10 Easy Steps to Sign Up for a Snapchat Account

A detailed step-by-step guide to creating a Snapchat account

Last Updated: August 23, 2023 Tested

Snapchat is a social media app that allows you to share videos and photos with other users that disappear after you send them. You can also send direct messages, upload to your story, add gifs, and more. This wikiHow will show you how to create an account on Snapchat.

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Open Snapchat

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. The Snapchat app looks like a ghost on a yellow background.
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Click Sign Up .

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Enter your name and click Sign Up & Accept . You can always change this later.
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Enter your birthday and click Continue . Every year on your birthday, Snapchat will be customized to celebrate it.
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View your username and click Continue . Once you continue, Snapchat will usually have an automatically generated username for you. If you wish to change it, click Change my username underneath it. If there is not already one generated, then you can create your own.
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Create a password and click Continue .Your password is required to have at least eight characters.
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Enter your phone number to receive an SMS verification code. Use this code to verify the creation of your account.
- If you wish to sign up with an email address instead, click Sign up with email instead and enter your email address.
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Click the blue Continue button at the bottom of the screen.
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Verify you're not a robot, if prompted.
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Add friends if you'd like to. If you have any contacts in your phone that are associated with an existing account, click Continue at the bottom of the screen and add anyone you'd like. If you wish to skip this step, click Skip .
- This list will only show you accounts that are set up with a phone number that is already in your contacts. To find more people, you will have to search for their name or find them on the Quick Add section, which is accessible after you've created an account.

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Can you get snap chat on your laptop?

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Download and run Snapchat on your PC or Mac, on a laptop or desktop, for a mobile-like experience. (Photo: Snap Inc.) Unlike Instagram, there is no Snapchat.com viewer that lets you see your feeds, nor is there a Windows 10 app for Snapchat like there is for Instagram (as limited as it is).

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Snapchat is not letting me use this username! How do I solve this problem?

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If Snapchat will not let you use a username, that means it is either taken or does not follow the guidelines. You'll need to find another username and try again.

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Yes, you can text in Snapchat; just press on the user's icon.

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