Q&A for How to Know if Someone Is Online on Snapchat

If they are sharing their location with you then you can see when they last opened Snapchat because it will say where they were.

That means that the person hasn't opened your Snapchat yet; it may have gone unnoticed.

Blue triangles mean that your friend opened a chat message. A red square (filled) means that your friend has not opened your Snap, but the Snap has been sent. A Snap is a picture sent that you took from your camera, while a chat message is just, well, a message in words or a picture sent like a text message. Your friend can open a chat message without opening a Snap or vice versa.

You can see if they have posted anything to their Story. Other than that, there is no feature that constantly tells you if someone is online or not.

No. You cannot see unsaved chats, because they are gone.

Possibly. Or the person might not have opened your chat message while online.

Don't view his snaps, messages (you view them by tapping the chat page next to his name) or Story, and don't post anything on a Story that he can see.

If you can't see your friend's stories, they probably blocked you. If you can't see their location, they turned the track location function off on Snapchat or they're in ghost mode.

If their bitmoji doesn't appear while you're texting them, maybe they aren't reading the text at the moment. You could send an email to Snapchat or ask them about it, if you're concerned.

There's not really a way to know exactly how long a person has had their account, but you can have an idea by looking below their name. It shows their "snap score," and if it's in the hundreds, they probably recently joined. If it's in the tens of thousands, it's likely an older account.

Yes. Anyone can send you a snap even if they aren’t friends with you. You can open them, and they will see you opened the snap.

It depends on what you mean by last seen. If you mean messages, then just go to the chat section of Snapchat by sliding to the right. Then see if your person has seen your text by looking next to their name for either a blue, red, or purple triangle that says opened.

No but if you go to your Snapchat map, look for the person and click on their bitmoji and it should say the last time they were on.

Pictures appear in your profile only when you have added them to your story. Saved pictures are pictures that will not delete in your group chat.

Swipe up when you go on Snapchat. This takes you to the snap map. In the upper right-hand corner, there is a gear. Tap it. This takes you to settings. Ghost mode is the top section, and you can click the square bubble to go into it.

If you want somebody to be active and they are not, then press the little phone icon at the top of the screen. Call them for a few seconds, then send a chat saying: "Oh sorry, didn’t mean to call you there."

The only way to see if a friend is reading the chat, is to go on Snapchat and see if there is the outline of a blue triangle next to your friend's name and then that will mean that they have read your message.

To see how many hours ago someone was active, you have to go onto the camera and then swipe down from the top, then the snap map will appear and you can see when they were last active. To send someone a message, go onto the Snapchat page where it says all the names of all your friends, then you click on the person's name whom you want to send the message to, then just type your message and press Send.

That’s just a random thing that Snapchat does. It doesn’t mean they are currently on Snapchat.

You can’t tell if someone who isn’t your friend is online or not. You will have to add them as a friend first and see it that works or not.