Whenever you face issues while logging into your Snapchat account, you must be wondering “Is my Snapchat account really locked”? Well, If you’re receiving a message that your Snapchat account is temporarily locked or Snapchat has locked your account while logging into your Snapchat account means your account has been locked (like for real).
It means Snapchat has detected some activity from your account which violates their terms of service and guidelines. Now, the important thing is how you can unlock your Snapchat account.
Ways to unlock your Snapchat account
The important thing to know is we’re not the ones who can lock/unlock their Snapchat account whenever we want. It’s Snapchat that’ll decide whether they should unlock our account or not, we can appeal to Snapchat or try some of the tools which help us unlock our account but only in the case of some minor violations.
1. Your account is temporarily locked
If you’re receiving a message by Snapchat saying your account has been temporarily locked, it means the violation you made is minor and you can unlock your Snapchat account. To unlock follow the steps below:-
- Visit the login page in the app or click https://accounts.snapchat.com/accounts/login on the website.
- Enter your username and password
- After that, press login and select unlock, your account will be unlocked after a few hours.
To make sure your Snapchat account doesn’t get permanently locked in the future, go through the guidelines and the reasons mentioned why your Snapchat account may have been locked and try not to repeat that.
2. Your account has been locked because it might have been hacked
If you’re trying to log in to your account and see a message stating that your account might have been compromised. You can contact the Snapchat support team by clicking the link https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/i-need-help and filling out the form, they will contact you via email.
3. Your account has been permanently locked
If you attempt to unlock your account and see a message stating that your Snapchat account is permanently locked, Snapchat will not be able to unlock your account.
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