You will probably spend a lot of time making videos on TikTok once you learn how to add effects, filters, and other cool features.
If you use TikTok and enjoy sharing videos with others, there might come a time when one of those videos doesn’t turn out as well as you would have liked. Or perhaps you took a video, saved it as a draft, and decided against finishing or editing it.
However, the TikTok app is becoming more and more popular by the day. A great many people like sharing recordings consistently, however, some of the time getting low commitment or aversion to the video in the wake of sharing typical. These are the reasons why people want to delete a TikTok video they previously shared.
On TikTok, you could previously delete a video by clicking the video’s delete button. However, this button has recently been disabled. The delete button needs to be located, but don’t worry! The procedure is quite simple!
In this post, we will provide you with a step-by-step tutorial on how you can delete a TikTok video from your profile, website, or drafts!
Let’s begin!
Key Contents:
- How To Delete A TikTok Video
- How To Make Videos Private
- How To Delete TikTok Drafts
- How To Recover A Deleted Video
- How To Delete All Videos At Once
- How To Delete A TikTok Account
1. How To Delete A TikTok Video:
From TikTok Application
Deleting a posted video from your profile is quite simple! Here’s how you can do it:
- Open your TikTok application and navigate to your profile.
- An interface of all your posted videos shall appear now. Now tap on the video that you wish to delete.
- The video will now play in full-screen mode. Three horizontal dots will appear by the right-hand side of your screen. Tap on it.
- Swipe from left to right when the pop-up menu appears until you see a tiny trashcan icon. When you tap it, the aforementioned video will vanish from your gallery. When the app asks you to confirm your decision, tap Yes to indicate that you want to delete the video.
- Click on “delete” to complete the process.
On TikTok Website
Sign into your account from the TikTok website and follow the steps mentioned below to delete a shared video.
- Select View profile by clicking your profile icon in the upper right.
- Choose the video you wish to delete.
- Select Delete by selecting the More button (three dots) in the upper right.
- Affirm this activity by clicking Delete.
NOTE: It is not much you can do if your settings allow other users to download your video. Someone might have downloaded a copy of the video, which they can upload from their profile, even if you deleted it from your gallery.
From TikTok Recording screen
When you begin recording a video, you sometimes realize you need to stop. To end the recording and remove the video, do the following.
- Tap the checkmark in the lower right corner right away.
- To return, tap the arrow in the upper left corner rather than tapping Next.
- Then press the X, which is also in the top left.
- You’ll be asked if you want to keep what you’ve captured or throw it away.
From TikTok Posting Screen
It’s basically the same as above if you get to the posting screen and decide to delete the video.
- To return, tap the arrow in the upper left corner.
- On the editing screen, tap the arrow once more.
- Select Discard or Start Over by pressing the X.
2. How To Make Your TikTok Videos Private:
Now, suppose you’re not completely ready to delete your videos but also don’t want anyone else to see them. Your videos need not be deleted. You can, of course, save the videos to your camera roll; however, the TikTok app also lets you save them to a private folder.
- Open the video that you wish to make private.
- Tap on the three horizontal dots from the bottom right of your screen then tap on privacy settings.
- Click on “who can watch this video”.
- Select the “only me” option to make the video private.
Note: Until you either delete it or move it back so that all of your friends can see it, the video will remain in this private folder, where only you can see it. At the point when you need to unveil your video once more, you can go to your profile and tap on the lock symbol. Then, tap on Everyone by following the same steps as before.
3. How To Delete TikTok Drafts:
For Individual Draft
You can delete a video from your account if you save it as a draft and decide not to post it. Additionally, multiple video drafts can be deleted simultaneously. Here’s how you can delete a singular video from your drafts:
- Go to your profile from the “Me” option on the bottom right corner of your screen.
- Click on “Drafts”
- Tap Delete after swiping from right to left on the video you want to delete.
- Tap the Discard button to confirm this action.
For More Than One Draft
- Tap the Me tab at the base to go to your profile.
- Choose Drafts.
- In the upper right, tap Select.
- Mark the videos you want to delete in the circles.
- At the very bottom, tap Delete (X).
- Tap the Discard button to confirm this action.
4. How To Recover A Deleted Video:
Sadly, you can’t bring back a TikTok video you recently transferred to TikTok subsequent to erasing it. There is currently no solution to this problem on TikTok. It is unknown whether the TikTok application will make such a decision regarding security. If you decide to delete a video from TikTok, it will be more beneficial to do so.
5. How To Delete All Videos At Once:
A few recordings can’t get sufficient engagement as we have perceived, and you might have to erase recordings at least a few times. For a fresh start, you might also want to delete all of your videos. Sadly, we have some disappointing news. It is impossible to delete all of your videos at once or repeatedly. The good news is that you can manually delete every video. TikTok permits the erasure of recordings individually, as we referenced previously. There is no other option, but it will take some time. You can always delete the old account and make a new one for a fresh start.
6. How To Delete A TikTok Account:
You could only delete your TikTok account by contacting customer support, until recently. Before you could delete an account, your request had to be approved by them. Users encountered numerous issues as a result, as the procedure could take several days. Because of this, TikTok developed the “Thinking about removing your account” feature, which aims to speed up and simplify the entire procedure. However, you will have to enter your phone number to initiate the account removal process.
Here’s how you can do it!
- Open the application and navigate to your profile.
- Click on the profile information icon. The three dots on the top right corner of your screen.
- Tap on “Manage Account”
- Tap on the Phone number and enter your contact number.
- The app will send a verification code to your phone. Enter the code in the box, and you will now be connected to the TikTok app.
Account Removal
- From your profile tap on the three dots.
- Tap on the “Manage account” option.
- Now tap on “Delete account”
- The app will send you a unique OTP message with a verification code. Enter the code in the box and tap Continue.
Your TikTok account is now deleted.
Final Words
TikTok is a great application if you like making short videos with effects and transitions. However, sometimes the results do not appear as we have envisioned them. In that case, there is always an option of deleting the video if you are not satisfied with the results. Scroll right up to learn the procedure of removing a video from your profile and website along with other tutorials that might come in handy for you in similar situations!