ADDING OTHER USERS - Adding, Discovering, & Interacting With Other Snapchat Users

ADDING OTHER USERS

In order to add a friend on Snapchat, you’ll need to head to the home/camera screen, and then press the little ghost icon at the top of the screen to head to your profile.

From here, tap “Add Friends”.  You’ll notice a number of options on the screen now, but the most common methods are to either add by username or by snapcode.

Adding via Username:

To add username, head to your profile page (swipe your finger top-to-bottom from the home/camera screen), tap ‘Add Friend’, tap ‘Add by username, then type in the username you’d like to add.  Finally, a square with a plus sign in it will show up to the right of the username you’ve searched for.  If this add button does not show up, that username does not exist.

Below is what your screen should look like when you’ve searched for a user correctly:

Adding via Snapcode:  

A snapcode is a QR code-like array of dots arranged in a pattern unique to each user, when you hover snapchat’s home/camera screen over someone’s snapcode, you’ll be given the option to follow them.  If you saw the snapcode on the device you’re currently using (so you can’t aim your camera at it), you can save it as a picture to your camera roll, then choose “Add By Snapcode”, choose the picture from your device’s camera roll, then tap that image and Snapchat will scan the image before giving you the option to add the user as a friend.  Check out both ways to add via Snapcode below:

Adding a Snapcode via the camera:

Adding a Snapcode you’ve saved to your camera roll: