With the growing popularity of Snapchat, privacy concerns are more prevalent than ever. One such concern is the typing notification that pops up whenever you’re about to message someone. This can be less than ideal if you wish to maintain a sense of privacy about when (or if) you are responding to snaps.

Fortunately, turning off typing notifications on Snapchat can be done by manipulating the settings for notifications within the app itself, although Snapchat does not offer a direct way to disable typing notifications. Here’s how to gain more control over your Snapchat notifications which indirectly helps with typing notifications as well.

1. Open the Snapchat app.

2. Tap your profile icon at the top left corner of the screen.

3. Tap the settings gear icon located at the top right corner.

4. Scroll down to ‘Notifications’ and select it.

5. Under ‘Notifications,’ look for ‘Received Notifications’ and tap it.

6. Here, you can manage settings for different types of notifications. Given that Snapchat does not have a dedicated toggle specifically for typing notifications, your best bet is to secretly use ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode.

7. To use ‘Do Not Disturb’, press and hold a friend’s name, then select “More,” and tap “Do Not Disturb” to silence notifications from them.

Alternatively, you could also control notification settings directly through your phone’s settings:

For iPhone:

1. Go to Settings > Notifications > Snapchat.

2. Toggle off “Allow Notifications” which will silence all notifications including typing alerts.

For Android:

1. Go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > Snapchat > Notifications.

2. Disable “Show notifications” which will turn off all notifications for Snapchat.

Remember, these workarounds will also turn off other types of notifications such as snaps received and story updates of friends, which might not be ideal for every user’s needs.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a direct way provided by Snapchat to turn off only typing notifications without affecting other notification types as well – it’s an all-or-nothing approach when it comes to in-app notification management in Snapchat as of now. Users looking for more discrete control over their social media interactions continue to await finer notification management features in future updates of these apps.