How To Tell If Someone Checked Your Location On Snapchat

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Unfortunately, there is no obvious way you can find out who checked your location on Snapchat.

snap map featuring the snapchat logo looking at a bitmoji

However, there are a few things you can watch out for that may indicate someone has viewed your location:

1. They Mention Your Location

The most obvious way to tell if someone has viewed your location on Snapchat is if they bring it up in conversation.

If they do this and you haven’t disclosed your location anywhere else, online or in conversation, then they have obviously viewed your Snap location.

2. They Viewed A Story That You Shared Exclusively To The Map

If you share a snap just to the map, not to your story or to any of your friends, the only way they can view this story is by browsing the map.

If you see that someone has viewed your map story then they will have viewed your location.

To check who viewed your story all you have to do is tap the ‘eyeball’ icon on the Snap, on your profile page. This will give you a list of users who have viewed it.

How To Stop People Viewing Your Location On Snapchat

To prevent people from viewing your location on Snapchat, follow these steps:

  1. Open Snapchat.
  2. Tap your Bitmoji icon in the top left to head to your profile page.
  3. Then tap the settings cog in the top right to open settings.
  4. Scroll down to the ‘Privacy Control’ heading and tap ‘See my location’, it should be the 6th option under the heading.
  5. Tap the toggle switch next to ‘Ghost mode’.
  6. Select how long you want to activate ghost mode for; 3 hours, 24 hours, or until turned off.

Your location will now be hidden until the specified time elapses or until you turn ghost mode off again.

How To View Someone’s Location?

There are two ways to view a friend’s location on Snapchat.

You can find their location via the Snap Map:

  1. Open Snapchat.
  2. Tap the map pin icon in the bottom left.
  3. Browse the map to find your friend’s Bitmoji real-time location.
  4. To find a specific friend tap the search icon in the top right and type in their name.
  5. If they are sharing their location an icon will be visible to the right of their name, tap this to view their live location on the map.

..or by heading to their profile:

  1. Open Snapchat.
  2. Tap the search icon in the top left.
  3. Enter your friend’s name or username.
  4. Tap their name to open the chat, then tap their name again to go to their profile.
  5. Scroll down to ‘Snap Map’.

    Here you will see their most recent location.