How to turn off Quick Add on Snapchat

Georgina Smith
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Quick Add is a Snapchat feature that allows people to easily add other users as friends, but if you don’t want anyone to add you via Quick Add, then here’s everything you need to know about how to turn it off.

Snapchat is one of the most popular social media apps, with millions of people across the world using the platform to chat with their friends using direct messages, images, videos, and more.

There are a number of ways to add people as a friend on Snapchat, and one of these ways is Quick Add.

Quick Add suggests different accounts that you may know or that may be of interest to you, and all you have to do is click ‘Add’ next to their name, without the need to search them up.

However, if you don’t want to appear in anyone’s Quick Add tab, you can remove yourself from the feature.

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Snapchat continues to be a hugely popular platform.

How to turn off Quick Add on Snapchat

Removing yourself from Quick Add on Snapchat is simple, just follow these steps:

  1. Open Snapchat.
  2. Tap your profile in the top left.
  3. Click the settings icon in the top right.
  4. Scroll down to ‘Privacy Controls’ and then tap ‘See me in Quick Add.’
  5. Switch the slider to the off position to remove yourself from Quick Add.

You can show yourself again in Quick Add at any time by going through the above steps and flipping the slider to the on position.

If you want to learn more about how to use Snapchat, you can check out some of our other guides here:

How to remove someone from your Snapchat best friends list | How to allow camera access on Snapchat | How to make a public profile on Snapchat | How to make a private story on Snapchat | How to pin someone on Snapchat

About The Author

Georgina was formerly an entertainment writer for Dexerto. She covered all aspects of influencer culture on TikTok and more, including creators such as Charli D’Amelio and Addison Rae. She also wrote about hit reality shows such as Love Island and Below Deck.