How to Enable Filters in Snapchat in iPhone
What is Snapchat without its filters, right? Snapchat filters are one of the most appealing and intriguing features of the app. Being a Snapchat user, you must know how to enable filters in the Snapchat of your iPhone. And, also create cameos selfie on Snapchat. Moreover, you can also unlink cameos selfie on your Snapchat. Let us now put an end to our wait. Read the article given below. Here, you'll find out how to enable filters in Snapchat on iPhone with the help of 6 different methods.
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Step-1 Go To Your Snapchat: Tighten your belts Snapchatters, now it's the time to explore the amazing filters of the Snapchat app. The first step here is to go to the Snapchat application in your iPhone.
In order to open the Snapchat application in your iPhone you have to do the following:
- First, you have to to the app library of your iPhone where the icons of all the installed apps are present.
- From here, you have to find the icon of the 'Snapchat' app which is yellow in color.
- You can also take the help of the search bar to look for the icon of the app.
- Then, simply click on the app icon on the Snapchat app will open in your iPhone.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: The first screen that appears on your device is an Empty camera screen. This is because Snapchat is a camera app. This is the home screen of the Snapchat app.
- To be able to get the list of Snapchat filters, you are required to tap and hold anywhere on the empty space.
- Doing this will present you with various Snapchat filters.
Step-3 Swipe Left to Browse Filters: After a few seconds of tapping and holding on the empty space of the Snapchat camera screen:
- Various Snapchat filters well appear on the screen of your iPhone at the bottom.
- From here, you can just swipe left in order to browse these filters.
- At the same time, you can just keep on trying these filters for photos and videos.
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Step-1 Open Snapchat Account: Let's begin the first method of this process. Do it by going to the ‘Snapchat’ account in your iPhone.
For your information, there are two ways in which you can access your Snapchat account. We have mentioned these two ways in the pointers given below and you can choose whatever we suits you. Following are the ways:
- First, you can download the Snapchat app in your iPhone absolutely free of cost from the 'App Store' app of your iPhone device.
- Second, if you do not want to download the app then you can simply then, you can open this Snapchat website in your web browser. To open the website of Snapchat, type 'www.snapchat.com' in your web browser.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: if you have opened your Snapchat account in the mobile application of Snapchat then:
- The first screen that you will see will be the screen of the 'Snapchat camera'.
- From here, you have to tap and hold on the empty space that is present on the screen.
- You have to keep holding the screen until some options appear at the bottom.
Step-3 Swipe Up: When you tap and hold on the empty camera screen in the previous steps. Several different 'Snapchat filters' will appear at the bottom of your screen in circular shape.
- One by one, you can click on each of the filter to try them out. Most of these filters work best with the front camera of your iPhone.
- There is a huge library of filters in the Snapchat app for the Snapchatters which you can easily access by clicking on the 'Explore' button.
- This button is present at the end of the horizontal list of the filters at the bottom of the Camera screen.
Step-4 Scroll Down To Browse Filters: In order to further open the library of hundreds of other Snapchat filters. You can do this in the following two ways:
- Swipe right until you reach the end of the circular filter buttons that are present at the bottom of the screen of the Snapchat camera. At the end, you will find the 'Explore' button, just click on it to explore more filters.
- Or, you can just swipe up on the screen from the very bottom in order to open all the filters of the Snapchat app. From here, you can try and choose from hundreds of amazing Snapchat filters!
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Step-1 Go To Your Snapchat App: First of all, you should learn how to download the Snapchat application in your iPhone.
We have mentioned the steps in which your can download the app from the 'App Store' app in your iPhone. Read the below steps carefully and then learn the app if you have not already:
- Go to the 'App Store' app.
- Then, click on the search bar form the top of the screen and in the search bar you have to write 'Snapchat'.
- Then, just search for it until the search results appear on your screen.
- From the search results, click on the 'Install' button of the Snapchat app and you will be now ready to use it.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: Make sure to log in to the Snapchat app with your account. You will not be able to use the app without logging in to it.
- After you are ready with your Snapchat account, you will see an empty camera screen.
- Then, just click anywhere on the camera screen.
- You have to hold on this empty camera screen until some Snapchat filters appear at the bottom as you can see yourself in the picture attached below.
Step-3 Swipe Up: From the bottom of the screen of the Snapchat app, you have to swipe up or scroll up from the bottom of the screen. The movement of the swipe up action must be similar to the movement shown in the picture below for your reference.
