How to Get Someone Off Your Best Friends List on Snapchat

Experiencing a messy friend breakup and tired of seeing your ex-friend on your Snapchat Best Friends list? We’ll show you how Snapchat’s Best Friends feature works, how to remove someone from it, and answer some other frequently asked questions.

How Does Snapchat’s “Best Friends” Work?

Your Best Friends list on Snapchat keeps track of the people you chat with most often. Snapchat used to list specific contacts as your Best Friends, but that’s changed slightly. It appears at the top of your main friends list, making those users more accessible when you’re sending a new Snap.

But how does Snapchat calculate who your Best Friends are? It’s pretty simple.

You may have noticed that every user has a Snap Score—a measure of the total number of Snaps sent and received since joining. A similar score is assigned to individual conversations between you and your friends. The more you chat with a particular person, the higher your friendship score becomes.

To determine your Best Friends list, Snapchat analyzes these scores and lists the friends you chat with the most, in order of your friendship score.

How to Remove Snapchat Best Friends

It can be easy, but it depends on how frequently you Snap or Chat with them. You used to be able to block someone and then add them again, but this method no longer works.

So, you have three options for getting someone off your Best Friends list on Snapchat.

Delete the Friend

The first option is to remove that friend entirely. To do so, swipe to the Chat function, to the left of your camera interface, then tap on the Bitmoji or profile icon of the person you want to remove. Then click on the vertical ellipsis at the top-right of your screen, and tap Manage Friendship. Then, choose Remove Friend. Finally, tap Remove.

Remove Friend is a temporary option: it’s easy to undo and they can still message you. Block is more permanent. This option will remove them from your Best Friends list, and the app overall. That user will no longer be able to see your Snap Score, so they may presume that they’ve been removed or figure out that they’ve been blocked on Snapchat.

Stop Chatting With Them

This method isn’t ideal, but since Snapchat removed the loophole that let you block then add users again, it’s one of the only ways to get someone off your Best Friends list without blocking them. You’ve got to use the algorithm to your own advantage.

How? You need to send fewer Snaps and Chats to the person you don’t want listed as a Best Friend anymore. Prioritize someone else.

So, how long do the Best Friend emojis last on Snapchat? This depends largely on how many contacts you have and how many you talk to frequently.

If you know very few people on Snapchat, sending one Snap might mean they instantly become your Best Friend. If you know lots of people and have numerous Snapstreaks going, you’ll probably have many Best Friends.

Hide Your Best Friends

The third option disguises who your Best Friends are. You can hide who your Best Friends are by changing the related emoji.

Open your profile then click the Settings icon in the top-right corner. On an iPhone, scroll all the way down, and choose Friend Emojis under Additional Services.

Android users can do this by tapping Customize Emojis after tapping the Settings icon on their profile.

Then, choose whichever field you want to toggle. These include Super BFF, BFF, Besties, and BFs. You can change the emoji to whatever you want, as long as two fields don’t share the same one.

What Do Snapchat’s “Friend Emojis” Mean?

How can you tell who your Snapchat Best Friends are? They’ll appear at the top of your Send To screen. You can also go to your Snapchat profile, then My Friends, and your Best Friends are listed at the top. The rest are listed alphabetically.

When you swipe to your Chat screen, you’ll see your contacts listed alongside emojis. These show your Best Friends too.

Here’s what some of the emojis mean (unless you changed them):

• Wave: You’ve recently become friends.
• Double pink heart: This is your #1 Best Friend; you’ve also been their #1 Best Friend for at least two months.
• Red heart: You’ve been each other’s #1 Best Friend for two weeks.
• Yellow heart: You’re each other’s #1 Best Friend, albeit for fewer than two weeks.
• Smile: They’re one of your Best Friends, though they’re not your #1 Best Friend.
• Smiling Face With Sunglasses: You share a mutual Best Friend.
• Grimacing Face: You both share a #1 Best Friend.
• Fire: This appears when you’re on a “Snapstreak”, along with the number of consecutive days you’ve snapped each other.

Emojis are also used by contacts in Snaps and Chats. If you use the service, you might need to understand the meanings of emojis to get the most out of your chats.

Best Friends on Snapchat: Your Questions Answered

Let’s cover some related questions you may have about the feature.

Can Other Users See Your Best Friends List on Snapchat?

You might be concerned about privacy and want to know how to hide Best Friends on Snapchat. But don’t worry: no one else can see who you’re friends with on the app.

But note that some emojis, like the Smiling Face With Sunglasses icon, still indicate shared Best Friends.

If Someone Is Your Best Friend on Snapchat, Are You Theirs Too?

If someone is your Best Friend, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re one of their Best Friends as well. It all depends on which emoji you see.

So how can you tell? Seeing any of the hearts emojis is a good sign. The Double Pink, Red, and Yellow Hearts all mean you’re each other’s Best Friend, and differ solely based on how long that is maintained. The simple Smile emoji means that contact is one of your Best Friends, but not your #1 Best Friend.

Ultimately, this isn’t something you should worry about. As long as you enjoy sending them Snaps and Chats, and they’re appreciative too, carry on enjoying yourselves. It doesn’t matter if there are other people they might converse with more on Snapchat at a given moment.

How Many Best Friends Can You Have on Snapchat?

You can have up to eight Best Friends on Snapchat. Some only have one or two. Others converse with so many people that the Best Friends emojis shift between contacts daily.

How Can You Make Someone Your Best Friend on Snapchat?

If you’re a Snapchat+ subscriber, one feature that makes the Snapchat+ subscription worth it is the option to pin someone as your #1 Best Friend. To do so, go to the Chat tab, tap the person’s profile or Bitmoji, then select the ellipsis and choose Pin as your #1 BFF from the menu.

Otherwise, you can’t specifically “set” someone as your Best Friend. Snapchat’s algorithm works by analyzing who you converse with most.

If you want someone to be your Best Friend on Snapchat, send them lots of Snaps and Chats! Of course, you should make sure the feeling’s mutual—there’s little point in bombarding someone with Snaps if it’s just going to annoy them. And while one user might be your Best Friend, that doesn’t mean you’re necessarily theirs.

Knowing you’re not someone’s Best Friend on Snapchat shouldn’t concern you. Maybe you just don’t talk enough on the app, but that doesn’t mean you’re not good friends in real life. After all, Snapchat’s Best Friends feature doesn’t account for SMS, messaging platforms, or face-to-face conversations.