How to Turn on Flash on Snapchat

This wikiHow teaches you how to enable camera flash for photos or videos taken in Snapchat.

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Open the Snapchat app.

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    It's the white ghost icon on a yellow background. This takes you to the Snapchat camera screen.
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2

Tap the lightning bolt icon.

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    It's in the top right corner of the camera page. Tapping this icon should remove the x below it, which activates your camera's flash.
    • If there is no x below the lightning bolt icon, flash is already turned on.
3

Take a snap.

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    Tap the large circle at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will take a snap with flash enabled. There will be a short delay between tapping this button and the picture being taken due to the flash activating.
    • Flash will work for both of your phone's camera directions.
    • You can also hold this button to record a video with flash.
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Warnings

  • Using flash unexpectedly can cause your snap subjects to blink or squint before the snap is actually taken.
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Open Snapchat, tap the lightning bolt in the top right corner of the screen, and take a snap.

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