Step-4 Tap On 'Search Bar' to Browse Filters: Swiping up on the screen in the previous step will take you to the vast library of Snapchat filters. These are available for the use of all the Snapchat users without any payment or money.
- From this screen, click on the 'Search bar' which is present at the top of the screen as shown in the following picture.
- Here in the search bar, you can simply type the name of any particular Snapchat filter or anything related to it in order to search for all the related filters.
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Step-1 Launch The Snapchat App in Your iPhone: The first step is very obvious and it is to Launch the Snapchat application in your iPhone. You basically have to open your Snapchat account only. So, you can do it in either the mobile app or the web browser also.
If you want to open your Snapchat account, then following are the steps to be able to do this easily:
- Open your web browser.
- Then, click on the search bar or search tab of your web browser.
- In the search tab, you have to type the following- 'www.snapchat.com'.
- After typing this, just click on the 'Search' button.
- So, clicking on the search button will open Snapchat in your web browser.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: Just like all the methods, the second step of this method also remains the same.
- This means that you have to tap and hold on the empty space of the Snapchat camera screen in this step.
- Also, you do not have to leave the hold the screen until and unless various Snapchat filter options appear towards the bottom of the screen starting from the centre.
Step-3 Tap On The 'Explore' Button: Now, you will notice that there are five items at the bottom of the screen in a horizontal bar. These 5 icons represent the following options:
- Create: So that you can create you own videos and photos on your Snapchat channel.
- Scan: From this section, you can scan the surroundings near you or your environment and then Snapchat will suggest you filters based on your surroundings. Sound amazing, we know!
- '×': To close or remove the Snapchat filters that are present on your screen.
- Browse: It will take to the section from where you can browse defence Snapchat channels, follow your favourite Snapchat creators and even watch videos or find friends.
- Explore: This section has the library of all the amazing Snapchat filters that are available for use for all the Snapchat users free of cost.
You have to click on the last icon which is the 'Explore' icon. It is done in order to select from a large number of Snapchat filters.
Step-4 Scroll Down to Browse Filters: Do not get confused after looking at such a large number of these amazing Snapchat filters.
- Either you can take the help of the search bar to search for a particular filter if you know its name.
- Or, you can keep on scrolling down in thei section or window until you find the filter that you want to use.
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Step-1 Navigate to Your Snapchat App: Moving on to the fifth method of enabling Snapchat filters in your iPhone. You first need to navigate to the Snapchat app in your iPhone.
In order to open the Snapchat app, you must login to your account. Then only you will be able to access the features of the app. To log in your account in the mobile application of Snapchat, do the following:
- Open your Snapchat in your iPhone device.
- Then, click on the 'Log In' button.
- Now, you have to enter the username/email address/ mobile number of the Snapchat account.
- Next, enter the password of your Snapchat account.
- Finally, simply tap on the 'Log In' button from the bottom of these two sections to log in.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: This step is very easy and common in all the methods that are mentioned in this article.
- In this step, you just have to tap on the empty space on the camera screen of your Snapchat app.
- Then, hold on there for sometime until you see various filter options appearing at the bottom of the screen in your device on the Snapchat app.
Step-3 Tap 'Explore': In the bottom right corner of the screen of your Snapchat app. You will find the 'Explore' button. The icon of the explore button has a magnifying glass and it is very able to identify. You can see the picture below for your reference.
So, in the third step you have to click on this 'Explore' button. It will
Step-4 Tap On 'Search Bar' to Browse Filters: Finally, you will reach the filter library of the Snapchat app. Here all the filters are present. These filters are free to use for all the Snapchat users around the world.
- In this step, you have to take the help of the 'Search' bar that is present at the top in the 'Explore' section.
- Just type the name of the filter that you want to use.
- With the help of the microphone button which is present on the right side of the search bar, you can speak the name of the filter that you want to use instead of typing it with your keyboard.
- Either way, you can easily look up for a particular filter in the Snapchat app to use it.
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Step-1 Open Your iPhone's Snapchat App: This is the final method of this article. In it, we will teach how to enable the Snapchat filters in your iPhone in 4 easy steps.
As you might have noticed till now, the first step remains same in all the methods. And, the first step is to open your Snapchat account in either your web browser. Or the mobile application in your iPhone device. Here also, you have to open the Snapchat application in your iPhone or your web browser to begin with this method.
