Turning on the birthday party feature on Snapchat is a fun way to celebrate your special day. When you turn on birthday party, your friends will see a special birthday icon and celebrations on your profile. Here’s a quick guide on how to turn on the birthday party feature on Snapchat.
Requirements for Turning on Birthday Party
To activate the Snapchat birthday feature, you need to meet a couple of requirements:
- You must have a verified birthday added to your Snapchat profile.
- Your birthday must be within 7 days or has already passed.
Snapchat needs to have your accurate birthday on file so it knows when to display the birthday party icon and effects. If you haven’t added your birthday yet or have the wrong date, you’ll need to update your profile first.
How to Add or Change Your Birthday
Here are the steps to add or edit your birthday in Snapchat:
- Open your Snapchat app and tap on your profile icon in the top left corner.
- Tap the settings gear icon in the top right corner.
- Scroll down and tap ‘My Profile.’
- Tap ‘Edit Profile.’
- Tap the calendar icon next to ‘Birthday’ and select your birthday.
- Tap ‘Done’ once you’ve entered the correct date.
Once you’ve updated your birthday info, you’ll be able to turn on the birthday party feature as long as your birthday is within 7 days.
How to Turn on Birthday Party
Follow these steps to activate the birthday party celebration on Snapchat:
- Open Snapchat and tap your profile icon.
- Tap the settings gear in the top right corner.
- Scroll down and tap ‘Manage.’
- Tap ‘Birthday Party.’
- Tap the switch next to ‘Turn On.’
That’s it! Once you toggle the switch, your birthday party will be enabled. You’ll see a popup confirming that your birthday party has been turned on. The birthday icon and effects will be visible to your friends for 24 hours.
What Happens When You Turn on Birthday Party
Here’s what happens when you enable birthday party:
- A birthday icon and hat will appear around your profile picture.
- Friends will see a birthday banner when they view your story.
- Friends can tap a gift box to send you snaps that turn into gifts.
- You’ll receive a special geofilter and stickers to decorate snaps.
- You can add a birthday sticker to your story for friends to view.
The birthday effects last for 24 hours from the time you turn them on. Make sure to turn on the feature on your actual birthday or as close to it as possible so you can enjoy the celebrations.
How Friends Can Join the Birthday Fun
When your birthday party is activated, here are some ways your Snapchat friends can join in on the fun:
- Send you snaps using the special birthday geofilter and stickers.
- View your birthday story and tap the gift box to send you a birthday snap.
- Add the birthday sticker to their own stories to publicly wish you a happy birthday.
- Send you personalized video or text snaps wishing you a happy birthday.
The gift snaps your friends send will turn into collectable gifts that you can view again after your birthday. It’s a fun way to save all the birthday wishes in one place.
How to Use the Birthday Stickers and Geofilters
To decorate snaps with the birthday effects, follow these steps:
- Capture or upload a new snap as usual.
- Tap the sticker icon in the top right and select the ‘Birthday’ category.
- Choose a birthday sticker and drag it onto your snap.
- Tap the geofilter icon at the top and select the birthday geofilter.
- Adjust the geofilter placement and tap ‘Done.’
- Decorate with as many stickers as you’d like.
- Hold down to select a section of the snap and decorate just that area.
- Tap the send arrow to share your decorated birthday snap.
Get creative with combining the special birthday stickers, filters, text, and drawings. The decorations make your snaps extra festive for your big day.
Saving Your Birthday Snaps
To save all your fabulous birthday snaps, you have a few options:
- Memories – Open a snap from your birthday and tap the ‘Save to Memories’ icon.
- Story – Add your birthday snaps to your story, then go to settings to save your entire story.
- Gifts – Friends’ gift snaps will save automatically to your gifts collection.
- Screenshots – Take screenshots of your favorite decorated snaps and they’ll save to your camera roll.
Memories and gifts are great for saving just your birthday content. Your story or screenshots will capture your birthday fun along with other daily snaps.
Turn Off Birthday Party When Done
The birthday party effects last 24 hours, but you can manually turn them off sooner if needed:
- Open Snapchat settings
- Tap ‘Manage’
- Tap ‘Birthday Party’
- Toggle the switch off
This will immediately remove the birthday icon and stop the special effects. Don’t worry, any snaps or stories you already decorated will stay birthday-themed.
Conclusion
Activating the birthday party feature on Snapchat is a fun way to add some excitement to your special day. With balloons, banners, stickers, and geofilters, you can really celebrate your birthday in style. Remember to update your birthday, turn on the feature on the big day, and save your favorite snaps to memorialize them forever. Birthday party is the perfect way to spread birthday joy to all your Snapchat friends!