{"id":38323,"date":"2022-07-30T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=38323"},"modified":"2022-08-13T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T09:31:19","slug":"3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons Why You Can&#8217;t Send Messages to Your Friends on TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8e17ebab56\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8e17ebab56\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e8e17ebab56\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok\/#3_Reasons_Why_You_Cant_Send_Messages_to_Your_Friends_on_TikTok\" title=\"3 Reasons Why You Can&#8217;t Send Messages to Your Friends on TikTok\">3 Reasons Why You Can&#8217;t Send Messages to Your Friends on TikTok<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok\/#Messages_arent_being_sent_to_friends\" title=\"Messages aren&#8217;t being sent to friends\">Messages aren&#8217;t being sent to friends<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok\/#Users_privacy_settings_are_preventing_you_from_receiving_DMs\" title=\"User&#8217;s privacy settings are preventing you from receiving DMs\">User&#8217;s privacy settings are preventing you from receiving DMs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok\/#Checking_your_accounts_date_of_birth\" title=\"Checking your account&#8217;s date of birth\">Checking your account&#8217;s date of birth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/3-reasons-why-you-cant-send-messages-to-your-friends-on-tiktok\/#Resetting_your_privacy_settings\" title=\"Resetting your privacy settings\">Resetting your privacy settings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Reasons_Why_You_Cant_Send_Messages_to_Your_Friends_on_TikTok\"><\/span>3 Reasons Why You Can&#8217;t Send Messages to Your Friends on TikTok<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 41% height:auto; max-height: 349px; width: auto; margin: 0px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1iMnFBy.jpg\" alt=\"why cant i send messages on tiktok\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why you can&#8217;t send messages to your friends, you&#8217;re not alone! The TikTok app has several privacy features to protect your privacy and address bullying issues. With the huge number of teenagers using the app, privacy is especially important. Read on for tips on how to change your message privacy settings. Listed below are three common reasons why you can&#8217;t send messages to your friends.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Messages_arent_being_sent_to_friends\"><\/span>Messages aren&#8217;t being sent to friends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever been frustrated by not being able to send a message to your friends on TikTok, you&#8217;re not alone. There are millions of people using this app, and many of them depend on a reliable internet connection to keep everything working smoothly. However, sometimes things go wrong and a message just won&#8217;t be sent to your friends. Here are a few tips to fix this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Check your settings. If the settings are set to &#8220;nobody&#8221; by default, you may have accidentally unchecked a setting that would allow your message to be sent to anybody. If you can&#8217;t find the setting that allows you to send messages to friends, make sure you&#8217;ve verified your phone number. This will prevent you from being blocked from receiving messages from other users.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Users_privacy_settings_are_preventing_you_from_receiving_DMs\"><\/span>User&#8217;s privacy settings are preventing you from receiving DMs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>DMs on TikTok aren&#8217;t showing up? There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, if you are setting your privacy to Everyone, you&#8217;re preventing other users from sending you texts. If you have your privacy set to Friends, however, they will still be able to send you text messages. If you&#8217;re not receiving DMs from anyone, there&#8217;s a chance that the user&#8217;s privacy settings are too strict.<\/p>\n<p>If this is the case, you can request to change the privacy settings of your contacts. You can also follow the person to get their messages. If you&#8217;re still unable to receive DMs from a user, you can try to follow them and ask them to change their settings. Once you&#8217;re able to send them messages, you&#8217;ll be able to send them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Checking_your_accounts_date_of_birth\"><\/span>Checking your account&#8217;s date of birth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have trouble sending messages on TikTok, you may have entered the wrong date of birth. In this case, you need to check your date of birth and resubmit it. You can do this by going to your profile and clicking the &#8220;three lines&#8221; symbol in the top-right corner. You will be required to provide your government-issued ID in order to complete the process. If you have made a mistake, you will need to create a new account, and follow the same steps to change your date of birth.<\/p>\n<p>To change your date of birth, you will need a government-issued ID, such as a passport or state-issued ID. You may also be able to use your school&#8217;s ID if you have it. If you don&#8217;t have the proper ID, you can get one from the DMV in your area. You can also check your account&#8217;s email address to make sure it&#8217;s current.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Resetting_your_privacy_settings\"><\/span>Resetting your privacy settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Resetting your privacy settings on TikTok is a simple way to stop other users from sending you private messages. You can toggle between &#8220;Everyone,&#8221; &#8220;Friends,&#8221; and &#8216;No One.&#8217; If you set &#8220;No One,&#8221; you will be able to send DMs only to people you&#8217;ve chosen to follow. To change your privacy settings, click the &#8220;Me&#8221; icon in the bottom menu bar. From there, you can click the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; section, and then select &#8220;Direct messages.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Generally, you can only send private messages to users who have verified their phone numbers on their accounts. 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