How To Allow Camera Access On Snapchat?

Getting the “Snapchat doesn’t have the permission to access camera” or  “You need to allow camera access in Settings” error  when you open your Snapchat app?

Whenever you download a new app on your phone you need to give camera, location tracking and microphone access to the app. The app can’t automatically access camera and microphone on your app. Same is true for Snapchat.

You need to open your phone settings to manage app permissions for Snapchat. In this guide you will learn how to allow camera access on Snapchat for Android and ios devices. You will also learn what to do when Snapchat can’t access camera even after you have allowed it from settings.

How To Give Snapchat Access To Camera?

To open camera from Snapchat you need to open your phone settings. Open Snapchat and give the app the permission to access camera and microphone so you can create videos too without any restrictions.

How to allow camera access on Snapchat (iPhone)?

If you are an ios user then you need to follow this steps to give Snapchat the permission to access camera on your phone.

• Go to Settings

• Scroll down to find Snapchat

• Enable Camera access

How to allow camera access on Snapchat (Android)?

If you are an Android user, follow these steps to allow camera access on Snapchat:

• Go to Settings 
• Select Apps 

• Find Snapchat

• Tap on Permissions

• Tap on Camera

• If you can’t find camera under Access, check under not allowed
• Tap on “Allow while using App.”

How To Enable Camera On Snapchat?

• Open Snapchat.
• Tap on your bitmoji avatar in the top left corner.
• Go to settings.
• Scroll down to find Permissions. 
• You can see all the apps that have access on Snapchat.
• You will find the option to “enable”. 
• You will then be redirected to the settings app where you can enable camera access on for your Snapchat app.

Why Can’t I Allow Snapchat To Access Camera?

If you still can’t access camera on Snapchat then you need to try these fixes to solve your camera not working on Snapchat issue:

• Update Snapchat: Check if you are using the latest version of Snapchat. Update your app to fix the camera not working issue on Snapchat.
• Clear Snapchat cache: Sometimes clearing your Snapchat app cache can also help solve this issue.
• Restart phone: Switch off and on your phone to see if you can access your Snapchat camera.
• Update your ios software: If you are using an old ios version then the problem must be caused as Snapchat’s latest update might not be compatible with the old ios versions. Update your ios to the latest version to allow Snapchat to access camera.

Conclusion

Now you know what to when you get “Snapchat needs to access camera” notice. iPhone users need to ensure they are using the latest ios version to use Snapchat filters without any issue.