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How to check birthdays on Snapchat – 3 simple methods

Keep up-to-date with all your friends birthdays on Snapchat
Last Updated on April 30, 2024
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Snapchat’s handy birthday feature can help you keep on top of wishing all your friends a happy day. Luckily, checking birthdays on Snapchat is an easy process that could involve one of three methods. This guide will walk you through the steps of each one.

Snapchat’s birthday feature allows you to check the current, recent, and upcoming birthdays of everyone on your friends list. If your friend has their birthday unhidden then it will appear on their profile and be collected on your birthday page. This means you’re able to see the birthdays of all your friends in one place. If you’re part of a Snapchat community you’ll likely have a lot of friends to keep up with, using one of the easy methods below, you can ensure you never miss a birthday again.

Quick Answer

To check all upcoming and recent birthdays, go to your chat tab > open a conversation > click your friend’s username or bitmoji > click on their birthday > scroll through birthdays.

How to check all recent and upcoming birthdays on Snapchat

A great way to check all of your friends’ birthdays in one place is by looking at the birthdays page on Snapchat. This page tells you all the current, recent, and upcoming birthdays of everyone on your friends list. Follow the simple steps below to get started.

Step

1

Open Snapchat

Open Snapchat and head to the chat tab page, found by tapping the speech bubble icon in the bottom bar.

Step

2

Open a chat log

Open a chat log with someone and click on their name or bitmoji to see their profile.

Step

3

Click on their birthday

You’ll be taken to your friends profile page, where you need to click on their birthday.

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4

Check upcoming birthdays

You’ll be taken to a birthdays page where you can check the current, upcoming, and recent birthdays of friends.

How to check if it’s your friend’s birthday on Snapchat today

The second method of checking your friends’ birthdays on Snapchat involves seeing who has a birthday cake icon next to their name. This indicates that it is their birthday today. Follow the simple process below to get started.

Step

1

Open Snapchat

Open Snapchat and head to the chat tab page, found by tapping the speech bubble icon in the bottom bar.

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2

Find a birthday cake emoji

Scroll through your conversations to see id there is a birthday cake emoji next to any of your friends names. This emoji indicates when it is someones birthday.

How to check your friend’s birthday on Snapchat

Lastly, to see a friend’s birthday on Snapchat you can look at their profile. The steps below will demonstrate how to achieve this.

Step

1

Open Snapchat

Open Snapchat and head to the chat tab page, found by tapping the speech bubble icon in the bottom bar.

Step

2

Open a chat log

Open a chat log with someone and click on their name or bitmoji to see their profile.

Step

3

Check their birthday

Once you’re on their profile you’ll be able to see their birthday in the middle of the page under their bitmoji.

Wrapping up

Keeping up to date with all of your friend’s birthdays can be an overwhelming task, luckily Snapchat’s birthday feature is here to help. By following one of the simple methods outlined above you can see the birthdays of all of your friends. You can achieve this by either looking at the birthday page, seeing who has a cake emoji by their name, or checking someone’s birthday on their profile.

Eve is a writer and copy editor at PC Guide, who focuses on a broad range of topics but main interest lies in the development of AI technology.