Snapchat not loading Snaps: How to fix

Does your Snapchat app not loading the latest snaps on your iPhone? Snapchat is all about sharing the images on the go. So, if you can’t have access to those quick snaps or the photos, what is the use of that social media? These steps should be useful in troubleshooting that problem.

 

Fix 1 – Force quit the Snapchat app

It is just a nothing but a bug in the Snapchat app. So, just force-quit the app. Later, when you relaunch the app, you will see the snaps right there.

Step 1 – Simply, put your finger on the screen and pull it upwards to view all the opened app screens.

Step 2 – Quit the Snapchat app from there.

 

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Later, relaunch the Snapchat app and look whether you can use the snaps or access the snaps there.



 

Fix 2 – Clear the Snapchat cache

Clear out the built-up Snapchat cache. Doing this should fix the Snaps issue on that Snapchat app.

Step 1 – Begin the process by going to the Snapchat app.

Step 2 – There, you will find the Bitmoji avatar on the right-top corner. Tap that once.

 

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Step 3 – Thereafter, tap the “⚙” button on the right-top corner of the same app.

 

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Step 4 – Find the Privacy Control tools by scrolling through the same page.

Step 5 – In there, tap the “Clear Data” option.

 

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Step 6 Next, touch the “Clear Cache” option.

 

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Step 7 A warning message will come up. In that case, tap the “Clear” option there to empty the Snapchat cache.

 

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Once you have done that, close and relaunch the Snapchat app.

Doing this should

 

Fix 3 – Check whether the Snapchat servers are down

Just like other social media servers, Snapchat servers may have gone down.

Step 1 – You can check this out from Down Detector.

Step 2 – Search for “Snapchat servers down detector”.

 

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Step 3 – Next, click on the first link that takes you to the Down detector page.

 

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Step 4 – There you will see the Down Detector showing whether the Snapchat servers are active and functional, or, there are some issue with it.

 

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If there are many reports of Snapchat server outages, there is nothing you can do except to wait for the servers to become operational.

 

Fix 4 – Log out of the Snapchat app

Logging out of the Snapchat account and signing back into that should help you resolve the problem.

Step 1 – Go to your Snapchat app, if you are not there already.

Step 2 – Now, tap the small Bitmoji avatar in the top-right corner.

 

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Step 3 – Later, touch the “⚙” icon on the right-top corner to get access to the Snapchat settings.



 

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Step 4 – Scroll all the way down to the “Logout” option and tap that.

 

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You will be logged out of your Snapchat account. It will show you the log-in page on your Snapchat.

Step 5 – There should be your account credentials on that page.

Step 6 – So, tap the “Log in” or you can log in using other way as well.

 

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You may or may not have to verify your log-in, if there are security verification steps are enabled for your account.

Look for snaps now, and you shall see them right there in the Snapchat app.

 

Fix 5 – Try to update the Snapchat app

Finally, if you are yet to locate the Snaps on the Snapchat app, you should update the Snapchat app to the latest version.

Step 1 – Go to the App Store page.

Step 2 – Next, tap the profile picture (your Apple ID) to load the profile.

 

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Step 3 – Start to scroll down and look for the Snapchat app update there on the page.

Step 4 – If there is an update pending, tap the “Update” function to update the Snapchat app.

 

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After updating the app, the issue with the snaps should be gone.

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