How to Delete Friends on Snapchat

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: April 14, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a contact from your Snapchat Friends list, as well as how to block a contact. Deleting a Snapchat friend will prevent them from seeing your non-public snaps, while blocking a friend will prevent them from being able to see any of your content.

Steps

1
Open
Snapchat. Tap the Snapchat app icon, which resembles a white ghost on a yellow background. This will open the Snapchat camera view if you're logged in.
- If you aren't logged in, tap LOG IN and enter your email address and password.
2
Open the "Chat" page. Tap the speech bubble-shaped icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen, or swipe from left to right across the screen.

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Tap the "New Chat" icon. It's a speech bubble-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Doing so brings up a list of your Snapchat friends.^{[1]
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Find a friend to delete. Scroll down until you find the person whom you want to remove from your Snapchat Friends list.
- You can also type the person's name into the "To" text box at the top of the screen to look them up.
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Long-press the person's name. After about a second, a pop-up menu will appear.
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Tap Settings. It's at the bottom of the pop-up menu. Doing so opens a new menu.
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Tap Remove Friend. This option is near the bottom of the menu.
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Tap Remove when prompted. Doing so confirms your decision and deletes the selected person from your Snapchat Friends list.
- On Android, tap Yes when prompted.
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Block a friend if necessary. While deleting a friend is enough to keep them from contacting you or seeing your posts on Snapchat, they'll still be able to see that you have an account. If you want to hide your entire Snapchat presence from the friend, do the following:
- Find the name of the friend you want to block.
- Long-press the friend's name until a menu appears.
- Tap Block in the menu.
- Tap Block (iPhone) or Yes (Android) when prompted.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I delete a "quick add" suggestion?

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Community Answer

Next to their name and add button, there should be a small grey 'x.' Tap on that, and they'll go away.

Warnings

If you delete a friend, they will still be able to see the fact that you have a Snapchat account; thus, they'll know you deleted them.

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