Snapchat Memories export guides: index
Snapchat Memories DownloadA reading list for anyone getting their Snapchat Memories out of the app before Snap's January 2027 storage change. Each guide stands on its own; they are listed in the order most people need them.
Before you export
- Snapchat Memories before January 2027: a 15-minute checklist
- How to check your Snapchat Memories storage (and what the 5GB limit means)
- Save to the camera roll or request a full export?
- Does a Snapchat Memories export include My Eyes Only?
- Three My Data clicks, then what the January 2027 archive changes
Requesting and downloading
- How long a Snapchat data export takes, and what to do the day it arrives
- What is memories_history.json? A 20-line script to read it
- "Your Snap was exported" is the camera-roll button, not My Data
- Do not Submit My Data a second time: use See exports
After you have the ZIP
- Wrong date in Google Photos: why and how to fix it
- Wrong date in Apple Photos
- Missing location: where the GPS went and how to put it back
- Photo captions: the -main and -overlay files
- Video captions with ffmpeg
- Four date sources a Memories scan can report
- restore-report.csv: which date_source Photos will ignore
The guides are written by the maker of snapchatmemoriesdownload.com, a browser tool that restores dates and locations in an export ZIP. It is not affiliated with Snap Inc.