How to See Snapchat Conversation History
Old Snapchat conversations can be hard to navigate.
Especially when they are year long conversations.
And what if you deleted your Snapchat chat history?
Isn’t there a way to easily navigate your Snapchat conversation history?
Can you even recover deleted conversations?
You can actually do both!
An in-app function allows you to see deleted and old messages of a specific Snap chat.
However, you need to act fast, as the Snapchat server doesn’t save delete messages for long.
If you want to view Snapchat chat history, here’s what you need to know:
- How to see Snapchat conversation history
- Using third-party apps to recover Snapchat chat history
- Other ways of recovering Snapchat history
How To See Snapchat Conversation History
Snapchat servers do store data for a limited amount of data, so if you want to recover a particular message, you need to act fast.
Monitoring Snapchat messages is relatively easy as long as you know what you are looking for.
Here’s how to see Snapchat conversation history:
See Old Snapchat Messages From The App
You can start the process on the mobile app, but we highly encourage you to finish it on a computer.
Starting Step 7, you should continue on a PC.
To review and monitor Snapchat messages, here’s what you need to do:
- Step 1: Open Snapchat.
- Step 2: Tap on your profile picture to go to your Snapchat account page.
- Step 3: Tap settings. Scroll down to Account Actions. Tap My Data.
- Step 4: Re log-in to Snapchat. (For Apple accounts, use your iCloud account details)
- Step 5: You’ll be able to download:
- Snap History
- Received Snapchat History
- Sent Snapchat History
- Private Snaps history.
- Step 6: Tap Submit Request.
- Step 7: They’ll send you an email to your email account with a direct link to all your Snapchat message history.
Once the download is done, you’ll be able to scroll through the saved chats on the servers.
See Conversation History From PC
The process is similar.
However, you’ll skip going through the messages section on the app.
- Step 1: Go to the official website accounts.Snapchat.com and log in.
- Step 2: Go to your data.
- Step 3: Tap the Request button.
- Step 4: You’ll receive a link on your email to download all your data directly to your computer.
You’ll download a zip folder on the target device.
This file type holds a compressed version of the Snapchat data.
Most computers have programs ready to read zip files.
If you don’t have one, you’ll need to download one from the app store.
Note: You can delete Snapchat messages the other person saved. As you’ve seen, deleted messages are hard to recover.
Once they are gone, the other person won’t be able to recover them.
Accessing Snapchat Deleted Messages
It is possible to read and recover deleted snaps and messages; however, one must act fast before they are gone for good from the server.
- Step 1: Open the zip folder you downloaded on any computer.
- Step 2: Use the file manager to look for “index.html.”
- Step 3: Double-click the link.
- Step 4: Go to History to see Snapchat conversation history.
- Step 5: Here, you should be able to see Snapchat conversation history.
- Find deleted Snapchat messages.
The history viewer will allow you to navigate through your whole Snapchat conversation history.
Using Third-Party Apps To Recover Snapchat Chat History
Some third-party apps allow you to save or recover deleted Snapchat messages.
However, they require you to modify the Snapchat app folder directly or to enable USB debugging on your PC.
When they do so, they’ll download the message history as a data zip folder.
Each data recovery software takes a different approach to restoring Snapchat messages.
However, the recovery process is not perfect.
For starters, most apps aren’t available on an iOS device, so you’ll need an Android phone to use most of them.
Some apps require hardware, like a USB cable to transfer a zip file with your chat history to a computer.
Lastly, other apps may ask you for your personal information.
So they may not be secure.
Either way, here are the most popular third-party apps to monitor chat data.
- MobiStealth. This third-party tool uses a full stealth mode that you won’t even notice. It does save Facebook messages and call logs as well.
- Spyic. It will save automatically deleted messages, like your average Snapchat story. Once it does so, it will save it on the target device of your choice.
Again, use these apps at your own risk.
We believe it’s easier to simply click on the recover button that the app offers.
Other Ways Of Recovering Snapchat History
Like in other social media apps, there are ways to “save” and recover messages that were apparently “permanently deleted.”
For starters, you could simply ask the other person to take a look at their account history. Unless that person blocked you, there shouldn’t be an issue.
Conclusion
That’s how you see your Snapchat conversation log.
Make sure to click on the links provided to learn more about the app ecosystem and functions.
Snapchat has evolved over the years. It’s not the same app it was at launch.
It now has many more features that improve the user experience.
Make sure to read our other Snapchat guides to become a master of the app.
Snapchat Conversation History FAQ
How To See Messages On Snapchat Without Scrolling?
Download data from Snapchat. When you do, you’ll be able to navigate through a chat window using the same tools as on a regular computer.
You can get a download link directly from Snapchat by going into your Snapchat settings.
How To See Someone’s Snapchat Conversation History?
You can only see someone’s backup Snapchat chat history if you have a conversation with them, to begin with.
You can read messages on your chat screen on any target device.
However, you can’t recover deleted messages.
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter at Hypegrowth. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.