Snapchat可能不是世界上最大的社交媒体平台，但它仍然很受欢迎，尤其是在年轻一代中。
它提供了许多创意功能，从自拍滤镜( selfie filters)到有趣的贴纸、Snapchat 客串(Snapchat cameos)、古怪的镜头，甚至将你的脸变成卡通(turning your face into a cartoon)。所有这些都可以让您快速向家人或朋友发送有趣和有创意的快照，但您也可以查看专业内容以保持娱乐。
它的最佳功能之一是能够发送自毁消息(self-destructing messages)、图片和视频，这些消息、图片和视频在发布后几秒钟内就会消失，这是一个救星，尤其是当您不小心分享可能令人尴尬的快照时。
尽管该应用程序听起来令人兴奋，但它并不适合所有人。如果您创建一个Snapchat帐户只是为了好玩，例如，为了了解它的感觉或了解应用程序周围的炒作，或者您已经拥有您的帐户有一段时间了，但无论出于何种原因，您都想加入毛巾，我们将向您展示如何永久删除Snapchat帐户。
删除 Snapchat 帐户的原因(Reasons To Delete a Snapchat Account)
对于任何社交媒体或在线平台的许多用户来说，隐私都是一件大事。Snapchat 广为人知，并以用户隐私为荣，这也是它越来越受欢迎的原因之一。
然而，这并不是几年前的主宰，尤其是在剑桥分析(Cambridge Analytica)丑闻导致数百万Facebook用户的数据被收集之后，许多Snapchat用户开始质疑他们对此事的沉默。
事实上，Snapchat没有站起来并利用那一刻来发挥自己的优势，甚至没有评论Facebook的缺点，这在用户看来似乎很奇怪。另一件事是，随着时间的推移，它的大部分流行功能也在Facebook和Instagram 上(Instagram)出现，这特别奇怪。
Snapchat还在2019 年 4 月(April 2019)发布了App Stories，该功能允许用户将相机中的内容分享到另一个应用程序的“故事”中，这对用户隐私提出了许多问题，因为数据本来就是临时的。
这个和其他原因导致它的一些用户想要永久删除他们的Snapchat帐户，因为如果其他应用程序可以访问他们的数据，是否会爆发类似的丑闻并不清楚。
如何下载您的 Snapchat 帐户数据(How To Download Your Snapchat Account Data)
在您删除您的Snapchat帐户之前，您可能希望全面了解您的所有 Snapchat 数据(full breakdown of all your Snapchat data)，例如您的帐户信息、朋友概述、登录历史记录、个人资料数据、Snap历史记录、位置和搜索历史记录。
如果您有经过验证的电子邮件地址，请按照以下步骤下载您的Snapchat数据：
- (Sign)在浏览器上访问accounts.snapchat.com登录您的个人帐户，然后单击我的数据(My Data)。
- 向下滚动(Scroll)到页面底部，然后单击黄色的提交请求(Submit Request)按钮。
- 您会收到一条通知，说明他们正在处理您的数据，并在准备好后通过电子邮件将其发送给您。检查您已验证的电子邮件地址是否有一封带有链接的电子邮件，以便在准备好下载您的数据时下载您的数据，然后单击该链接下载您的Snapchat数据。它将采用标记为My Data的(My Data)ZIP文件的形式。
如何删除 Snapchat 帐户(How To Delete A Snapchat Account)
- 在计算机上的网络浏览器中打开Snapchat ，向下滚动并单击屏幕底部(Snapchat)社区(Community)标题 下方的支持。(Support)
- 单击我的帐户和安全性(My Account & Security)。
- 在左侧窗格中，单击帐户信息(Account Information)。
- 选择删除我的帐户(Delete My Account)。您将在屏幕上获得一些有关您决定删除Snapchat帐户以及如何进行操作的信息。
- 接下来，转到浏览器上的帐户门户(Accounts Portal)，然后输入您要删除的帐户的用户名和密码。
- 再次输入您的用户名和密码，然后单击继续(Continue)。
删除过程是相同的，无论您是在 iOS 还是Android设备上使用(Android)Snapchat，但要从手机或平板电脑/iPad 中删除应用程序，您无需先退出 - 只需将其删除即可。
对于 iOS 设备，按下Snapchat应用程序图标并按十字符号并选择卸载(Uninstall)。对于Android设备，按下应用程序并选择卸载(Uninstall)或将其拖到垃圾桶图标或卸载(Uninstall)按钮。
注意(Note)：您不能从移动应用程序中删除Snapchat帐户；它仅适用于应用程序的桌面版本。如果您的首要任务是从您的设备中删除Snapchat，您可以像卸载任何其他应用程序一样卸载该应用程序。(uninstall the app)
Snapchat有一个 30 天的窗口，您的帐户将在您的个人资料之前被停用，有关它的所有内容，包括快照、聊天、故事和其他数据都将被永久删除。但是，Snapchat可能会出于法律、业务和安全原因保留您的一些个人数据，例如，如果您通过Snapchat进行购买或您接受其隐私政策(Privacy Policy)和服务条款时。
如果您改变主意并决定重新激活您的帐户，则会提供此“冷静”期，在这种情况下，您应该保留您的用户名和密码。
在停用阶段，您的好友列表将无法在Snapchat上与您联系或互动。一旦停用，您将无法使用您的电子邮件地址登录您的帐户，也无法更改您的密码。
如何重新激活您的 Snapchat 帐户(How To Reactivate Your Snapchat Account)
您可以在 30 天内随时使用您在前面步骤中持有的用户名和密码重新登录Snapchat应用程序来恢复您的(Snapchat)Snapchat帐户。(Snapchat)您将收到一条消息，要求您确认重新激活，因此请点击是(Yes)。
此过程最多可能需要 24 小时才能重新激活您的帐户，但您会收到一封电子邮件，通知您何时可以再次使用您的帐户。
删除您的 Snapchat 存在(Erase Your Snapchat Existence)
我们希望您现在知道如何删除Snapchat帐户。如果您想退出所有社交媒体平台，我们有简单的指南可以提供帮助。
How To Delete a Snapchat Account
Snapchat may nоt be the largest social media platform in the world, but it’s still very popular, especially among the younger generation.
