Snapchat Settings
Tap on your avatar in the top left corner, then tap on the ⚙️
gear icon in the top right corner.
General
- Name: Don't use your real name
- Username: Don't use your real name
- Birthday: Don't use your real birthday
- Mobile Number: Remove your phone number
WARNING
⚠️ Do not use SMS Verification
as MFA to prevent Sim Swapping attacks ⚠️
- Two-Factor Authentication:
- Authentication App: Use a privacy-respecting 2FA application
- Partner Connections: Remove everything
- Notifications: Turn everything off
- Bitmoji: Unlink My Bitmoji
- My Selfie: Remove
- Apps from Snap: Uninstall everything
- Session Management: Remove all inactive sessions
Additional Services
- European Union Controls: Turn everything off (Only applies to users living in the European Union)
Privacy Control
- Contact Me: Friends
- Use My Bitmoji Avatar: Only me
- View my story: Friends only
- Comments Settings: Manually approve
- See Me in Quick Add: Off
- Activity Indicator: Off
- See my Location:
- Ghost Mode: On
- Family center: Uninstall, remove and unlink everything
- Memories:
- Smart Backup: Off
- Auto-Save My Story Snaps: Don't Auto-Save
- Lenses: Clear Local Lens Data & Clear All Lens Data
- Spectacles: Unpair then refund or sell it
- Pixy: Uninstall, remove and unlink everything
- Ads:
- Ad Preferences: Turn everything off
- Lifestyle & Interests: Turn everything off
- Autofill Settings: Clear All
- Data Saver: On
More Information
- Clear Cache: Continue
- Clear My AI Data: Confirm
- Clear Search History: Clear
- Clear My Astrological Birthday: Clear
- Clear Recent Products: Okay
- Map:
- Clear Location History: Clear
- Use places I've tagged in My Story posts or favorited to recommend places to friends: Off
- Share favorites I've favorited with my friends: Off
- Permissions: Disable unused and select
Ask every time
on used permissions - Contact Syncing:
- Share Contacts With Snapchat: Off
- Remove Synced Contacts From Snapchat: Confirm
- Saved Login Info: Remove everything