How to turn off Snapchat story notifications

Snapchat notifies users about the stories their friends post, but if you’d rather not receive these notifications, you can easily turn off Snapchat story notifications.

Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms out there, with millions of users going on the app every day to send messages, images, and other media to their friends, as well as to post stories.

Stories will be available on the uploader’s profile for 24 hours and may be available publicly, or only to you if the original poster has added you to their private story.

You may have found yourself receiving notifications from the app informing you that certain users have uploaded to their story. However, if these notifications are becoming bothersome, here’s how you can turn them off.

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Snapchat is used by millions of people each day.

How to turn Snapchat story notifications off for certain users

To turn Snapchat story notifications off for certain people, simply follow these steps:

1. Open Snapchat
2. Swipe right to go to the Chat screen
3. Tap and hold on the user whose story notifications you want to turn off
4. Click ‘Story settings’
5. Turn the slider to the ‘off’ position. You will be able to turn them back on at any time.

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How to turn off all Snapchat notifications

To turn off all Snapchat notifications, just do as follows:

1. Open Snapchat.
2. Tap your profile icon in the top left corner.
3. Tap the gear icon in the top right to access Settings.
4. Select ‘Notifications.’
5. Uncheck everything that you want to turn off notifications for. You will be able to turn them back on at any time.

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You can also turn Snapchat notifications off altogether from your device settings, whether you are on Android or iOS.

Note: Depending on your device, you may need to enable notifications in your device’s settings before managing them within the Snapchat app.

If you want to learn more about Snapchat and how to use it, you can check out some of our other guides, including how to allow camera access on Snapchat and how to remove someone from your Snapchat best friends list.