Step-2 Tap & Hold on Empty Space: In the second step, you just have to tap anywhere on the home screen of the Snapchat app.
- The home screen of the Snapchat application is nothing but the camera screen.
- It does not matter whether the front camera is opened or the back camera is opened.
- In either case, you have to tap anywhere on the empty camera screen and then hold it for sometime until you see various Snapchat filters appearing at the bottom.
Step-3 Tap On the 'Browse' Icon: At the very bottom in the horizontal bar of the screen, you will see the following four icons:
- Create
- Scan
- Browse
- Explore
From the above-mentioned four icons, you have to click on the third icon which is the 'Browse' icon with an emoji.
Step-4 Swipe Right to Browse Filters: The final step of this method is to swipe right until you find the filter of your choice.
- A number of filters are available here from which you can choose the filter of your choice.
- Whenever you click on a particular filter, you can also try it out with the help of the Snapchat camera screen.
- You can click pictures in the filter and even make videos.
So, that was all about the methods in which you can easily enable the Snapchat filters in your iPhone. These 6 filters cover each and every way from the 'Browse' button to the 'Explore' icon, in which you can take the complete advantage of the unique features and filters of the Snapchat application.
FAQ
Why Can't I Enable Snapchat Filters In My iPhone?
If you are not able to enable the Snapchat filters with the help of any of the 6 methods, then you have to look for the following problems regarding the Snapchat application in your iPhone:
- Outdated version: You might currently be using a very old or outdated version of the Snapchat app due to which you are not able to enable filters. To solve this issue, just update your app to the lastest version.
- Technical Glitch: Sometimes the problem is not in your device but in the servers of the application. Either you can wait for sometime. Or, you can contact the technical team of the Snapchat app just like you contact Instagram support.
- No storage: Sometimes this problem also arises when there is no storage left in your device in the app. You can delete unnecessary files to make storage or you can just clear the cache of the Snapchat app just like you clear YouTube cache on iPhone.
How Can I Unlock a Lens From My Snapchat Camera Roll?
Being a Snapchat user, you might be aware of the fact that you can login lenses in your Snapchat app for a better privacy.
Here we will talk about the steps in which. You can unlock a lens from the Camera role of your Snapchat app which you have locked earlier. Read the following instructions to learn this:
- In your Snapchat app, go to the 'Profile icon' which is present in the top-left to be able to reach your Profile screen.
- Then, you have to click on the 'Settings' icon from the top right corner of your screen.
- After that, you have to choose the option from the list that says 'Snapcodes'.
- From the new window that opens up on the screen, you have to tap on the option with the title 'Scan from Camera Roll'.
- From here, you can simply select a picture or a lens with a Snapcode in it.
Why Am I Not Able To Enable Photos on My Snapchat App?
The only reason due to which you might not be able to access or enable photos is simple. In the Snapchat app of your iPhone or Android device, you might have the lack of the required permission.
Tp fix this issue, you have to allow camera access for the Snapchat app. Do it in your iPhone from the general settings of your iPhone. Just like the camera access, Snapchat requires many other permissions also like microphone, photos, location and various other things.
How to Create My Own Snapchat Filter in the App?
To make the app more creator-friendly. The makers of the Snapchat app have decided to let the users create their own Snapchat filters.
This filter is known as the Snapchat 'Geofence'. But this feature is not free like the other features. You have to pay some amount of money to make a Snapchat Geofence.
Also, after you are done with the payment. Each and every user of the Snapchat app will be able to use the filter that you have created. It is a very good tactic to gain subscribers on your Snapchat channel if you are a creator.
Why Have The Snapchat Filters Disappeared in my iOS Device?
If suddenly all of your Snapchat filters disappear from your account, then first of all you need to calm down!
You might have accidently disabled filters from the settings of your Snapchat app. In order to get your filters back. Just go to the settings of the Snapchat app and enable the filters option.
Also, you have to be very careful when you are dealing with the settings of the Snapchat app. If you are not careful then you might end up messing up things which can confuse you even more.
In a nutshell, Snapchat has designed and is continuously designing various new and amazing filters for its users. Now, it's the duty of all the Snapchatters to have fun with these filters. And create memories with their friends, family, and loved ones. If you're stuck at any step, then we are always here at your service. Just give us a feedback or connect with us for further interaction.