On occasion, you may receive notifications indicating that one of your contacts has just joined Snapchat, along with their name.

You may question what this signifies and if the contact received a notification about you when they registered on their phone. Also, you may choose to determine whether your contacts are notified when you join Snapchat.

There has been some uncertainty over the significance of this announcement. Some users report receiving a notification about a contact joining Snapchat even if the contact has been on Snapchat for some time and has been added as a friend.

This page contains answers to all inquiries regarding Snapchat’s joining notifications. Find out by reading on.

Does Snapchat Inform Your Contacts When You Create a New Account?

If you do not sync your contacts with your new Snapchat account, your contacts will not be alerted if you create a new account. If you synchronize your contacts, they will be informed of your new account.

What Does It Mean That Your Contact Has Just Joined Snapchat?

When you receive a Snapchat notice stating that someone in your contact list has joined Snapchat, it indicates that the contact has recently created an account and added their phone number.

In other words, the contact registered a new Snapchat account using their phone number, which is already in your phone’s contact list. However, there is a prerequisite: the contact must let Snapchat sync their contacts before they can receive a notification from Snapchat indicating they have joined.

When you receive a message that a contact (with their name displayed) has recently joined Snapchat, it indicates that they have just created a new account, registered their phone number, and let Snapchat sync their contacts. Before you may receive a notification that a contact has recently joined, you must satisfy all of these requirements.

Does Snapchat Inform Your Contacts When You Join

After entering the verification number received to your phone, you will be requested to enable Snapchat to sync your contacts if you are just starting an account. If you did not provide permission at the time, you may do so by following the steps below.

  1. Launch Snapchat and tap your profile symbol in the upper left corner of the display.
  2. Tap on Add Friends
  3. When the Add Friends screen appears, you touch All Contacts and then click Continue to enable Snapchat access to sync your contacts.

OR

  1. After creating your Snapchat account, you tap the profile button in the upper left corner of the screen.
  2. You then touch Settings, which is located in the upper right corner of the Profile box.
  3. You then navigate to the Account Actions tab and hit Contacts Syncing.
  4. On the Contacts Syncing page, you choose the checkbox to Sync Contacts.

If you have completed any of the above steps, Snapchat will notify your contacts of your membership.

Why Was I Notified That Someone Had Joined Snapchat

The only reason you get a message that someone has joined Snapchat is that they recently registered an account and gave Snapchat permission to sync their contacts. This synchronization of contacts grants Snapchat permission to access and reach out to the user’s contacts, telling you of their membership. In addition, the contact must also have your phone number saved on their device.

Therefore, you received the news that the contract just joined because:

  1. They established a new account.
  2. They provided their phone number to Snapchat.
  3. They permitted Snapchat to synchronize their contacts.
  4. They have saved your number as a contact on their mobile device.

All of these conditions must be met before you may receive a notification that someone has joined Snapchat.

Some users have reported receiving notifications suggesting someone has newly joined Snapchat although the individual has been a Snapchat buddy for some time. This is why you may receive such a notification:

If you were previously friends with someone and they only added their phone number or enabled syncing on the same account where you were already friends, you would not receive a message that they have joined. This is because you are already friends with them on that account, and Snapchat only sends such alerts to newly created accounts.

Will Your Contacts Know If You Include Your Phone Number on Snapchat?

You may join Snapchat using either your phone number or your email address, as you may already be aware. Snapchat has no interest in your phone contacts if you joined up using your email address, thus your contacts are unaware.

Then, if you ultimately add your phone number, Snapchat will simply create a second contact record for you. It may also be used for account recovery and two-factor authentication.

However, if you have recently made a Snapchat account, registered your phone number, and synchronized your contacts, they will be alerted that you have joined. Additionally, you will be alerted when they join.

Can My Mobile Contacts Locate Me on Snapchat?

If you are concerned about your privacy on Snapchat, you may be wondering whether your phone contacts can locate you on Snapchat. The answer to this question is affirmative.

The fact is that it is not difficult for your phone contacts to locate you on Snapchat. Although many users find this annoying, it is the only method Snapchat can facilitate relationships on the platform.

To locate you, your phone contacts need only:

  1. Launch Snapchat and tap their profile symbol at the upper left of the screen.
  2. Tap on Add Friends
  3. Here, they may discover you under Quick Add as a contact, mutual friend, or through another link.
  4. Alternatively, they can hit All Contacts at the top right of the same page if they have also saved you as a contact and can locate you in their contact recommendations.

How to Prevent Snapchat from Recommending My Account to My Contacts

In the preceding section, we described how simple it is for your phone contacts to locate you on Snapchat. We recognize how intrusive this may be, and in fact, many users are seeking a means to prevent Snapchat from recommending their accounts to their phone contacts.

If you wish to avoid this as well, use one of the options provided below.

Do not use your telephone number

To protect your privacy and prevent Snapchat from suggesting your account to your phone contacts, you should avoid adding your phone number to Snapchat in the first place.

You have the choice of using either your phone number or your email address when creating a Snapchat account.

If you want Snapchat to stop recommending your account to your contacts:

  1. Choose to register instead using your email address
  2. If Snapchat requests permission to sync your contacts on the following page, decline.

Snapchat will not have access to your contacts and will be unable to recover them or propose your account to them.

If you have already entered your phone number, you may prevent Snapchat from allowing anyone to locate you using your phone number by following the instructions below.

  1. Launch Snapchat and tap your profile symbol in the upper left corner of the display.
  2. Select Settings in the upper-right corner of the profile screen. This is the equipment icon
  3. Next, tap Cellphone Number, where your mobile number will be shown.
  4. When the page loads, you should notice a checkbox next to Let Others Find Me Using My Mobile Number. Tap the checkbox to deselect it.

This will prevent your contacts from locating you by your telephone number.

Disable The Account

If you do not want certain contacts to be able to discover you using your phone number, you must swiftly identify them in your Friend’s recommendations and ban their account.

On Snapchat, blocking a contact who is not yet a friend is uncomplicated. This is how:

  1. Launch Snapchat and tap your profile symbol in the upper left corner of the display.
  2. Tap on Add Friends
  3. Tap All Contacts in the upper right corner of the display
  4. Select their name in the contacts list, then press Block.

Use a Different Name, So No One Will Recognize You

Use an alternative name so that even if Snapchat does propose you, no one will be able to identify you. In addition to adopting a different name, you should avoid using a selfie as your profile image, since this would negate the purpose of remaining anonymous.

So, here is a conclusion:

  1. Do not include your telephone number on Snapchat.
  2. If you have previously added your phone number, disable the option that allows people to locate you using your phone number.
  3. Prevent unwanted contacts from finding you on Snapchat.
  4. And, do not use your name and profile picture on Snapchat.

This will offer you complete control over who interacts with you and discovers you on Snapchat.