Check your Snapchat privacy settings
Short answer
Open App & Privacy in Snapchat settings. Review Contact Me separately, then My Privacy & Data for audience, discovery, map and activity controls.
Open the next guideWhat you need to know
A short audit of contact, Story, discovery, map and activity controls before you share more.
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Who may reach you?
Review contact permissions and decide whether Friends or eligible contacts can reach you.
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Who may see you?
Check Story audience, Snap Map sharing, Find Friends visibility and Activity Indicator settings together.
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Review after changes
Some settings have timing or retroactive limits. Recheck an existing Story rather than assuming a new setting rewrites an earlier audience.
A privacy change should match a purpose
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Fewer incoming messages
Review contact permissions.
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A smaller posting audience
Review Story settings before the next post and inspect existing Stories separately.
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Less location sharing
Review Snap Map audience, Ghost Mode and device permissions independently.
→ Next guide: Who can contact you on Snapchat?
Official sources
Snapchat Support pages this guide is based on. Product details change, so check them before acting.
- Change privacy settings help.snapchat.com
- Change My Story audience help.snapchat.com
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