Many snapchat users find out that they cannot access their account anymore, it says that their account was locked or blocked by snapchat itself, they have asked how do i unlock my snapchat account, and not least also wondering why their scnapchat account is locked or blocked.
One of the reasons why your account is locked is because you are using unofficial third-party app to access snapchat, and this is illegal. This often happens on windows phone users who some time ago using 6snap. Snapchat has not released an official app for Windows phone yet, so snapchat can not guarantee the security and privacy of users of Windows phones that use third-party app. To prevent things that are not desirable, snapchat give warning to users of third-party applications to stop using these applications or their account will be locked.
How do i unlock my snapchat account
What if my account has already locked or blocked by snapchat, what should I do? am i could get my account back? Some people are lucky enough with the measures recommended by snapchat when their account is locked, can get their account back, but many do not manage to get their account back. Here is how to unlock snapchat account.
When your snapchat account is locked, you will get message to visit https://snapchat.com/unlock, follow the instruction there to unlock. If this is not working, try visit this address: https://support.snapchat.com/co/unlock-account and send them message to get your account back.
Some people also recommended to try resetting the password using the “Forgot Password” feature, when you get the new password, you can login again to your account.
How to prevent your snapchat account from being locked.
Officially, snapchat has been warn you to not using unofficial third-party app to access snapchat because it is not secure. If you don’t want your account being locked again, use the official snapchat app for android or iphone. Windows phone users should be more patient to wait for the official app to be launched by snapchat.
My snapchat is locked and I don’t know the password
I want to change my birthday but im lock out
Same here
SAME HERE!!! I NEED HELP!!!
Me tooooo
Did they help you ?
I’m sooo sorry but what ever I did I won’t do it again but please unlock my snapchat please
My snapchat locked me out today can u please help me ?!!
try to contact Snapchat support on twitter, they are very helpful
My snapchat is locked because I opened a new one with the same email and number then I locked it but not the old one.now I’m having problem because my old snap is locked????
My birthdate was accidentally changed and snapchat locked me out. I have tryed everything, emails, resets of passwords. Is there anything i can doo!!??
I have had the same problem this morning, how can we change it
Happened to me tooðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ what happened I’ve done everything
Did you get your account back
I changed the birthday then my account got locked
I changed the birthday then my account got locked
you can unlock your account here https://www.snapchat.com/unlock
I tried that website but it still won’t work
wait for 24 hours
Unlock my account plz I’m getting bored plz??????
https://www.snapchat.com/unlock
Can u guys unlock My snapchat please?
you can unlock it from here https://www.snapchat.com/unlock
okay but this is not a warning, it is a punishment for not knowing the rules
What do I do if I put in the wrong birthday and now I am locked out of my account?
you can request to unlock here –> https://www.snapchat.com/unlock
This link doesn’t help me, I locked my account because of the birthday settings. The link you are giving us only helps people who’ve spammed or used apps which aren’t allowed. I can’t find any way to change my birthday settings since you have to do it IN the app. Please help.
yes, you have to request for unlock through that link, wait for to 24 hours and then try to log in again and change the birthday
how do you know WHY your account was locked?
it said by snapchat themself, if you are using third party app, most likely your account will be locked
Can you please please please unlock my account , please !!! I have messages on there that I need please please please
you can contact Snapchat customer support, read the article above to know how to contact them and ask for help
I used snap upload. How long is my account gonna be locked? I have lots of streaks.
24 hours or so, but you have to uninstall snap upload from your phone
I got locked out permanently just because I accidentally changed my date of birth to 2003.
of course, it makes you 13 years old, you can only use Snapchat if you are older than 13
Yeah but what if u accidentally change it and then it permanently locks you would what do you do then?
if your permanently locked, then nothing you can do but create a new one
Thank you for your great app
I changed my birthday by mistake and it is become less than 12 years then my account permanently locked
When I tried to unlock it, it is give me the below error
“Your account has been permanently locked. Please go here for more info on why this may have happened.”
Please help me in that
i am sorry but i can’t, please contact them on twitter or email to ask for help
Hi I accidentally changed my birthday to 2003 instead of 2002 what do I do?
wait for 24 hours and try to login again
Hello I accidentally put in the wrong birthday to 2004 instead of my actual birthday 2000 and it said that I’m permently locked out. I’ve done the link and sent it. what do I do? and I’ve never miss used snapchat at all.?
once you’ve got permanently locked, you can’t get it back
I never received any warning that my snapchat would be permanently locked. I wanted to go about unlocking it please. I used the third party app one time and had no idea it would lock my snapchat
you have to uninstall those third party app and create a new Snapchat account
My daughter put in 2002 instead of 2003 and received an error that she has been permanently locked out – is there a way for us to get this fixed? #heartbroken
once you permanently locked, you can’t get it back
My account is permanently locked I accidentally put 2003 instead of 2002 and I don’t know what to did I think now I lost all 10 of my streaks with my closest friends bc of just one little mistake and now I dont know what to do help please
once you permanently locked, you can’t get it back
Why was my snapchat account blocked when i didnt even have any third party apps
My account has been temporarily locked for over 33 hours now please help
have you try to unlock it? https://accounts.snapchat.com/accounts/unlock
I accidentally changed the year of my birthday and it locked me out how do I get back in
you can’t
I am locked out of my account,and it’s been several hours not letting me in. I accidentally had one third party app but then uninstalled it. I have tried unlocking it, but won’t let me at all. What do I do?
just wait for a while, it usually take a day to unlock your account
I cannot change my password to loginto my snapchat account. It keeps telling me the email I use is invalid
make sure you put the correct email
I’ve been locked out of my snapchat account for 2 days now and I tried the website that was linked in previous comments along with emailing snapchat support at support@snapchat.com and nothing seems to work. When I sent the email twice, both times it failed to go through. Is there another email that would be more helpful? I’m getting pissed off. Its never been locked this long before.
I need some serious help! So I was just texting on snapchat and it just logged me out and then I tried to log back in but it says that I permanently got locked and now I’m scared because I have 12 streaks
are you using unofficial third party app?
If it’s permanent locked why can’t we have it back? Cause I got my memories there that I need to save
it’s almost impossible to get it back once you have permanently locked
hello , you said to wet 24 hrs but will snapchat still recover our streaks ?
you have to work on it again to get your streak back
I have the thame problem like Sawsan. My daughter made a mistake with her birthday. Now she is permamently locked. I want to write an email, but the support email adress doesn’t work. On twitter suppoort i don’t get an answer.
Hey. My snapchat is permanently locked? Can snapchat support on Twitter help me get it back? Or I shouldn’t bother myself?
yes, try to mention them on twitter
My snapchat is permanently locked I put the wrong year of birth please how do I get back in
you can’t, once it’s permanently locked, you have to create a new account
My snapchat got permantly blocked i accidently put intge wrong birthday then i tried to delete it and it says it will be delted in 30 days to undo that just log in again but it wont let me log jn cause its blocked what do i dooo😣😣😣😣
try this http://snapchat.com/unlock
i am locked out because i put in the wrong birthday.
I got locked out today cuz I put the wrong birthday
sorry to hear that