How To Delete A Snap You Sent

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Snapchat has over 330 million users per day all around the globe. Snapchat is widely used by almost every individual and of all age groups to send snaps, share locations, and many more. 

Several users accidentally happened to send a snap, and now they don’t know how to go about deleting it.

In this post, we will discuss the steps that you can take to delete a snap that you have sent.

How To Delete A Snap You Sent?

Step 1: Launch Snapchat App

Go to Snapchat app and click on the Snapchat icon on your home screen to open the application. 

Step 2: Swipe Right To Open Chats

Secondly, from the main screen, you have to simply swipe right to open the chats on your Snapchat account. 

Step 3: Long-Press On The Delivered Snap

Thirdly, select the chat discussion and then hold and long-press the snap. It will be shown with the status it’s “delivered” in red text.

Step 4: Click On Delete 

Next, once you have long pressed on it, you will get a popup bar and two options. You have to click on ‘delete.’

Step 5: Confirm By Deleting Okay, Delete 

Lastly, you will get a notification to confirm it. Press ‘okay,’ and then you have to click on delete again to successfully delete the snap from the chat section. 

How To Delete A Snap You Sent Without Them Knowing?

There is no way to delete a snap that you have sent without the other person knowing it. Even though you succeed in deleting the snap, there will be a notification on the chat screen stating that the snap has been deleted by you. 

You can delete the entire chat to avoid the notification by turning off the notification by visiting the person’s profile page and making the changes.

Therefore, we can say that there is no option or feature to hide that you have either deleted a snap or chat on Snapchat. 

How To Delete A Snap Video You Sent?

Step 1: Launch Snapchat App

Firstly, turn on your mobile phone and click on the snap chat icon on your home screen to open the application. 

Step 2: Swipe Right To Open Chats

Secondly, from the main screen, you have to simply swipe right to open the chats on your Snapchat account. 

Step 3: Long-Press On The Delivered Snap In The Conversation 

Thirdly, select the chat discussion and then hold and long-press the snap. It will be shown with the status it’s “delivered” in red text.

Step 4: Click On Delete 

Next, once you have long pressed on it, you will get a popup bar and two options. You have to click on ‘delete.’

Step 5: Confirm By Deleting Okay, Delete 

Lastly, you will get a notification to confirm it. Press ‘okay,’ and then you have to click on delete again to successfully delete the snap from the chat section. 

You have to follow the exact steps for deleting a video that you have sent on Snapchat, the way you delete a sent snap. You can delete a sent video.

Keep in mind that the notification will appear on the chat screen that you have deleted the snap video.

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How Do You Delete A Snapchat Video Before Someone Opens It?

You can follow the same steps given above. There is no alternative way or a different method to delete a Snapchat video before someone opens it.

The other person will be notified when he or she opens the chat that “you have deleted the chat” note the notification message will not state that you have particularly deleted a video.

Also, there is no assurance or a feature to tell you that the person has come online and is now viewing your snap chat video.

If you have sent it by accident, go to your snap chat, click on the chats icon, and follow the given steps to successfully delete it.

If You Delete A Snap Before It’s Viewed Can They See It?

No, if you delete the snap before it is viewed, the person will not see the sent snap. Until and unless he or she has the saved chats feature turned on via another app (third party app). 

Although they will still get the notification message if they happen to open the chats to view it. Other than that, they will not know what has been sent to them and what has been deleted exactly.

A point to be noted is that whenever you delete a message and video, it will be notified as “you have deleted a chat,” and when you delete a snap(picture), it will be stated as “you have deleted a snap.” 

Can You Unsend A Snap On Snapchat?

No, you cannot unsend a snap, but you can always delete it even after it’s sent.

Snapchat now provides an option to delete sent snaps and messages even after it’s sent. However, there is no direct feature ‘to unsend’ a snap that has been already sent.

There are websites that claim that you can unsend a snap, but that’s not true in actuality. You cannot do so because no such option to unsend exists on Snapchat.

All you can do is either completely delete the conversation by muting the notification that an entire chat has been deleted or simply follow the steps to delete a sent snap, and you will receive a notification that will be visible to the other person as well.

It may be quite embarrassing for some of you to see the notification obvious to the other person as well, but there is no other way to avoid it. 

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Conclusion 

Snapchat is one of the most convenient social media apps. However, Snapchat, unlike other social media platforms, is very particular about notifications. When you take a screenshot, there is a notification. 

You only have to follow five steps to delete a snap and a video that you have sent, but even for deleting, you will succeed in deleting a snap or video that you have sent before it is viewed by the person to whom you have sent it, but they will be notified on the chat screen. 

Don’t worry if you are thinking Snapchat will notify them by sending a notification pop-up on their mobile phone. The notification message will only appear when they open the chats.

Also, there is no way to unsend a snap. You can only have the option to delete it. 

We hope this article has helped you to know how to go about deleting a snap that you have already sent on Snapchat.