What does the red dot on your Snapchat profile mean?

Snapchat users have expressed confusion after seeing red dots appearing across their profiles, but what do they mean? Here’s everything you need to know.

Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms, which millions of users across the globe use daily to communicate with their friends using the range of features on the app, with new features being introduced regularly.

However, Snapchat users across the globe are reporting seeing a red dot in their profiles and not knowing what they mean. Some users have noticed several red dots on the app’s home page, appearing on the chat, friends, Spotlight, and Memories icons while in the camera view.

Sometimes they even appear by their bitmojis, making it even more confusing to figure out what it means. Here’s everything you need to know about the red dots, and how you can make them disappear.

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What does the red dot mean on Snapchat?

The red dot buy your profile or bitmoji usually means that you have a notification or message that you haven’t opened.

To make the red dot go away, simply open the Snapchat app and open all of your messages and notifications, which can also be found in your profile. Once you have opened everything, the red dot should disappear.

If the red dot is still there after you’ve opened your notifications, try to log out of the app and then log back in again or restart your phone, which should reset the app and fix the glitch.

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