{"id":39294,"date":"2022-07-30T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=39294"},"modified":"2022-07-30T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:37:31","slug":"how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Delete My TikTok Account?"},"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-6a4e76333c81d\" 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-6a4e76333c81d\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e76333c81d\" ><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\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#How_Do_I_Delete_My_TikTok_Account\" title=\"How Do I Delete My TikTok Account?\">How Do I Delete My TikTok Account?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#Delete_tiktok_account\" title=\"Delete tiktok account\">Delete tiktok account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#Download_data_before_deletion\" title=\"Download data before deletion\">Download data before deletion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#30-day_waiting_period_before_deletion\" title=\"30-day waiting period before deletion\">30-day waiting period before deletion<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#Delete_videos\" title=\"Delete videos\">Delete videos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-do-i-delete-my-tiktok-account\/#Delete_messages\" title=\"Delete messages\">Delete messages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Do_I_Delete_My_TikTok_Account\"><\/span>How Do I Delete My TikTok Account?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; max-height:311px; max-width:30% width:auto; height:auto;\" alt=\"how do i delete my tiktok account\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qdq7E0Q.jpg\" align=\"left\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you want to delete your TikTok account, you must first download your data and videos before deletion. Once you have downloaded your data, you must wait 30 days to delete your account. Then, you should follow the steps in the instructions below. You can also uninstall the TikTok app. Delete your account to permanently remove all your TikTok content. If you do not want TikTok to be part of your life, you can follow the instructions below.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_tiktok_account\"><\/span>Delete tiktok account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to permanently delete your TikTok account, there are three ways to do it. You can either delete the account completely or deactivate it for thirty days, and then reactivate it within the same time period. You&#8217;ll have to reactivate your account before the thirty days is up, or else you&#8217;ll lose your account for good. In either case, you&#8217;ll have to choose the appropriate authentication method before you delete your account.<\/p>\n<p>To delete your TikTok account, you must be signed in to the application using Google or your Facebook account. Then, you can select a method to delete the account: via phone, email, Twitter, or Apple. After confirming the deletion, you&#8217;ll receive a confirmation message. Once you&#8217;ve deleted your account, you&#8217;ll no longer be able to log into the TikTok app.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Download_data_before_deletion\"><\/span>Download data before deletion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before deleting your TikTok account, you can download all of your account&#8217;s data. The data includes username, bio, video history, comments, likes, and privacy settings. You can download these files in JSON or TXT format. You will have to wait several days before you can view them, but once you&#8217;ve done so, you&#8217;ll be able to re-visit them and delete them.<\/p>\n<p>After deletion, you&#8217;ll be given 30 days to reactivate your account. If you do not, however, do so within that timeframe. The information will still remain visible to other users. Once you&#8217;ve reactivated your account, you can re-enter your verification code and re-download your content. If you delete your TikTok account, you can also contact the ICO and request that they remove your account data.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"30-day_waiting_period_before_deletion\"><\/span>30-day waiting period before deletion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you no longer want to post content to TikTok, you can delete your account. The account will be deactivated for 30 days, and you can reactivate it within that time. To delete your account, go to the account settings page. Click on Delete Account and confirm that you wish to delete your account. Once you have confirmed the deletion, you will be returned to the home screen of TikTok. You will no longer be able to comment or like videos posted by others on the app. After 30 days, you can uninstall the app.<\/p>\n<p>To permanently delete your TikTok account, you must log into the app. Tap the three horizontal lines. Tap Settings. From the menu, select Privacy. Next, select Delete Account. Select the option I&#8217;m leaving temporarily. Then, tap Continue. If you have accidentally deleted your account, you will be asked to verify your identity. If you don&#8217;t know the code, type in a 6-digit code. Once the verification process is complete, you will be prompted to sign in.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_videos\"><\/span>Delete videos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are a user of YouTube and wish to delete a particular video, you can easily do so by going to your profile page. Here, you can swipe left to right and find the three dots icon, which represents the trashcan icon. Select this option and you will see a confirmation dialog box. Once you confirm the deletion, you can now delete the video from your account. However, before you can delete a video, you must make sure that you have closed its settings first.<\/p>\n<p>To delete a video, first go to your profile page and click the &#8216;Me&#8217; icon in the extreme right corner of the screen. Then, select Videos to see a list of videos that you have posted. Scroll down the list until you find the video that you want to delete. Now, tap it to open it. Once you have opened the video, you can remove it. There, you will have deleted it from your account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_messages\"><\/span>Delete messages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may be wondering how to delete messages from your TikTok account. In this article, you will learn how to delete messages on TikTok. This will apply to your own account and will not affect the messages of other users. By following these simple steps, you will be able to silence a person or prevent yourself from receiving negative comments from others. Before you begin, you should upgrade to the latest version of the social network.<\/p>\n<p>Delete messages from TikTok account is not impossible to recover. Despite what the creators of TikTok have said, the application is currently not set up to allow recovery of deleted messages. You can, however, add friends again and follow them again, so you can always access deleted messages. 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