How to Find Someone on Snapchat Without Username

If you are someone new to Snapchat, among the first thing you want to do is grow your friend’s list in Snapchat. Unlike Facebook or Instagram, there are a couple of ways you can quickly grow your friend’s list in Snapchat. Read here on our previous article on how to get friends in Snapchat fast.

If you already knew your friend’s Snapchat username, it can be much easier to add. However, here we going to show you how find someone in Snapchat without knowing their username in the first place.

ADD USING SNAPCODE

Different from Facebook or Instagram, you can add random people from the internet as long as they have shared their Snapcode. You can just scan their Snapcode using the Snapchat app and you are done. Here is an example of celebrity Snapcode you can immediately add to your Snapchat account. Read also here on how to create snapcode for your snapchat.

Here are the steps.

Step 1
Ask your friends to send their Snapcode and save that Snapcode in your camera roll in your phone. You can also search in Google for users who posted their Snapcode. Some Snapchat users also posted their Snapcode in YouTube and also other Social media platform.

Step 2
Save the Snapcode you found in your camera roll.

Step 3
Open your Snapchat app and choose “Add Friends”

Step 4
Choose the Snapcode in your Camera Roll and add as your friend

FIND NEARBY SNAPCHATTERS

Instead of adding by Snapchat username, you can just add your friend using finding nearby function. Snapchat have a function of locating nearby friends. So, if your friends nearby have a Snapchat account and have enabled their Snapchat profile to be found using the “Find Nearby”, you can use this function to identify them and immediately you can add them to your Snapchat account.

Here are the steps

Step 1
Ask your friend to enable the “Add Nearby”

Step 2
Open your Snapchat. Choose “Add Nearby”

Step 3
Your Snapchat will detect your Snapchatter’s friend. Add them as Friends

FIND USING SEARCH

So, if you have friends that you have lost contact but might be using Snapchat, here is some quick way you can find your friend and add them in your Snapchat.

Step 1
Open your Snapchat

Step 2
Choose the “Add by Username”

Step 3
In the search box, just guess by typing your friend’s name. Snapchat will autosuggest and show you the list of Snapchatters that have the username that you typed.

Step 4
Add them as friends

ADD USING PHONE NUMBER

Another way you can add Snapchat friend without knowing their username is by using their phone number.

Here are the steps

Step 1
Add your friend in your phone’s address book

Step 2
Open your Snapchat menu and Choose “My Friends”

Step 3
At the above of your “My Friends” menu, choose contact. Allow Snapchat to access your contacts.

Step 4
Add your friends in your contact address book as your Snapchat friends.

So, there you have it. Some of the ways you can add friends in Snapchat without knowing their username. Please feel free also to check our previous article on the top 5 Snapchat tips and tricks.