Snapchat Icons Legend
If you are a beginner or having confusion with the Snapchat icons, here is what each icon means on Snapchat.
Snapchat changes its layout often. This guide covers the camera, chats, the coloured Snap arrows, Friend Emojis, profiles, the Snap Map and Spotlight. Hover over any icon to see what it means.
Bottom navigation
The five tabs along the bottom of the Snapchat app.
Camera screen
Controls at the top, side and bottom of the Snapchat camera.
Chat list
Controls and labels on the Chat screen.
Dots and badges
Small coloured dots and badges that show up on names, profiles and icons.
Snapchat planets
Snapchat+ shows a friend's top 8 Best Friends as a solar system. Tap the Best Friends badge on a friend's profile to see which planet you are, which shows where you rank in their list.
Snap and Chat status
The arrows and squares next to each conversation. Arrows are things you sent, squares are things you received. Red is a Snap without sound, purple is a Snap with sound, and blue is a Chat.
Inside a chat
Buttons in a conversation and the options when you press and hold a message.
Friend Emojis
Emojis next to your friends' names. They change based on how you and your friends Snap each other.
Friendship profile
What you see when you open a friend's profile from a chat.
Your profile
Buttons on your own Snapchat profile.
Snap Map
Buttons and labels on the Snap Map.
Stories
Icons on Stories you post and Stories you watch.
Spotlight
Buttons beside a Spotlight video.
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