Does Snapchat Calculate Your Score?

Understanding how Snapchat calculates your score can help explain how deleting your score works behind the scenes. Here’s what contributes to your Snapchat score:

• You get 1 point for each Snap you send, no matter how many recipients
• You get 1 point for each Snap you receive, opened or not
• You get 1 point for each Snapchat story you post
• You get 1 point each time you use a lens or filter

And here’s what does not contribute to your Snapchat score:

• Sending chat messages does not give you points
• Opening a received Snap without screenshotting does not give you points
• Watching stories does not give you points
• Team Snapchat filters do not give you points

When you delete your Snapchat account, it erases this Snap point history from Snapchat’s servers. And since the score only counts Snaps sent while your account was active, your score decays over 30 days of inactivity as old Snaps expire.

Does Deleting Your Score Delete Memories?

Deleting your Snapchat score does not by default delete your Snapchat memories or content. However, the method you use can affect whether your memories get erased:

• Deleting your account – This permanently deletes your memories and content.
• Making a new account – Your memories remain on your old account.
• Letting your score expire – Your memories remain available to view.

The only circumstance where your Snapchat memories get deleted is if you fully delete your Snapchat account. Otherwise, the images, videos, and conversations you’ve saved in Memories will still be accessible.

Does Your Friends List Get Deleted?

Similar to memories, your friends list on Snapchat is not directly tied to your Snapchat score. So whether your friends get deleted depends on the method you use to reset your score:

• Deleting your account – This permanently deletes your friends list.
• Making a new account – Your friends remain on your old account.
• Letting your score expire – Your friends list is unaffected.

The only way to wipe your Snapchat friends list is to fully delete your account. Your friends are stored separately from your Snap point history and won’t get deleted just from resetting your score.

Can You Restore a Deleted Snapchat Score?

If you change your mind after deleting your Snapchat score, there are limited options to restore it:

• If you deleted your account, you can’t restore your score.
• If you made a new account, you can switch back to your old account to access your old score.
• If you let your score expire, it will restore if you start actively Snapping again.

Unfortunately, once your Snapchat account is permanently deleted, there is no way to retrieve your previous score. But your score data does still exist if you simply stop using Snapchat for awhile or switch accounts.

Conclusion

Here are some key points to remember about deleting your Snapchat score:

• The only way to directly erase your score is to delete your Snapchat account.
• Making a new account or passively letting your score expire also works.
• Your Snapchat memories and friends are not deleted when you reset your score.
• Once your account is deleted, your previous score cannot be restored.

While Snapchat doesn’t make it easy, you do have options if you want to remove your Snapscore for privacy or to wipe the slate clean. Just be cautious before deleting your account, since that cannot be undone.

Method	Deletes Score	Deletes Memories	Deletes Friends
Delete Account	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Account	Yes	No	No
Stop Using	Yes	No	No

In summary, deleting your Snapchat score is possible, but also deletes your account and data if you choose that method. The indirect approaches of creating a new account or simply not using Snapchat will also reset your score while preserving your information.