Snapchat How to delete or unsent snap which failed to send?



Many a times on Snapchat after sending the snap the users are seeing not able to send snap, Please try again later. But if you now want to cancel the snap and do not want the stuck snap to forward to other person, you may find this difficult as Snapchat do not give any direct way to cancel this. 

Like one Snapchat user reported it as:

So I was sending these snaps to my friends but it failed to send and asks me to retry... but I dont want to send those snaps anymore, How can I delete the snap now.”

How to delelte snapchat snap which is failed to send.


Yes it is possible to delete messages that have failed to send, infarct there are many ways you can do that. This article illustrate how you can delete a snap which is failed to send in SnapChat. These methods work on iPhone, android phones etc.

How to delete failed snap on Snapchat :


Fix 1:  logout login and restart the phone


Easiest way to  fix the issue is to Just turn the phone off and restart it. If this does not works you can try to do it by following steps: Settings > Clear Conversations > Delete the conversation the snap failed to send.  But this will clear entire conversation, however If you don't want to delete your whole conversation with that person. Just log out then log in again.

Fix 2 : Clear failed messages


When your message (snap) is not sent, close the Snapchat app and turn off your internet (in case the message gets delivered in the mean time). After closing the app, open it again and you will see tap to retry option in the chat.
Now don't click on the tap to retry button but press on your failed text message. A new pop-up will appear asking to clear failed messages.


Hope this has helped you and you are able to clear delete the failed snap in Snapchat.

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