What is Snapchat?
Snapchat is a multimedia messaging app that is always trending in this world. Almost everyone is using Snapchat. Snapchat has an attractive way of interacting with friends. It is named Snap-streaks. You can take a picture of anything you want, and you can show it to all of your friends. In this way, you can let your friends know where you are, what you are doing, and how you look. It has some privacy features too. If you replay your friend’s snap, Snapchat tells him/her that you have replayed it. And if you take a screenshot of their snap, profile, or even chat, then Snapchat sends them a notification. If you do not want Snapchat to tell your friends about the screenshot, then you will have to learn some tricks. We will show you those tricks in the section below.
Use another device
You can completely fool Snapchat by using another device to take the screenshot. It is a completely risk-free method. First, you have to open the particular snap. After that, open the camera of another device. You can either record a video, or even take a picture of the snap. Snapchat will never know you took a screenshot.
Clear cache
This is a little complicated process than the previous one, but it sure does your work. First of all, you need to load the snap that you want the screenshot of. Do not open the snap. Now, slide down the notification panel and turn the Flight mode on. Now open the snap and take a screenshot. After that, go to Settings and find the Clear cache option. Click on it to clear all the cache. Now turn off Snapchat. Turn the Flight mode on. You will see that your friend has not received any kind of notification.
Use a screen recording app
Screen recording can come in handy at times when you want to take a screenshot of a snap. When you are using a screen recorder app, the Snapchat software does not recognize it. So you keep yourself safe from it. Turn the screen recorder on before opening Snapchat. Open the snap that you want to record. Close the Snapchat app. Then, stop recording. The snap will be recorded in your storage. You can access it any time you want. You can also pause the video from the moment you open the snap. You can take a screenshot of that frame.
If you are an iPhone user with a built-in screen recorder app, then remember that Snapchat recognizes this recorder and sends notifications if you do a screen recording of someone’s snaps. So try to use a third-party app for this purpose.
Use Google Assistant
If you are an Android user, then you must have Google Assistant in it. Google Assistant helps you take screenshots without letting your friend know. Go to your Snapchat app and open a snap. Now, hold the home button to initialize Google Assistant. You can also say Ok Google! Them, you can ask it to take a screenshot. It will take the screenshot without letting anyone know. The only downside of this process is that the screenshot is not saved in your gallery. It is saved in your email.
Delay the screenshot notification
You can also delay the screenshot notification on Snapchat. First, open Snapchat and load the snap. Once it’s fully loaded, turn off Bluetooth, WiFi, and mobile data, then enable Airplane mode. Take a screenshot of the snap and wait for 30 seconds. After that, turn on WiFi, mobile data, and Bluetooth, then disable Airplane mode. Snapchat will not send any notification.
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Conclusion
We hope this article helped you take a screenshot of a snap without letting them notice. There are a few ways that can help you do that. You can choose any of the above-mentioned procedures. They all work 100% properly. If you want to share anything with us, then you can share it in the comment section. If you have any queries related to this topic, then you can also ask that in the comment section. We would love to help you. You can also let us know if you know about another way of taking screenshots on Snapchat.