How to Tell if Someone Saved Your Messages on Snapchat

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: October 25, 2022

This wikiHow teaches you how to recognize when somebody saves a message you've sent them in a Snapchat conversation. Saving a message is different than when someone screenshots your snap.

Things You Should Know

Someone saving your message is different than someone screenshotting your message.
Open the conversation in Snapchat and look for a message with a grey background.
Grey backgrounds indicate that someone has saved your message.

Steps

1
Open the Snapchat app. It's the white ghost outline on a yellow background.
- If you aren't already logged in, tap Log In and enter your username (or email address) and password.
2
Swipe right on the camera screen. This action takes you to the Chats page.

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3
Tap a contact's name. Doing so opens a chat window with that contact.
- This should be a contact from whom you have no unread messages.
- You can search for a specific contact by typing their name into the Search bar at the top of this screen.
4
Swipe down on the chat window. Doing this will scroll up through your chat history with your selected contact.
- If neither you nor your contact have saved any chat messages, you won't be able to scroll up.
5
Look for messages with grey backgrounds. If you see a message with a grey background, it has been saved by either you or your contact. Messages you save will have a vertical red bar to the left of them, while messages saved by friends have a blue bar next to them.
- You can save a chat message by tapping and holding it.

Community Q&A

Question

I want to see a message that someone sent me but I opened it by accident. Can you tell me how I could see it again?

Community Answer

You'll have to ask the person on the sending end to resend the photo.
Question

Can I unsave a Snapchat someone else saved?

Community Answer

Unless you have access to their Snapchat account, no, you cannot.
Question

If I saved messages, will the same ones appear as saved on my Snapchat for the other person?

Community Answer

Yes, if you save it, the other person will see it as saved too - and vice versa. There really isn't a way to avoid this.