Snapchat Quick Add hasn't gone anywhere: it's been renamed Find Friends. It's the same friend suggestion tool, and Snapchat says everyone can turn off showing up in it from their Settings.
That's from Snapchat Support as of Nov 2026. If you've been hunting through the app for something called Quick Add and found nothing, the rename is why.
What happened to Quick Add
Snapchat says what used to be called Quick Add now goes by a simpler name, Find Friends. Its reasoning is that the new name says what the feature is for: helping you find your real-life friends and family, or people you may know from your network.
Apart from the name, Snapchat says nothing about how the feature works has changed. It's still designed to put close and trusted connections first, with extra care for younger users. So any advice you read about Quick Add still applies; just look for the words Find Friends instead.
| What you're looking for | What it's called now | Note as of Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Quick Add suggestions | Find Friends | Same tool, new name |
| Turning off Quick Add | Turn off showing up in Find Friends | In your Snapchat Settings |
| Who can message you | Mutually accepted friends, or people whose numbers you've saved | Applies to all accounts |
| Who sees your friend list | Only you | Friend lists are private for everyone |
How Find Friends decides who to suggest
Snapchat names the factors it uses. Find Friends suggests people through factors such as:
- age
- location
- existing friends
- existing followers
- reputation on Snapchat
- behaviour on Snapchat
Those are the factors Snapchat lists. It doesn't publish how they're weighted, and it says "such as", so treat the list as examples rather than the complete recipe. The useful takeaway is simpler: who you already know on Snapchat, where you are and how you use the app all feed the suggestions you see, and the suggestions other people see of you.
How to stop showing up in Find Friends
Snapchat says on both of its Help pages that all users can turn off showing up in Find Friends, and that this option is always available. It's in Settings. Snapchat's Help pages don't spell out the exact taps, and menu names shift between app versions, so I'll keep this general rather than send you looking for a label that may have moved:
- Open your Snapchat Settings.
- Look for the Find Friends option.
- Switch off showing up in Find Friends.
This controls whether you appear in other people's suggestions. If you're trying to find a particular person rather than hide from suggestions, here's how to find someone on Snapchat. And if someone's add request isn't going through, these are the usual reasons you can't add someone.
The privacy defaults that sit behind it
Find Friends doesn't work alone. Snapchat lists a set of protections that apply to every account, and they shape what being suggested means in practice:
- Accounts are private by default. Snapchat says every account starts private.
- Friend lists are private. Only you can see your friend list, and Snapchat doesn't show your friends to anyone else.
- Only friends can talk to you. You can only communicate with mutually accepted friends, or people whose numbers you've already saved to your contacts.
- Public Profiles are off by default. They're only available to users aged 16 and older.
- Blocking, hiding and reporting. If you don't want to hear from someone again, Snapchat offers in-app tools to report, block or hide them.
Put together, that means showing up in Find Friends doesn't open a chat with a stranger. Snapchat says you can only communicate with mutually accepted friends or people whose numbers you've saved.
The extra rules for teens
Snapchat treats teen accounts differently, and this is where most of the detail on its Help pages sits.
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- Teens can appear in another user's Find Friends suggestions only in limited instances, such as having numerous mutual friends or being in each other's contact book already uploaded to Snapchat.
- Teens are blocked from showing up in search results unless Snapchat sees signs of an existing connection, such as several mutual connections or being phone contacts.
- Friend requests sent to or from teens are delayed and investigated when they involve someone the teen has no mutual friends with, and who has a history of using Snapchat in locations often linked to scams.
- If a teen messages, or gets a message from, someone they don't share friends with or have in their contacts, or someone others have blocked or reported, they see an in-chat warning asking them to think carefully before allowing contact.
- Teens under 16 can't create a Public Profile. Some 16 and 17 year olds have opt-in access to an introductory version with extra protections.
If you're a parent, there's more on the parental controls Snapchat offers.
What I'd do
For a personal account, I'd turn off showing up in Find Friends if you don't want people you've never met seeing you as a suggestion, and leave it on if you're happy to be found by friends of friends. For a brand, it's a judgement call: suggestions are one of the ways people come across you, so I'd leave it on and skip turning it off unless unwanted requests become a nuisance. Either way, now you know the name to look for.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Snapchat still have Quick Add?
Yes, under a new name. Snapchat says Quick Add is now called Find Friends, and only the name has changed.
How do I turn off Quick Add on Snapchat?
Snapchat says all users can turn off showing up in Find Friends in Settings. Open your Snapchat Settings and look for the Find Friends option.
How does Snapchat decide who appears in Find Friends?
Snapchat says it uses factors such as age, location, existing friends, existing followers, reputation and behaviour on Snapchat.
Can strangers message me if I show up in Find Friends?
Not straight away. Snapchat says you can only communicate with mutually accepted friends, or people whose numbers you've saved to your contacts.
Do teens show up in Find Friends?
Only in limited instances, Snapchat says, such as having numerous mutual friends or being in each other's uploaded contact book.
