How it works

How SnapMemories fixes your Snapchat export

Snapchat hands you your Memories as raw files with the wrong dates and no location. SnapMemories reads what Snapchat knows about each memory and writes it back into the files, so they land in your photo library exactly where — and when — they belong.

The three steps

1. Get your export from Snapchat. Request a copy of your data with Memories included. (Step-by-step with screenshots: how to export from Snapchat.) Snapchat emails you one or more .zip files.
2. Drop the export into SnapMemories. Use it online in your browser, or with the Mac / Windows app for fully offline processing. Your first 100 memories are free.
3. Download a ready-to-import zip. Every photo and video now carries its real capture date, GPS and overlay. Import it into Apple Photos, Google Photos or anywhere else.

What gets fixed

Snapchat's export keeps the capture date, location and overlay in a separate memories_history.json file — never in the photos and videos themselves. SnapMemories joins them back together:

• Capture dates — written to EXIF DateTimeOriginal so everything sorts correctly.
• GPS location — including the QuickTime atom Apple Photos needs to put videos on the map.
• Overlays — captions and stickers composited back onto the image.

Online or on your computer

The web version processes in the cloud and streams a download back — nothing to install. The desktop app does the same work fully offline on your own machine, which is the better choice for very large libraries or if you'd rather your media never leave your device. Both use the same processing core and produce the same corrected files.

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Saving before the cutoff? Snapchat deletes Memories on September 1, 2026.