How to Know if Someone Has a Snapchat Account (3 Simple Ways)

So, you get to know this friend from your workplace or at a party and want to see if they have a Snapchat account. One of the easier ways to know is just by directly asking that person for his or her Snapchat account. However, if you are embarrassed to ask, you can use these ways described in this article.  

Here are some of the ways you can find out if that particular person has a Snapchat account or not.

USE THEIR MOBILE NUMBER AND ADD IT TO YOUR PHONE’S ADDRESS BOOK

Snapchat identifies users based on their mobile number. Therefore, if you have that person mobile phone number and they have registered that number for their Snapchat account, you would know if that person has a Snapchat account or not.

Here are the steps

Step 1

Add that friend’s mobile number in your phone’s contact address book

Step 2

Next, open Snapchat. Tap the “Add Friends” icon above

Step 3

In the Find Friends menu, tap “All Contacts” there

Step 4

If your friend has a Snapchat account, their Snapchat username will appear there on the list.

Tap the “Add Friends” icon to add them

SEARCH FOR THEIR NAME IN THE SEARCH COLUMN

Snapchat has a search column in the main menu of your Snapchat account. Here are the steps on how to use the search function to find snapchat users.

Step 1

Open Snapchat. Tap at the search column above

Step 2

Type their name. Snapchat will automatically list down Snapchat users that have that name.

Select the one that you think is your friend

This only works if they use their actual name in their Snapchat account

 JUST GOOGLE THEIR NAME

If the above steps fail, the alternative ways you can do is by using the Google search engine.

Here are the steps

Step 1

Go to Google.com

Step 2

Type the person’s name and followed by the word “Snapchat”

Step 3

Look at the search result

Step 4

Add the Snapchat username or Snapcode that you find that represents the person you are looking for.

Bonus tips:-

You can also look around this person other social media such as Facebook or Instagram profile. They might list their Snapchat username there.

So, if you have done all these tips and still could not find the person’s Snapchat username, it might be that he or she did not have a Snapchat account.

So, there you have it – three simple ways how you can find out if someone has a Snapchat account or not. Please leave us a comment below on what other ways you have used to find if someone has a Snapchat account or not.

Please also read our previous article on how to find Snapchat friends fast