It offers lots of creative features from selfie filters to fun stickers, Snapchat cameos, quirky lenses and even turning your face into a cartoon. All of these allow you to send fun and creative snaps quickly to your family or friends, but you can also look at specialty content to keep yourself entertained.
One of its best features is the ability to send self-destructing messages, pictures and videos that disappear within seconds after posting them, which is a savior especially when you accidentally share potentially embarrassing snaps.
As exciting as the app sounds though, it’s not for everyone. If you made a Snapchat account just for fun, for example, to find out what it’s like or to understand the hype around the app, or you’ve had your account for a while now but for whatever reason, you want to chuck in the towel, we’re going to show you how to delete a Snapchat account permanently.
Reasons To Delete a Snapchat Account
For many users of any social media or online platform, privacy is a big deal. Snapchat has been known and prides itself on user privacy, which is one of the reasons why it grew in popularity.
However, it’s not the juggernaut it was a few years back especially after the Cambridge Analytica scandal that saw millions of Facebook users’ data harvested, and many Snapchat users started to question their silence over the matter.
The fact that Snapchat didn’t rise up and leverage that moment to capitalize on their strengths, or even comment on Facebook’s shortcomings seemed strange in the eyes of its users. One other thing is that over time, most of its popular features have been seen on Facebook and Instagram too, which is particularly odd.
Snapchat also announced App Stories in April 2019, a feature that allows users to share content from their cameras to another app’s ‘Story’, and this posed many questions on user privacy as the data is meant to be temporary as it has always been.
This and other reasons have led to some of its users wanting to delete their Snapchat account for good because there’s no telling whether a similar scandal would erupt if their data is accessible to other apps.
How To Download Your Snapchat Account Data
Before you delete your Snapchat account, you may want to get a full breakdown of all your Snapchat data such as your account information, overview of your friends, login history, profile data, Snap history, location and search history.
If you have a verified email address, take these steps to download your Snapchat data:
- Sign into your personal account by going to accounts.snapchat.com on your browser, and click My Data.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the yellow Submit Request button.
- You’ll get a notification that says they’re working on your data and that they’ll email it to you when it’s ready. Check your verified email address for an email with a link to download your data when it’s ready to be downloaded, and click on the link to download your Snapchat data. It will be in the form of a ZIP file labeled My Data.
How To Delete A Snapchat Account
- Open Snapchat in a web browser on your computer, scroll down and click Support at the bottom of the screen just under the Community header.
- Click My Account & Security.
- On the left pane, click Account Information.
- Select Delete My Account. You’ll get some information on your screen about your decision to delete your Snapchat account and how to go about it.
- Next, go to the Accounts Portal on your browser, and enter the username and password of the account you’d like to delete.
- Enter your username and password again, and click Continue.
The deletion process is the same, whether you’re using Snapchat on an iOS or Android device, but to remove the app from your phone or tablet/iPad, you don’t need to sign out first – just delete it.
For iOS devices, downpress the Snapchat app icon and press the cross symbol and select Uninstall. For Android devices, downpress the app and select Uninstall or drag it up to the trash icon or Uninstall button.
Note: You can’t delete a Snapchat account from the mobile app; it only works on the desktop version of the app. If your priority is to delete the Snapchat from your device, you can uninstall the app as you would with any other.
Snapchat has a 30-day window where your account will be deactivated before your profile and everything about it including snaps, chats, stories, and other data will be deleted permanently. However, Snapchat may retain some of your personal data for legal, business, and security reasons, for example if you made purchases through Snapchat or when you accepted its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
This “cooling off” period is provided in case you change your mind and decide to reactivate your account, in which case you should hold onto your username and password.
During the deactivation phase, your friends list won’t be able to contact or interact with you on Snapchat. Once deactivated, you won’t be able to log in to your account with your email address, and you can’t change your password either.
How To Reactivate Your Snapchat Account
You can resurrect your Snapchat account any moment within 30 days by logging back in to the Snapchat app with the username and password you held in the previous steps. You’ll get a message asking you to confirm the reactivation, so tap Yes.
This process may take up to 24 hours before your account can be reactivated, but you will receive an email letting you know when your account is ready to use again.
Erase Your Snapchat Existence
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