How to Make Your Snapchat Story Private (Simple Steps)

Snapchat story is a way for Snapchat users to update as status so that their friends and followers can view it online for 24 hours. The story will disappear after 24 hours but you have the option to save the story to your Snapchat Memories and also your phone’s camera roll gallery.

However, even with the disappearing function of Snapchat Story, people can still screenshot or record it using other means. Therefore, if you sometimes post Snapchat Story that is considered private, you would want to keep it private to a small circle of friends.

Snapchat also allows you to create three different Snapchat Story and those are “Custom” Snapchat Story, “Geo” Snapchat Story and “Private” Snapchat Story. Here we are going to show you how to keep your Snapchat Story private and therefore keeping your Story to a small circle of friends only that can see it.

WHY MAKE YOUR STORY PRIVATE?

There are many reasons why you should make your Story private, here are some of the top reasons:-

TO AVOID UNKNOWN PEOPLE VIEWING YOUR STORY – Even though your story will disappear within 24 hours, it is best that you keep it private if it involves certain information that might harm you if unwanted strangers are able to see it.

TO KEEP A STORY TO YOURSELF – If you want to just test out your story before you publish it out, you can always set it for private first. This way you would know the final outcome before you share it to others

So, if you are interested to learn how to keep your story private, here are the steps.

Step 1

Tap the circle button to start recording your Snapchat Story

Step 2

Or, tap on the “Camera Roll” to choose a video for your Snapchat Story

Step 3

Once you recorded/selected your Story, tap the arrow button to proceed

Step 4

Add a description and tap “My Story”

Step 5

In the “New Story” menu, tap “Private Story”

Step 6

Choose friends that you want to share your Story with

Step 7

Tap “Create Story”

Step 8

Name your Story and tap “Save”

So, there you have it – Simple steps on how you can set your Snapchat story private and only available for your selected Snapchat friends. Please feel free to leave us a comment below on what are the other reasons you have set your Story private.

Please also read our previous article on how to delete a Snapchat Story