If you’re new to Snapchat (or just a casual Snapchat user), you may not be aware of all of its features, including a certain lock icon. If you’ve ever wondered what that little lock icon on Snapchat means, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we will explain what blocking is for and how it relates to the Snapchat feature.
What does it mean to be blocked on Snapchat?
On Snapchat, that lock icon indicates that the Snapchat story you’re viewing is what’s known as a private story.
What exactly is private history?
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A private story is a type of Snapchat story that allows the posting Snapchatter to limit the visibility of that story to only a select few friends. That is, if you post a private story, you can choose which of your friends can see it. Also, the only user who can invite other users or add Snaps to a private story is the user who created the private story in the first place.
So if you see a lock icon on a story, it probably means that one of your Snapchat friends selected you to view a private story they posted. And according to Snapchat’s help guide, if you post a private story, friends who haven’t been selected to see it won’t know about the story because they won’t get a notification about it.
You can post a private story by going to your profile screen in the app and selecting +new story. Next, you will select from the menu that will appear A new private story and just follow the instructions on the screen.
Other things to know about private stories on Snapchat
Here are some other details to know about Private Stories:
- It is possible to create up to 20 private stories at the same time.
- Private Stories is not the same as Snapchat’s My Eyes Only feature – the My Eyes Only feature is where users can store snaps and keep them private. Basically, once set up, the My Eyes Only feature (and the Snaps you place there) are only available with a passcode. So if you have snaps in your Memories that you don’t want anyone but yourself to see, you can set it to For My Eyes Only and then send those snaps to yourself.
- When you want to view the recordings you have stored in My Eyes Only, you will need to enter the code you created when you set up My Eyes Only. Private Stories, on the other hand, are just Snapchat Stories limited to being visible only to a specific audience, an audience you can choose members from.
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