Private stories on Snapchat allow you to control who can watch your content.
You need to create a new private story before you can start adding content to it.
When making a Snapchat story private, you can name it and select which followers to include.
It’s possible to make your Snapchat private, so that only approved followers can see your content.
You can even create private Snapchat stories to control which friends can view them.
This is a particularly helpful feature if you want to share content with a specific group and not all of your followers.
Here’s how to make a private story on Snapchat.
How to make a private story on Snapchat
1. Open the Snapchat app.
2. Tap your profile icon at the top-left corner of the screen.
If you’ve created a bitmoji, you’ll see it here instead of the generic profile icon.
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3. To create a new private story, tap the New Story button in My Stories section.
Once created, private Snapchat stories will be listed in the My Stories section.
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4. Tap New Private Story in the pop-up menu.
You need to create a private Snapchat story before you can add to it.
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5. Name your new private story by tapping the box at the top, select one or more friends to share the private story with.
6. Tap Create Story.
You’ll automatically be prompted to choose a private story name in order to save it.
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7. Tap on the private story (located under My Stories) to add to it.
How to rename a private Snapchat story
1. Tap the three dots icon next to the private story you want to rename.
2. Tap Rename Story.
Here, you can also delete the private story and edit who can see it.
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3. Edit the story name, then tap Done when you’re finished.