How to download all your Snapchat Memories (2026 guide)

The quickest way to save all your Memories is Snapchat’s own My Data export. It’s free. Here’s how to do it, step by step.

Why do it now? Snapchat gives you 5GB of free Memories storage. From January 2027, Memories more than a year old that aren’t part of your oldest 5GB will be archived. You’ll still see them as thumbnails, but you’ll need to pay for storage to open, edit or share them. Snapchat says it won’t delete them, and that downloading them is one way to keep access. Snapchat’s help page.

Step by step

Open My Data. On a computer, log in at accounts.snapchat.com and click My Data. On your phone, open Snapchat, go to your Profile, tap the gear icon ⚙️ (Settings) and choose My Data.
Turn on “Export your Memories”. It’s under Select data to include.
Make sure you get the list of dates and places. Snapchat’s help page offers a Request Only Memories button. If you also see Export JSON Files, switch it on – the file memories_history.json is where your real dates and locations are kept, and you need it to fix them later. TechCrunch’s guide suggests ticking Memories, HTML files and JSON files.
Choose the date range. Switch the date range off (or pick “All time”) to get everything. Bigger exports take longer.
Confirm your email address – Snapchat emails you there when the export is ready.
Click Submit at the bottom of the page.
Wait for the email. Snapchat says it aims to deliver within 7 days, and large downloads can take longer. You can also check on the My Data page under See exports.
Download every file. Click See exports, then Download. A big collection can come as several ZIP files – download all of them. Don’t leave it too long: the download links inside the export stop working after about a week.

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Tips that save hassle

Use a computer if you can. Snapchat itself suggests downloading on a computer rather than a phone, and trying a different browser if it goes wrong.
Typed the wrong email? No problem – log in at accounts.snapchat.com, open My Data and download it from there.
My Eyes Only isn’t included. Move anything you want to keep out of My Eyes Only into your normal Memories before you ask for the export.
Only want a few? In the app you can select up to 100 Memories at a time and tap Export → Download to save them to your camera roll. For thousands, the My Data export is much quicker.
Got an email you didn’t expect? If someone else asked for your data, Snapchat advises changing your password and turning on Login Verification straight away.

What you get – and the catch

The ZIP has an index.html page you can open in your browser, with a Memories section, plus your actual photos and videos. The catch: the files often show the wrong date (usually the day you exported them) and no location, and captions or stickers can come as separate see-through images. The real dates and places are in memories_history.json, not in the photos themselves.

That’s what our free tool fixes. Read how to fix Snapchat Memories with wrong dates or missing locations, or just drop your ZIPs into the fixer.

Sources

Snapchat Support – How do I download my data from Snapchat? (steps, Request Only Memories, 7-day target, wrong email, unexpected requests).
Snapchat Support – How do I manage my Memories storage? (5GB free, archiving from January 2027).
TechCrunch, 3 Oct 2025 – Snapchat is going to charge for storage – here’s how to save your Memories for free (in-app export of 100 at a time; ticking Memories, HTML and JSON files).
Redact, updated 28 Oct 2026 – How to download your Snapchat data (and what’s in the file) (several ZIP files, links stop working after about a week, My Eyes Only not included, dates kept in memories_history.json).

Checked against these sources on 2 November 2026.