The real date, back in every file
Snapchat's files carry the day you downloaded them. Each one gets its capture date and time written back in, so every photo app sorts it correctly.
Your Snapchat Memories, as real photos again.
Snapchat's export gives you thousands of files with random names, the wrong dates and the captions split off. MemoriesArchived puts them back together on your own computer.
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Snapchat export
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a81d77f0-2c9e-41b3-…-main.mp4today
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After MemoriesArchived
2019/2019-07/
2019-07-04_malibu.jpg4 Jul 2019
2019-07-04_malibu_2.mp44 Jul 2019
2019-07-05.jpg5 Jul 2019
See it work
From a messy export to your photo library
A demo using stock photos. Music: 'Legacy' by Scott Buckley, released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
What it fixes
Everything the export leaves out
Location, where Snapchat saved it
GPS coordinates from the export go into the file, so your photo app can show memories on a map.
Captions and stickers put back
Your text, drawings and stickers come as a separate file. They are layered back on, the way you saw them in the app.
Names and folders that make sense
Files are named by date and place, like 2019-07-04_malibu.jpg, and sorted into year and month folders.
Ready to back up
Optionally get the archive as date-ordered ZIP files, each complete on its own, so a large archive uploads in parts.
Picks up where it left off
Run it again on the same export and it skips what's already done, without overwriting anything.
How it works
Three steps, no technical setup
- 1
Request your Memories from Snapchat
In Snapchat, go to Settings, then My Data, and tick both Export your Memories and Export JSON Files before you submit. Snapchat emails you when the download is ready.
- 2
Drop the ZIP files into MemoriesArchived
Download every part Snapchat gives you and drag them into the app, or pick the folder they're in.
- 3
Choose where to save, then restore
Your memories appear in a folder on your computer, dated, named and sorted, ready for your photo app or your backup drive.
Privacy
Your memories never reach us
Everything happens on your own machine. There is nothing to sign up for, and nothing is uploaded to us. Your photos and videos only leave your computer if you choose to add them to your own Google Photos, and then they go straight to your Google account.
- Photos, videos, captions, dates and locations are processed on your computer.
- Place names come from a database inside the app, never a map service.
- To check your plan, the app sends scrambled codes made from memory IDs, nothing from your files.
- Payments go through Stripe's own checkout page. We never see your card details.
Pricing
Try it free, then pay once or monthly
FreeNo card needed
$0
Free forever
- Your first 50 memories per Snapchat account
- Every feature included, so you can check the results
- No account or sign-up
$5.45 / month
Renews each month
- Unlimited memories while subscribed
- Every feature included
LifetimePay once
$15.75 once
Yours for good
- Unlimited memories, for good
- Restore new exports whenever you make them
You buy from inside the app. Checkout is Stripe's secure payment page. Prices in US dollars.
A memory is one photo or video. Restoring the same memories again never counts twice.
Questions
Good to know
So what does it actually do?
It fixes the files Snapchat gives you. Every photo and video in the export carries the day you downloaded it, and captions come as separate files. MemoriesArchived puts the real date, time and place back into each file and adds your captions and stickers back on.
Will my memories show up on the right day in Apple Photos or Google Photos?
Yes. Once they're in your photo library, each memory lands on the day it was taken, and on the map where it was taken, instead of piling up on the day you downloaded them.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
Not to us. All the work happens on your computer. To check your plan the app sends scrambled codes made from your memories' IDs, never the photos, videos, dates or locations. The privacy page lists exactly what is sent.
Can it put them straight into my photo library?
On a Mac it can add them to Apple Photos, and with iCloud Photos on they reach your iPhone too. On Mac or Windows it can upload them to your own Google Photos, straight from your computer to your Google account.
What do I need?
A Mac or Windows PC and your Memories export from Snapchat, requested with Export your Memories and Export JSON Files both ticked.
I forgot to tick one of the options. What now?
Request a new export with both ticked. Snapchat only allows a new request 48 hours after your last one finished.
What counts towards the free 50?
Each photo or video is one memory. The free allowance covers 50 different memories per Snapchat account, and restoring the same ones again doesn't use it up.
Do I need to make an account?
No. There's no sign-up, email or password. The app recognises your Snapchat account from the memories in your export.