How to fix Snapchat Memories with wrong dates or missing location

You downloaded your Snapchat Memories, put them in your photo app – and they’re all dated the same day, with no place on the map. Nothing is lost. Here’s why it happens and how to fix it for free.

Why the dates are wrong

Snapchat doesn’t write the date taken or the location into the photo and video files it exports. Your photo app can’t find a “date taken”, so it falls back to the file date – often the day you exported. The real details are kept in a separate list in the export, called memories_history.json (there’s also a web-page version in the HTML files). For each Memory it records the date and time it was captured, whether it’s a photo or video, and the location where Snapchat had one.

Other common problems

• Captions and stickers are missing. They usually come as separate see-through images next to the photo or video, not stuck on.
• Your Memories are split over several ZIP files. Big exports come in parts, and the list of dates may be in a different ZIP from the photos. You need all of them.
• Some “locations” are only place names. Not every Memory has map coordinates – some have none at all.
• Download links don’t work. The links inside memories_history.json stop working after about a week. Current exports usually include the photos and videos themselves, so you often don’t need the links.

The easy fix (free, nothing uploaded)

1. Check you have the list. Your export should include memories_history.json or the Memories web page. If it doesn’t, ask Snapchat for a new export with Export your Memories and Export JSON Files switched on – see how to download all your Snapchat Memories.
2. Open Memories Fixer on a computer if you can (phones have less memory for big exports).
3. Drop in all your Snapchat ZIP files – no need to unzip them – and press Fix my Memories.
4. Save the fixed ZIP(s). Photos get the real date taken, time-zone offset and GPS location written in, with captions put back on. Videos get the real creation date and, where possible, the location. Every file is renamed by date (like 2024-01-15_182231.jpg), and a fix-report.csv lists what happened to each one.
5. Add them to Google Photos, iCloud Photos or your computer. They should now sort into the right years.

It all runs inside your browser. Your files aren’t uploaded anywhere – see the privacy page. Keep your original Snapchat ZIPs until you’ve checked the results.

What it can’t do (yet)

• Captions on videos are saved as a separate picture next to the video, not burned in.
• If a Memory has no matching entry in Snapchat’s list, the tool uses the date in the file name and says so in the report.
• Chat media and Stories aren’t handled – only Memories.

Prefer to do it by hand?

You can: unzip the export, read the dates in memories_history.json, and write each one into the photo’s “date taken” (DateTimeOriginal) with a free tool such as ExifTool. It works, but it’s slow if you have hundreds or thousands of Memories. There are also free open-source desktop apps that do this job.

Sources

• Redact, updated 28 Oct 2026 – How to download your Snapchat data (and what’s in the file) (dates and location not written into exported files; what memories_history.json holds; links stop working after about a week; several ZIPs).
• exportsnap on GitHub – README (captions and stickers come as separate see-through images; manifest and media split across ZIP parts; locations often only place names).
• All-In-One Snapchat Downloader on GitHub – README (many exports have empty download links but include the media; matching files to memories_history.json).
• Snapchat Support – How do I download my data from Snapchat? (how to request a Memories export).

Checked against these sources on 2 November 2026.