The most popular social media app around the corner is Snapchat with over 220 million users per day. It allows sharing videos and images as a snap with your friends, family, and interesting people. The snap you share will automatically disappear after 24 hours. It offers plenty of services of fun filters that increase your post engagement. From dog ears to floating hearts, it takes every user’s attention. It even provides geotags to commemorate a special occasion or location you are going to visit.
There are many ways to connect with people over Snapchat, but here we will discuss how to get connected by phone number.
After the recent update, you can easily find someone on Snapchat by phone number, but you have to sync up the contact book to your account.
If you have a saved contact of your on Snapchat, it will show you on the app. However, if they have you in their contact list and you don’t have then only they will see you. If you doubt someone on Snapchat, add them to your contact list, and they will be automatically synced.
This article will give you the most effective and efficient way to find someone on Snapchat.
Sound’s good? Let’s get started.
How to Find Someone on Snapchat by Phone Number
- Open Snapchat on your phone.
- Go to your profile and tap on Add Friends.
- Next, click on All Contacts.
- Here you will find profiles of saved phone numbers.
- To add them as a friend, tap Add.
- Profiles will appear at the top with their name, username, and profile in the Bitmoji icon.
- The people who haven't connected their mobile number to Snapchat or haven’t yet created an account will appear at the bottom and will ask you to invite them.
Snapchat also has an opt-out feature for the one who doesn’t want to be discovered their contact details or phone number. If the person you search for has opted out, you can find the person better by username.
You can also follow a random user thinking as he or she is the person you are in search of, if you can notice them by their stories or snaps, it’s okay; if not, then delete them. You don’t have any information if the profile is imprecise as you don’t have their real-life identity, you can unfollow them to find who they are.
Alternative Ways to Find Someone on Snapchat
1. Find Someone on Snapchat by Username
The usernames on Snapchat are quite unique and you cannot change them. If you know someone on Snapchat, you can search them by guesswork of username. You have to tap at the magnifying glass that appears at top of the left side.
- Open Snapchat, by clicking on the Snapchat icon.
- At the top of the screen; you will see the search bar, type the person’s username that you are trying to relocate.
- The username that is nearer to your contact or appears randomly in your search.
- Once you finish finding the username, click the +Add button next to the name to add that person.
2. Find Someone by Snap Code
There is a QR code available for every person who has Snapchat. You can scan in the app and find the user automatically. If you have access to someone’s Snapcode or you want to add them, you can do it here:
- Open Snapchat and go to camera mode.
- Visit the profile of the user you want to scan.
- Find them by tapping on their profile icon that will be visible in the upper left-hand corner.
- The Snapcode is visible under the yellow box with dots and icons.
- Your camera should be pointed to the user’s Snapcode. Hold the camera screen for few seconds. The camera immediately scans the Snapcode and the account is been located.
- To add the person to your list, tap the Add Friends in your contact list.
It is not necessary to have someone’s phone nearer to you and only then you can access the QR code. You can even ask them to send their Snapcode and you can scan in your phone and locate them.
3. Find Someone in Quick Add
In the Snapchat app, Quick Add is the option that gives benefits to users to add through the various sections. These are the searches that are based on your mutual friends or the people you subscribe to.
These suggestions are available in the Add Friends section. You should tap to Add them into your list or tap to X to remove them from the suggestions.
4. Search by Nearby
You can use the “Find Nearby”, a feature of Snapchat to find someone without a username or Snapcode. It is necessary that your friends must have to “Find Nearby” option enabled so they can appear in your searches.
- On your phone, launch the Snapchat app.
- You should select the “Quick Add” option.
- Click on it to view the Snapchat friends.
5. Search via Third-Party Tools
- Install the Yubo app by Twelve APP.
- You need to register with your phone number. Click by selecting the country you are living in and type your phone number.
- After that tap on the send the confirmation code.
- Enter the code and tap to continue.
- You should give all the right details like Name, Birthday, Gender and then tap the right arrow at the bottom right.
- Complete the rest of the formalities and start using Snapchat.
There are many ways still to find out by Snapchat. You should just go the probable right way.
