This wikiHow teaches you how to switch between your device's front-facing (selfie) and rear-facing cameras in Snapchat.

Steps

  1. 1
    Open Snapchat. It's a yellow app with a ghost logo.
  2. 2
    Double tap the screen. Doing so switches your camera to its opposite mode.
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  3. 3
    Double-tap the screen again. Doing so returns the camera to the mode in which it opened.
    • Double tap the screen while taking a video to record your reaction.
    • You can also tap the Swap Camera button. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen and is a square made up of two arrows.
    • A single tap on the screen activates Lenses mode, which uses facial recognition and your phone's motion sensor to add special effects to your Snap before you shoot it.
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Updated: May 15, 2018
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Double-tap the camera screen.

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