How to See Snapchat Conversation History
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One of the reasons Snapchat is so popular is that messages you send and receive will quickly disappear, but sometimes, you might want to see a conversation you had with someone. Unfortunately, you cannot see messages that you have not saved in chat or screenshotted, but there are a couple different ways to see saved messages. This wikiHow article will teach you how to see messages you have saved in your conversations on Snapchat.
Method 1 of 2:
Scroll through Saved Messages
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Swipe right to the “Chat” page. This page will show a list of all the people you have recently Snapped.
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- To save a message, tap it and double-check that it becomes highlighted. The message will also be saved for the other person, so they will know you saved it.
- Messages can also be screenshotted, but they will still disappear from the chat, and the other person will receive a notification that you screenshotted the conversation.
- By default, unsaved messages disappear immediately after viewing, so be sure to save any message you want to see again later! [1] X Research source
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Method 2 of 2:
Download Your Snapchat Data
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Open your profile. To open your profile, tap your Bitmoji or silhouette in the top left of the camera screen.
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Scroll down and press My Data . This button is at the bottom of the page in the “Account Actions” category. [2] X Research source
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- For detailed information on the data available in the Snapchat app and through download, read through the “My Data” page.
- If you do not see a yellow Submit Request button at the bottom of the page, make sure you have verified your email. You can do this by clicking Email in Settings, then entering your email address, opening your email account, and clicking Confirm Email in the email from Snapchat.
- You may have to re-enter your Snapchat password once more to confirm your identity.
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- It will likely take a few minutes for Snapchat to process your request. If you do not have an email within 20 minutes, consider submitting another request.
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- For iPhone, tap the download icon on your address bar, then tap the zip file to open it in the Files app. Lastly, tap the zip file once more to unzip it into a folder containing your data.
- For Android, click the Tap to view button that appears after the file has downloaded, then tap the zip file in “Storage” to unzip the folder with your data. [3] X Research source
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Select the html folder. This folder contains HTML files for many different Snapchat datasets from your account.
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