You can delete Snaps that you’ve sent to Stories, friends, or groups. If you created a Private or Shared Story, you can also delete other people's Snaps from that Story. Otherwise, you can only delete the Snaps that you added to it.
Remember that the person who created a Story can save the entire Story to their Memories at any time. Anyone else who can view the Story can screenshot Snaps, too.
To delete a Snap from a Story…
- Tap your Bitmoji or Story icon at the top to go to My Profile
- Tap the Story that you want to delete a Snap from
- Swipe up on the Snap you want to delete
(If you’ve added multiple Snaps to the Story, tap to advance to the Snap you want to delete.) - Tap the garbage can icon at the bottom and tap 'Delete'
To delete a Snap in Chat, press and hold on it and tap 'Delete.'
Your friends will be able to see that a Snap was deleted in Chat.
You can delete a Snap if the Snap is in the following states:
- Delivered
- Opened (by one or all members of the conversation)
Please Note: When you delete a Snap, we'll attempt to remove it from our servers and your friends' devices. This might not always work if someone has a bad internet connection, or is running an old version of Snapchat. In this case, the deleted Snap may still appear for a brief moment.