Archive · 4 Oct 2025
Snapchat to Charge for Memories Storage
Snapchat, the app where you share photos and videos, is now charging for the Memories feature.
Previously, you could save photos and videos for free, but now you have 5GB of free storage.
If you have more than that, you'll need to pay.
Snapchat users have saved over a trillion memories.
This change will primarily affect users with a large number of saved snaps.
Snapchat is introducing paid storage for its Memories feature.
Free usage will be limited to 5 GB.
Users exceeding the limit will need to pay.
The feature has been in use for almost ten years.
Snapchat says that over a trillion memories have been recorded by users.
- Who
- Snapchat users
- What
- Snapchat is introducing paid storage plans for Memories.
- When
- Ongoing
- Where
- Global
- Why
- To support long-term storage for Memories.
Users
Snapchat
Cost of storage
Users
Users now need to pay for what was previously free.
Snapchat
The transition from free to paid storage is needed for supporting the Memories feature.
- What's Changing?
- Snapchat is introducing fees for Memories storage exceeding 5GB.
- Free Storage Limit
- 5GB
- Number of Memories Recorded
- Over 1 trillion
