Where can I find my saved snaps?

Finding your saved snaps on Snapchat can be tricky if you don’t know where to look. Snapchat saves your snaps, stories, and memories in different places within the app, so knowing how to navigate the app is key to finding what you’re looking for. In this article, we’ll walk you through exactly where to find your saved snaps on Snapchat in just a few easy steps. Whether you’re looking for an old snap you saved a while ago, snaps you’ve received from friends, stories you’ve posted, memories you’ve created, or any other Snapchat content you want to find again, we’ve got you covered. Keep reading for a detailed guide on locating all of your saved Snapchats.

Finding Saved Individual Snaps

If you’re looking for a specific snap you remember saving in the past, the first place to look for it is in your saved snaps folder. Here’s how to find it:

1. Open the Snapchat app on your device.
2. From the camera screen, tap on the profile icon in the top left corner. This will take you to your profile screen.
3. On your profile screen, tap on the gear icon in the top right corner. This will open your settings menu.
4. In settings, scroll down and tap on “My Data.”
5. Under “My Data,” tap on “Saved Snaps.”

This will open up your Saved Snaps folder where all of your individually saved snaps are located. You’ll see small thumbnail previews of each snap you’ve saved. Tap on any snap to view it. From here, you can also tap “Edit” in the top right corner to delete any saves snaps you no longer want.

So whenever you need to find a specific snap you remember saving, your Saved Snaps folder is the first place to look. All of your individual saved snaps will be stored here for as long as you don’t delete them.

Searching for a specific saved snap

If you’re looking for one particular saved snap but can’t seem to find it among all the others in your Saved Snaps folder, try using Snapchat’s search bar. Here’s how:

1. Open your Saved Snaps folder.
2. Tap on the search magnifying glass icon at the top of the screen.
3. Type in any keywords related to the snap you’re searching for, such as the name of the friend who sent it, an object or person that appeared in the snap, the location it was taken in, etc.
4. Scroll through the search results to hopefully find the specific saved snap you were looking for.

Using descriptive keywords that are unique to the snap you want to find is key here. The more precise your search terms, the better your chances of locating that one elusive saved snap among the rest.

Finding Saved Snapchat Stories

In addition to saving individual snaps, you may also want to find Snapchat stories you’ve posted and saved to your account. Here’s where to locate your saved stories:

1. Open the Snapchat app and tap on your profile icon.
2. On your profile screen, tap on the circled thumbnail icon towards the top left. This will open your stories screen.
3. At the top, tap on “My Stories.”
4. This will display all the stories you’ve posted that are saved to your account. Tap any story to view it.

Your stories will be displayed from newest to oldest. You can scroll down to find older stories you’ve posted farther down the list.

Deleting old stories

If you have old stories saved that you no longer wish to keep on your account, you can delete them:

1. Go to your My Stories screen.
2. Tap and hold on the story you want to delete.
3. Tap “Delete” when the option appears.

This will permanently delete the story from your Snapchat account. Use this to clean up your My Stories page if you have old stories you don’t need anymore.

Locating Saved Memories

In Snapchat, Memories are compilations of your saved snaps and stories. Whenever you save content you want to keep, Snapchat will use it to create Memories albums for you. Here’s how to find your saved Memories:

1. Open Snapchat and tap the profile icon.
2. On your profile, tap the settings gear icon.
3. In Settings, tap “Memories.”
4. Here you’ll see different albums Snapchat has created from your saved snaps and stories. Tap any album to view your saved Memories.

Memories makes it easy to look back on your old Snapchat saves. The app automatically organizes your content into themed albums like Best Friends, Holidays, Cities, etc. Scroll through and enjoy your saved Memories!

Deleting Memories

You can remove any individual Memories you no longer wish to keep saved:

1. Tap the Memories album containing the snap you want to delete.
2. Swipe left on the snap to delete it.
3. Tap “Delete” to confirm.

This removes it from the Memories album as well as deletes the snap from your saved snaps. Use this to curate your Memories albums.

Finding Received Snaps

So far we’ve covered finding snaps you’ve actively saved yourself. But what about snaps you’ve received from friends? Is there a way to retrieve snaps others have sent you? Unfortunately the answer is no. Snapchat does not give you access to a feed or folder of received snaps.

Here are some key points about received snaps:

• You’ll only see incoming snaps from other users in the instant they’re sent to you. Once you view them, they disappear from the app.
• Your only option for saving a received snap is to screenshot it. But Snapchat sends a notification when you screenshot, so use discretion.
• There is no feature or feed where you can review snaps sent to you by friends after the fact. Once viewed, received snaps are gone.
• You cannot recover or “un-view” snaps after opening them.

So if there’s ever a snap you want to keep that a friend sends you, your only choice is to screenshot it immediately before viewing it. Otherwise, Snapchat does not give you access to rereview received content after the first viewing.

Finding Saved Snaps from Memories

While Snapchat may not allow you to retrieve already-viewed received snaps, you can save snaps you receive by using Memories. Here’s how:

1. When you get a snap from a friend, swipe up to open Memories.
2. In Memories, tap “Save to Memories.”
3. This will save the unopened snap to your Memories.
4. You can then go view the saved snap in your Memories anytime.

Using this Memories trick allows you save snaps you receive without having to open them. The downside is that the sender will still be notified you saved their snap to Memories. But it’s better than screenshotting, which they’d also be notified about.

Saving received snaps to Memories is the only way to safely save them for later viewing. Just remember you need to do so *before* opening the snap for the first and only time.

Recovering Deleted Saved Snaps

Uh oh, you accidentally deleted a saved snap that you actually wanted to keep. Is there any way to recover deleted saved snaps on Snapchat? Unfortunately, no. Once you delete a saved snap, it is permanently erased. Here’s why:

• Snapchat does not send deleted snaps to a “trash” folder. They are permanently removed from the app.
• There is no Snapchat feature or setting that allows you to recover deleted snaps.
• Deleting a snap also deletes it from your Memories if you previously saved it there.
• There is no way to retrieve snaps deleted from Memories either.

So if you have a prized saved snap, be absolutely certain before you delete it! Snapchat’s system is designed so that all deleted snaps are completely erased and irrecoverable. You won’t be able to retrieve them through the app.

Using a Snapchat backup

Your only hope for recovering deleted saved snaps is if you previously backed up your Snapchat data. Here are two options for Snapchat backups:

• iCloud backup on iOS – Snaps saved here can be restored if you restore your device to a previous iCloud backup.
• Google Drive backup on Android – You can find saved Snapchat data in your Google Drive account and restore it to your device.

So if you have a recent enough backup, you may be able to recover deleted snaps by fully restoring your device and Snapchat account to that backup. Otherwise, any unsaved snaps are likely gone for good. Be very careful when deleting saved snaps!

Conclusion

We’ve covered all the key places where Snapchat stores your saved snaps, stories, memories, and other content you want to keep. To recap, here are the steps to find your saved Snapchats:

• Saved individual snaps – Go to Settings > My Data > Saved Snaps
• Saved posted stories – Tap your profile > My Stories
• Saved Memories albums – Go to Settings > Memories

Unfortunately there is no way to retrieve already-viewed received snaps or deleted saved snaps (unless you have a backup). But now that you know where to find your Saved Snaps folder, My Stories page, and Memories albums, you’ll never lose your saved Snapchats again!