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OFFICIAL PANIC SCHEDULE

YOUR MEMORIES
SELF-DESTRUCT IN

DAYS
HOURS
MINUTES
SECONDS

The grace period has passed. If you can still open your Memories, fix them now — before they're gone for good.

…until Snapchat starts deleting Memories over its new 5 GB cap. Snapchat's official announcement ↗

Snapchat's export also strips the date, place and caption off every photo. Unsnap puts them back — free, on your own computer, no account, nothing uploaded.

Snapchat's export strips the date, place and caption off every photo. Unsnap puts them back — right from your phone. Upload your zips; we email you a download link.

Snapchat's export strips the date, place and caption off every photo. Unsnap puts them back — right on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded; your Memories never leave the phone.

Desktop app: Mac & Windows · free · your photos never leave your machine
On an iPhone? The Unsnap app does the same restore on the phone itself — it's in open beta, free to join.
Desktop app: Mac & Windows · free · nothing uploaded
iPhone app: in open beta · restores on the phone itself
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Save my Memories
We email you the moment it's ready · files auto-delete after 7 days
Full refund if we can't restore your export

WAIT, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Two separate bad things. We fix the second one, which makes the first one survivable.

01
Snapchat capped storage at 5 GB
Everything over the cap goes behind a paywall — and gets deleted in September 2026 if you don't pay.
02
The export they give you is broken
Download your data and every photo loses its date, its place and its caption. Ten years of memories, alphabetized by gibberish.
03
Unsnap un-breaks it
Drag your export in; it rewrites the real date, GPS and caption onto every file and hands you a clean, sorted folder.

THREE STEPS. ZERO UPLOADS.

You ask Snapchat for your data on your phone. The app does the rest on a computer.

STEP 1
Ask Snapchat for your stuff
Settings → My Data. They email you a link to some mydata~….zip files. Rude, but fine.
Full walkthrough with screenshots →
STEP 2
Drag the zips into Unsnap
No unzipping, no folder spelunking. Just drop them on the window.
STEP 3
Get your memories back
Real dates, real places, real captions — written back onto every photo and video, sorted into a clean folder. Plus a plain report of every change, so you can check its work.
ON AN IPHONE?
Unsnap for iPhone — no computer in the loop at all
Hand it the zips Snapchat sent you and it rebuilds every date, location and caption on the phone itself, straight into your photo library. Nothing is uploaded. It's in open beta through TestFlight, and free while it's there.
Get the iPhone beta →

FINE, I HAVE QUESTIONS

Is this safe? Does it upload my photos?+

The desktop app: no uploads, ever — everything runs on your own computer. The online restore is the exception, for people without a computer: you upload your export, it's processed automatically, nobody looks at it, and everything auto-deletes after 7 days.

Do I have to pay Snapchat?+

This doesn't touch your Snapchat account or its storage. It fixes the copy you already exported, so you keep a correct, permanent copy on your own drive whether or not you pay them.

Is there a phone app?+

Yes, on iPhone: join the open beta through TestFlight →. It runs the whole restore on the phone itself — nothing uploaded — and it's free while it's in beta. You'll need Apple's free TestFlight app first, and it is a beta, so expect the odd rough edge. There's no Android app yet; on Android the free desktop app is the best option, or Unsnap online will do it for you from any phone browser for a fee.

When exactly does the deleting start?+

September 2026, when the 12-month grace period on the new 5 GB cap runs out. That's the clock at the top. Don't wait for the buzzer.

Will it mess up my original export?+

No. It works on a copy and writes a report of every change it makes, so your original export stays untouched.

BEAT THE BUZZER

The fix takes about four minutes. You have days. Easy math.

Get it from Microsoft Store Download for Mac Get the iPhone beta
Free · no account · nothing uploaded
iPhone beta runs the whole restore on the phone itself · free while it's in TestFlight
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