Delete Snapchat account - so it'll work

You must also delete your complete Snapchat account on the website after removing the app. We'll show you how.

Delete Snapchat account: How to remove your account permanently

First remove Snapchat from your smartphone and then open the Snapchat website.

1. Log in with your Snapchat username and password.
2. Then enter your password again and confirm the deletion by clicking on "Next".
3. Your account will be deactivated for 30 days. After the 30 days, all data will be permanently deleted. This means that your user name can also be used by other people in the future.
4. To keep your account, just log in to the Snapchat app again within the deadline.

Instead of removing the app: better protection of your privacy

If you want to protect your private data better, you can revise your profile settings. To do this, tap your user in the top left and the gear icon in the top right.

• Under the section "Who can .." you can choose that only friends can contact you.
• If you don't want to announce your live location so that nobody can find you on the snap card, you can select the ghost mode under "My location".
• You can read everything else at any time in the privacy policy of Snapchat.

Tip: Take better pictures - even without Snapchat

You don't need a Snapchat for beautiful selfies, great landscape shots and chic animal photos. A current smartphone with a good camera and the appropriate image editing apps is already sufficient. You can see which mobile phones take the best pictures in our always current best list. If you have taken the best pictures, you can record them in a photo album.

Snapchat: set privacy

Also read how to restore the self-destructing pictures and videos on Snapchat or see the above video.