How to Create a Snapchat Group Chat on iPhone

Snapchat allows you to keep in touch with your friends by sending them pictures or videos of what you do during the day. The internet has really brought us closer. While Snapchat has a streak feature, it’s a tedious task and maintaining streaks isn’t easy. This is where Snapchat groups come to the rescue.

You can chat, share images and videos, and make audio or video calls with all friends added to the group. If you want to create and manage a Snapchat group, you’ve come to the right place.

• How to Create a Group Chat on Snapchat
• How to Manage a Snapchat Group on iPhone
• How to leave a Snapchat group

How to Create a Group Chat on Snapchat

While some other platforms offer a higher group member limit, Snapchat allows you to create a group of up to 100 members.

1. Open the Snapchat app and sign in if necessary.
2. Swipe left or tap the chat icon next to the scan icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the chat pop-up with the pencil icon located in the lower right corner of the screen.
4. On the next screen, click New Group.
5. You can search and add people on the To: tab, or navigate and search for friends in alphabetical order.
6. After selecting all the friends you want to add to the group, tap Chat with group. If you missed adding friends, don’t worry, you can add new members to the group later.
7. Click Group Name and create a group name.

Made. You have successfully created a Snapchat group.

How to Manage a Snapchat Group on iPhone

Unlike groups on other social networks or messaging platforms, there is no concept of a group admin in Snapchat. All group members can change the name of the group, add members, or turn off group notifications.

However, no one, not even the person who created the group, has the right to remove members from a Snapchat group.

Change group name in Snapchat

Any member of a Snapchat group can rename it. No administrator rights and privileges.

1. Open Snapchat → Swipe left (or tap the chat bubble icon).
2. Select the desired Snapchat group.
3. Click on the name of the group (iGeeks) in the upper left corner.
4. Select the three dots in the top right corner.
5. On the next screen, click Change Group Name.
6. Rename the group.
7. Click Save to update the group name.

Add Members to a Snapchat Group

A Snapchat group supports 100 members. Anyone in the group can add a friend or share an invite link to add friends to the Snapchat group.

How to Directly Add Members to a Snapchat Group

1. Open Snapchat and swipe left or tap the chat bubble icon.
2. Open a group → tap the group name.
3. Click +Add next to the group members.
4. Add members by searching on the To: tab or by browsing through your friends alphabetically.
5. Click Done.

How to invite members to a Snapchat group

1. In the Snapchat app, swipe left or tap the chat bubble icon.
2. Open a Snapchat group and tap the group name.
3. Click on the three dots and then select “Invite to group via link”.
4. Share the link directly through the sharing page, or copy and share the link at your convenience.

Disable Group Notifications/Enable Do Not Disturb

There are times when your Snapchat group notifications can ring every second. In this case, you can choose to turn on mention-only notifications or turn off group notifications. Here is how you can turn off group notifications on Snapchat.

1. Launch Snapchat → Swipe left or tap the chat bubble icon.
2. Go ahead and select a group.
3. Click on the name of the group → three dots.
4. Select Chat Settings.
5. Tap Message Notifications.
6. Select “Mentions Only”if you want to be notified whenever you’re tagged, or select the “Mute”option if you don’t want to receive notifications from the group.

How to leave a Snapchat group

Because Snapchat does not provide admin rights, you cannot remove members from a Snapchat group. The only way to remove a nuisance member is to leave the group and create a new one. So, if you want to leave a Snapchat group, here’s how to do it:

1. Open Snapchat → Swipe left or tap the chat bubble icon.
2. Click on the Snapchat group and then on the group name.
3. Select the three dots in the top right corner.
4. Click Leave Group.
5. Read the terms and conditions about what happens when you leave a Snapchat group and then click Sign Out.

I hope this article will help you create and manage groups on Snapchat. But is Snapchat the best group chat platform? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, and if you have any other doubts, leave a comment.

FAQ

You can add 16 participants to a Snapchat video call.

You can add up to 32 participants to a Snapchat video call.

Messages in a Snapchat group are deleted 24 hours after everyone has viewed the message, or one week after the message was originally sent, whichever comes first.