Guides: Snapchat Memories
How to export your Memories, what changes in January 2027, and how to get dates and captions back.
Snapchat will archive older Memories from January 2027. Here’s what that means.
From January 2027 Snapchat archives Memories older than a year that fall outside your oldest 5 GB. What is archived, what it costs to keep access, and how to save a copy with the right dates.
How to export all your Snapchat Memories
Step-by-step: request a Memories export from Snapchat, which toggles to turn on, how long it takes, what the ZIP contains, and how to get the files into Google Photos or iPhone with the right dates.
Why your Snapchat Memories show today’s date, and how to fix it
Exported Snapchat Memories land on the download date in Google Photos and Apple Photos because the files carry no capture metadata. How the real time is recovered from memories_history.json and written as EXIF.
What are the “-main” and “-overlay” files in a Snapchat export?
Snapchat exports Memories as a -main photo or video plus a transparent -overlay.png with your text, stickers and drawings. What each file is and how to put captions back on.