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How to hide and unhide chats on Snapchat

Hide your Snapchat conversations with this easy guide
Eve Hancock
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How to hide and unhide chats on Snapchat
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Having control over what chats appear on your chat page on Snapchat is a handy tool that everyone should learn how to use. Luckily, knowing how to hide and unhide chats on Snapchat is a simple process. Follow the steps in this guide to get started.

Hiding your conversations on Snapchat is a great way to stay in control over who you’re messaging without having to block or unblock anyone. With the ‘Clear from chat feed’ tool you can now remove a conversation from your chat feed without losing any of the data stored in that chat. You can also get that chat back whenever you like, using the ‘Pin conversation’ tool.

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Quick Answer

To hide, go to the chat tab page > press and hold on conversation > ‘Chat and notification settings’ > ‘Clear from Chat Feed’ > ‘Clear’. To unhide, go to your profile > ‘My friends’ > find and select friend > ‘Chat and notification settings’ > ‘Pin conversation’.

How to hide chats on Snapchat

Follow the simple steps below to hide chats on Snapchat and stop them from appearing in your chat tab.

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Open Snapchat

Open Snapchat and head to the chat tab page.

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Select a conversation to hide

Press and hold on the conversation you would like to hide.

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Select ‘Clear from Chat Feed’

From the pop-up menu, select the ‘Chat and notifications settings’, then select the ‘Clear from Chat Feed’ option.

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Press ‘Clear’

From the pop-up message select the ‘Clear’ option.

How to unhide chats on Snapchat

The method below demonstrates how to unhide Snapchat conversations using the ‘Pin conversation’ tool.

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1

Open Snapchat

Open Snapchat and head to your profile page by clicking on your bitmoji in the top left corner. Then scroll down and click on the section titled ‘My friends’.

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Find your friend

Find your friend by typing their name in the top search bar.

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Press on their username

Press and hold on their username. A menu will then appear and you can select ‘Chat and notification settings’.

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Select ‘Pin conversation’

Select the ‘Pin conversation’ option. This will then unhide this conversation in the chat tab.

Can someone see if you’ve hidden them on Snapchat?

No, luckily they won’t know. If you block or hide the chat of someone on Snapchat the other user will not be notified. The person who has been blocked or had their conversation hidden will just think that you’re ignoring them or taking a while to reply.

Wrapping up

Hiding and unhiding a chat on Snapchat is a great way to stay in control of what you’re seeing in the app. If you would like to not see messages from a certain person but don’t want to block them, hiding your conversation with them is a great option. Follow the simple steps outlined above to hide and unhide chats on Snapchat.

About the Author

Eve Hancock

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.