How do I hide my email on Snapchat?

Snapchat is a popular messaging app that allows users to send photo and video messages that disappear after being viewed. One feature of Snapchat is the ability to add friends via their Snapchat username or by syncing your phone’s contacts. When you add a friend by syncing contacts, Snapchat automatically pulls in any email addresses associated with those contacts. This means your personal email address may be visible to Snapchat friends unless you take steps to hide it. Here’s how to hide your email on Snapchat.

Check Your Email Visibility Settings

The first step is to check your current email visibility settings within Snapchat. Here’s how:

1. Open the Snapchat app and tap your profile icon in the top left corner.
2. Tap the gear icon to access your Settings.
3. Scroll down and select Who Can… under the Additional Services section.
4. Under Contact Info select My Friends or Only Me to control who can see your email address.

By default, Snapchat sets your email visibility to My Friends, allowing anyone in your Snapchat friends list to see your email. Changing this setting to Only Me will hide your email from all Snapchat friends.

Unlink Contacts

If you linked contacts and want to unlink them to remove any exposed email addresses, here are the steps:

1. Go to your Snapchat Settings.
2. Tap Manage under the Contacts section.
3. Select any contacts you want to unlink.
4. Tap Unlink to confirm.

This will prevent Snapchat from pulling email addresses from these contacts again.

Change Email for Your Snapchat Account

If you want to completely remove a personal email from Snapchat, you can change the email account associated with your Snapchat as follows:

1. Go to your Snapchat Settings.
2. Tap Email under the Account Actions section.
3. Enter a new email and Confirm.
4. Check your inbox for a confirmation code from Snapchat and enter it.

Your Snapchat account email will now be updated to the new email you entered.

Block Friends from Viewing Your Email

Another option is to selectively block friends from seeing your email, even if you have it set to My Friends. Here’s how:

1. Go to your Friends list in Snapchat.
2. Tap the friend you want to block.
3. Tap More Options.
4. Select Block Friend.
5. Confirm by tapping Block.

Blocking a friend prevents them from viewing your Stories and Chat as well as personal information like your email address.

Set Email to Only Me by Default

One way to ensure your email stays hidden in Snapchat is to set Who Can See My Email to Only Me by default for all new friends. Here’s how to do this:

1. Go to your Snapchat Settings
2. Tap Manage under the Contacts section
3. Tap Sync Contacts
4. Select Only Me under Email

With this setting, any new friends from syncing contacts will not be able to view your email automatically. You can then selectively change this for certain friends you want to share your email with.

Never Share Your Email with Strangers

It’s always wise to avoid sharing personal information like your email address with strangers on Snapchat. Here are a few tips:

• Don’t include your email in your Snapchat username or profile.
• Be cautious when chatting with people you don’t know well.
• Review your privacy settings regularly and when adding new friends.
• Use a secondary “spam” email if required to provide an email address.

Keeping your email private avoids the risk of spam, phishing attacks, or identity theft from unknown Snapchat users.

Use a Fake Email Address

If you want to completely disassociate your real email from Snapchat, using a fake or disposable email address is an option. Here are some tips:

Create a New Gmail Account

• Go to Gmail and select Create Account.
• Enter a fictional name and fake details to generate a new Gmail email.
• Use this new Gmail as your Snapchat account email.

The advantage of a fake Gmail account is you can still access it if needed for resetting your Snapchat password.

Use a Temp Mail Service

• Go to a temp mail site like TempMailo.com.
• Copy the generated email address.
• Use this as your email when creating a Snapchat account.

The benefit of temp mail is the inbox self-destructs after a short time, leaving no trace of your email. The downside is it can’t be recovered if you forget your Snapchat password.

Sign Up with Apple ID

• Create a new Apple ID not tied to your real email.
• Use Sign In with Apple to create a Snapchat account.
• Apple will hide your email from Snapchat.

This prevents your personal email from being shared with Snapchat at all. However, you will need access to the Apple ID if you ever need to reset your Snapchat password.

Unlink Facebook to Hide Email

If you used Facebook Login to create your Snapchat account, your Facebook email is automatically shared with Snapchat. Here’s how to unlink Facebook and prevent Snapchat from accessing your email:

1. Go to Snapchat Settings.
2. Tap Manage under the Additional Services section.
3. Tap Disconnect under Facebook.
4. Confirm by tapping Disconnect again.

This completely removes the link between your Facebook account and Snapchat. Your email will no longer be visible to Snapchat friends.

Relink Facebook Later

If you want to re-link Facebook in the future, just reconnect it under Additional Services. However, be aware this will once again grant Snapchat access to your Facebook email address.

Change Facebook Email First

Alternatively, you can change the email address associated with your Facebook account before re-linking:

1. Go to Facebook Settings.
2. Select Personal and Account Information.
3. Click Update next to your email and enter a new one.
4. Secure your account with a new password.
5. Now re-link Facebook to Snapchat.

This allows you to use Facebook Login without exposing your real email address to Snapchat.

Remove Email when Deleting Snapchat

If you want to permanently delete your Snapchat account and ensure your email is wiped from their systems, here are the steps:

1. Go to Snapchat Support.
2. Select My Account and Security.
3. Click How do I delete my Snapchat account.
4. Scroll down and select Delete My Account.
5. Enter your information and select Continue.
6. On the info screen select Delete My Account.

Snapchat states this will erase your account info from their servers, including any linked email addresses. Keep in mind data may persist in backup systems for up to 90 days.

Downloading Your Data First

You can download a copy of your Snapchat data before deleting your account:

1. Go to your Snapchat Settings.
2. Select Manage under Account Actions.
3. Tap Download My Data and enter your password.
4. Check your inbox for a download link once ready.

This lets you save a record of your Snapchat activity while still ultimately deleting your account and email.

Conclusion

Keeping your personal email private on social platforms like Snapchat involves carefully managing your settings, friends list, login methods, and account details. Limiting Snapchat’s access to your real email address reduces risk of spam and identity theft. With the steps outlined above, you can hide your email from friends, strangers, and Snapchat itself. Being proactive about privacy protection lets you enjoy Snapchat safely and securely.