Snapchat voice notes not working on iPhone: Fix

Are the Voice Notes not working on your iPhone? Problems with the Voice Note on Snapchat can be related to the hardware of the device. So, we recommend you check the Microphone permission, and if that isn’t enough to fix the issue, you can try other necessary means to troubleshoot the issue as well.

 

Fix 1 – Check for the Microphone permissions

The Microphone permission is the primary requirement for the Voice Notes to work on the Snapchat app.

Step 1 – Open the Settings panel.

Step 2 – Then, go down to the bottom of the page. Open up the “Apps” tab.

 

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Step 3 – Slide down to open up the “Snapchat” app. Open it up.

 

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Step 4 – After opening the Snapchat app, find the “Microphone” permission and turn that to On mode.

 

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Once you have allowed the microphone permission, feel free to record and send some voice notes from the Snapchat app.

Check if this works.

 

Fix 2 – Clear out the Snapchat cache

The next step in our solution is to clear out the Snapchat cache on your iPhone.

Step 1 – It is very easy to clean the Snapchat cache. Open up the Snapchat app.

Step 2 – In the top-left corner of the Snapchat app, look whether you can find the Bitmoji icon in there. Tap that.

Step 3 – This will load up the Snapchat profile page.

 

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Step 4 – Now, on the right-hand side, you will find the “⚙” icon. It should get you to the Snapchat settings page.

 

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Step 5 – On the Snapchat main settings page, scroll down until you reach the “Privacy Controls” tools.

Step 6 – Open up the “Clear data” function.

 

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On the following tab, you will see lots of cleaning tools.

Step 7 – Find the “Clear cache” button and use that.

 

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Step 8 – Later, use the “Clear cache” function to clear the Snapchat cache.

 

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Now, you must close and relaunch the Snapchat app on your device. Do a trial run for this. Like, record and send a voice note to one of your friends. Do check if this has worked or not.

 

Fix 3 – Reinstall the Snapchat app

Finally, if you have reached this far, that means other solutions have not worked. Try uninstalling the Snapchat app and reinstalling the same.

Step 1 – Find the “Snapchat” app on your iPhone.

Step 2 – Once you have found it, hold that and tap the “Remove App“.

 

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Step 3 – Next, you must assert to this by tapping the “Delete” prompt to finally remove the Snapchat app from the device.

 

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Don’t worry. None of your chats or messages will be gone in this process.

Step 4 – Go on ahead to the App Store and perform a search for the Snapchat app.

Step 5 – Next, install the Snapchat app.

 

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The next steps are very simple. All you have to do is to log into your Snapchat account. Later, you can send a demo voice note to one of your friends.

Check if this works or not.