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Last Updated: May 2, 2023
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- Allowing Access to Contacts on iPhone or iPad |
- Allowing Access to Contacts on Android |
- Using Quick Add |
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This wikiHow teaches you how to quickly add Snapchat friends using Quick Add. Quick Add lists users who are in your phone's contacts or who have Snapchat friends in common with you.
Things You Should Know
- Use Quick Add by allowing Snapchat to access your contacts.
- Allow access to your contacts on an iOS device by finding Snapchat at the bottom of your phone's Settings, and sliding the Contacts button to the "On" position.
- Allow access to your contacts on an Android by finding Snapchat within the Apps section of your Settings, tapping Permissions, and sliding the "Contacts" button on.
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Allowing Access to Contacts on iPhone or iPad
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Open your iPhone's Settings. It’s an app with a gray gear, usually found on the home screen.
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Tap Snapchat. It will be grouped with your other apps, in the bottom half of the page.
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Slide the Contacts button to the “On” position. It will turn green. Now, Snapchat has access to all of your phone contacts.
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Allowing Access to Contacts on Android
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Open your device's Settings. It's an app with a gear (⚙️) icon on your home screen.
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Scroll down and tap Apps. It's under the "Device" menu.
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Tap Permissions. It's the 3rd selection in the menu.
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Slide the button next to "Contacts" to the "On" position. It will turn blue-green.
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Tap the "Back" arrow. It's in the upper-left corner. Now, Snapchat can access the contacts on your device.
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Using Quick Add
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Open Snapchat. It’s a yellow app with a cartoon ghost inside. This will bring you to a camera view.
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Swipe down to open the User screen.
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Tap Add Friends. It’s near the center of the screen and has an icon that looks like a person with a plus sign.
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Tap the + Add button next to a Quick Add user.
- You can also get to Quick Add by going to the Chat screen. It will be the blue-lettered heading under your friends list.
- If a Quick Add name has been added from your phone’s contacts, it will say “In My Contacts” underneath their name.
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If I added all the people on the quick add screen, how do I get more?
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Wait! You can't have everyone show up yet, just wait until you make new Snapchat friends, then their mutuals will eventually show up.
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How do I unhide everyone on my Quick Add?
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There is no way to unhide them, but you can still search their username and add them that way.
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Why won't anyone come up in my quick add?
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If you have been using Snapchat for a long time, most Snapchat users within your age and area group would have already shown up. They may not appear again for awhile, so wait for awhile and Snapchat may notice another active user and put it on the quick add list.
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If you don’t allow access to your contacts, Quick Add will still suggest users with mutual Snapchat friends.
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If you add someone using Quick Add, it will say “Added using Quick Add” in their friend request.
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1.Open Snapchat.
2.Swipe down to open the User screen.
3.Tap Add Friends.
4. Tap a friend’s name under Quick Add.
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