How to Turn Off Typing Notifications on Snapchat

Are you tired of getting bombarded by unwanted Snapchat typing notifications? If so, you’re not alone. A good number of Snapchat enthusiasts find tons of typing notifications quite annoying.

In this article, we’re going to show you how to turn off those pesky Snapchat typing notifications on a range of devices.

How to Tell If Someone Is Typing on Snapchat

As soon as someone starts to write you a message, you’ll receive a notification on the app indicating that a new message is imminent. Some people find this totally unnecessary. But it can become even more annoying because the notification lingers even if the sender stops typing and doesn’t actually send you the message.

Snapchat is programmed so that simply putting a space in the text field triggers a notification to the intended message receiver. But there lies the problem – because sometimes a user will tap the text field by mistake. That means you’ll receive a notification, but your friend isn’t typing.

Can I Disable Typing Notifications on Snapchat?

You’ll inevitably receive the typing notification on Snapchat after you’ve started a conversation with one of your contacts. Unfortunately, there is no option (as of December of 2021) to disable this pop-up notification for all of your contacts.

However, you can turn off the message notifications for individuals in the Snapchat app. The only option that Snapchat gives its users is the ability to reduce the number of notifications they receive. To save your peace, you can limit some notifications but not the typing pop-up. Of course, the drawback to turning off message notifications is that while you won’t receive the annoying typing notification, you won’t receive notifications that you’ve received a message either.

How to Disable Message Notifications on iPhone

If you’re an iPhone user, you can quickly disable messaging notifications for individuals in the Snapchat app on your phone. Here’s how:

1. Open Snapchat and tap on the Chat icon in the lower left-hand corner. Then, tap on the contact you’d like to mute.
   
2. Tap on the users’ Bitmoji in the upper left-hand corner.
   
3. Tap on the three horizontal dots in the upper right-hand corner.
   
4. Tap on Chat Settings in the menu that appears.
   
5. Toggle the switch next to Message Notifications off.
   

This method still allows the occasional typing notification, but it won’t send an alert when messages come through.

How to Disable Message Notifications on Android

Android users have a similar function to disable Snapchat message notifications from individuals. Here’s how to disable them:

1. Open Snapchat and tap on the Message icon in the lower left-hand corner. Then, tap on the friend you’d like to silence.
   
2. Tap on the users’ Bitmoji in the upper left-hand corner.
   
3. Tap on the three horizontal dots in the upper right-hand corner.
   
4. Tap on Message Notifications.
   
5. Tap on Silent.
   

Similar to iPhones, this won’t silence all of your typing notifications. But, it will silence the messages and therefore reduce the number of pop-ups you receive while enjoying the app.

How to Select Notifications on Snapchat

Another option users have is to select which notifications they do receive from the app. While the typing notification isn’t an option on this page, we will show you how to choose which pop-ups you do and don’t receive. Here’s how:

1. Open Snapchat and tap on your profile icon in the upper left-hand corner.
   
2. Tap the Settings cog.
   
3. Tap on Notifications.
   
4. Toggle the switches off next to each notification you’d like to disregard.
   

Unlike other popular social media platforms, Snapchat lets users customize a lot of the notifications they receive. What’s unfortunate is that users still have to deal with typing notifications.

Additional FAQs

We’ve received a lot of questions about Snapchat and have taken the opportunity to answer the most common ones in this section.

How do I mute someone on Snapchat?

If you want to completely ignore another Snapchat user without them knowing check this article out. We’ve compiled a comprehensive tutorial that will help you take back control of your social media.

Will Snapchat ever give users the option to turn off typing notifications?

Unfortunately, we don’t have the answer to this. But, many users don’t like the function. The more people who submit feedback the more likely the company is to implement the option. Here’s how to submit feedback:

1. Open Snapchat and tap your profile icon in the upper left-hand corner. Then, tap the Settings icon just as we did above.

2. Scroll down and tap on the I Have a Suggestion option.

3. Let Snapchat know you’d like to turn off typing notifications.

4. Choose the topic that suits your needs. Then, submit your suggestion.

Lock in a Smooth Snapping Experience

Snapchat is one of the best apps for anyone looking to share special moments and keep in touch with family and friends. And although typing notifications can be an excellent way to anticipate and respond to an incoming message, they can often be disruptive and annoying. But with the guidelines we’ve just presented, you can lock in a less disruptive Snapchat experience. You now know just what you need to do to turn off typing notifications.

Do you find typing notifications too much to bear? How about other types of notifications? Let us know in the comments section below.