Snapchat Memories export glossary

Snapchat Memories

Photos and videos saved in Snapchat's Memories feature. FreeMyMemories focuses on helping iPhone users preserve and relive exported Snapchat Memories outside a raw ZIP workflow.

Snapchat data export

The copy of account data Snapchat prepares when you request it through Snapchat's data tools. For FreeMyMemories, the export is the source file you provide to build your private library.

ZIP export

A compressed download that can contain your exported files and related data. A ZIP is useful as a source archive, but it is not the same as a browsable memory library.

Dates and locations

The time and place context available for a Memory. FreeMyMemories uses available dates and locations to preserve chronological usefulness where supported by the export and destination.

Overlays

Visual presentation elements that may be part of a Snap or Memory, including captions, stickers, lenses, drawing, or other on-screen context.

Camera Roll

The everyday Photos destination many iPhone users think of when saving media. FreeMyMemories gives users choice instead of forcing every imported Memory into the main Photos flow.

Hidden Photos album

An iPhone Photos destination used to keep selected exported media less visible in the main Photos library where platform support and user settings allow it.

On This Day

A reliving experience that surfaces Memories connected to the same calendar date in past years. FreeMyMemories is built to support this kind of experience inside the private library.

Map exploration

Browsing Memories by place where usable location data exists in the export. If the export does not include a location for a Memory, the original place cannot be recreated from nothing.

Private vault

The private FreeMyMemories app library where imported Memories can remain separate from your main camera roll until you choose to export or share selected items.

Lifetime Unlock

The one-time FreeMyMemories unlock for the real rescue, import, export, and private library experience, including future imports.

Local processing

Processing that happens in the app on your iPhone using the export files you choose to provide. FreeMyMemories does not ask for a FreeMyMemories account and does not run a cloud backend that receives your Memories.

Edge cases to know

• An export can contain useful source data while still being hard to browse as a ZIP.
• Some Memories may support dates, maps, and reliving features better than others depending on export contents.
• Export destinations can handle dates, locations, and videos differently.
• Storage terms can change, so official Snapchat pages are the authority for current storage limits and plans.

What FreeMyMemories solves

FreeMyMemories gives these terms a practical home. It turns the official export into a private iPhone library, keeps the ZIP as source material, and helps users browse, relive, and selectively export Memories without treating the camera roll as the only destination.

What FreeMyMemories cannot fix

FreeMyMemories cannot change Snapchat's export format, recover source fields that are not present, or force every outside destination to preserve all context. The glossary separates source facts from app experience so the limits are clear.

Related questions

• Read the Snapchat Memories FAQ
• Why is a ZIP not enough?
• How do dates and locations affect export?

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