How to turn off your Snapchat location

If you’re out somewhere and don’t want your Snapchat contacts to know, you have the option to turn off your location on Snapchat to keep your whereabouts private.

Snapchat has millions of active users who go on to the platform every day to share photos, messages, and stories with their friends, and to view the range of content available.

The app also has a feature called Snap Maps, which as the name suggests, allows users to see where their friends are located using their icons on a map.

While this can be a useful feature for some, understandably you may not want all, or any, of your contacts to have access to your whereabouts. Fortunately, you can turn off your location on Snapchat.

Turn off your location on Snapchat

Turning your location off on Snapchat is an easy task, and you are able to decide whether you turn it off for all users or keep it turned on for a select few. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open Snapchat.
2. Click on your profile in the top left, then the gear icon in the top right to go to your settings.
3. Scroll down to ‘Privacy Controls,’ and click on ‘See My Location.’
4. Tap the slider next to ‘Ghost Mode’ to switch it on. When this is enabled, your contacts won’t be able to see your location, and your Ghost Trail will be cleared.
5. If you want some people to still be able to see your location, click on ‘Only These Friends…’ and select the people you want to include.

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How to turn off Live Location on Snapchat

Snapchat’s Live Location feature allow you to share your real-time whereabouts with your friends. If you want to turn it off, just do as follows:

1. Go to the Snap Map tab. 
2. Press the gear icon.
3. Toggle on ‘Ghost Mode’ to stop sharing your real-time location.

You’ll then be prompted to select how long you’d like to keep your location hidden – 3 hours, 24 hours, or indefinitely.

If you want to learn more about how to use Snapchat, you can check out some of our other guides, including how to allow camera access on Snapchat and how to make a private story on Snapchat.