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How does My Eyes Only work?
My Eyes Only is for Snaps that you want to keep extra private! After you move Snaps and Stories from your Memories to My Eyes Only, you’ll need to enter your My Eyes Only passcode to see them again 🔐
To view Snaps or Stories saved to My Eyes Only, swipe up from the camera screen to open Memories, then swipe left to the My Eyes Only tab and enter your passcode.
How do I set up My Eyes Only?
To get started using My Eyes Only, you need to have at least one Snap or Story saved to Memories, or share content from your device’s Camera Roll with the Snapchat app.
To set up My Eyes Only for the first time…
- Swipe up from the Camera Screen to open Memories 👆
- Press and hold on a Snap, tap ‘More,’ then tap ‘Hide Snap (My Eyes Only)’
- Tap ‘Quick Setup’
- Choose a 4-digit passcode and enter it a second time to confirm it
- Acknowledge that if you forget your passcode, Snapchat won’t be able to recover it or your private Snaps and tap ‘Continue’
- Tap ‘Finish’
To set up My Eyes Only for the first time…
- Swipe up from the Camera Screen to open Memories 👆
- Press and hold on a Snap, then tap ‘Hide’
- Tap ‘Quick Setup’
- Choose a 4-digit passcode and enter it a second time to confirm it
- Acknowledge that if you forget your passcode, Snapchat won’t be able to recover it or your private Snaps and tap ‘Continue’
- Tap ‘Finish’
How do I move Snaps to My Eyes Only?
After you save a Snap or Story to Memories, you can move it to My Eyes Only. You can also move photos and videos from your Camera Roll to My Eyes Only.
To move Snaps from Memories to My Eyes Only…
- Swipe up from the Camera screen to open Memories 👆
- Tap the Memories selector icon at the top
- Tap the Snaps and Stories you want to move to My Eyes Only
- Tap ‘Hide Snaps (My Eyes Only)’ at the bottom and tap ‘Move’
- Enter your passcode, if prompted
Please Note: Only photo Snaps and video Snaps shorter than 10 seconds can be moved to My Eyes Only.
How do I save Snaps to My Eyes Only by default?
To save Snaps to My Eyes Only by default on iOS...
- Tap ⚙️ in My Profile to open Settings
- Scroll down and tap ‘Memories’ under “My Account”
- Toggle on ‘Save to My Eyes Only by Default’