How To Delete TikTok Account Fast
If you want to avoid the public eye, deleting your TikTok account might be a smart idea.
There is no need to stay on an app that you don’t like or that makes you feel uncomfortable.
However, deleting your entire account is not as easy as it seems.
Let me show you 3 methods to delete your TikTok account:
- How to delete your TikTok account from your phone
- How to delete your TikTok account without a phone number
- How to delete your TikTok account from the website.
How To Delete TikTok Account Permanently
You can delete the TikTok app directly from your phone.
The process takes a few minutes.
Step 1: Open the TikTok App.
You’ll be taken into the main screen which features all the short video clips.
Step 2: Access Your Profile Page
On the bottom right corner, tap on the profile button to go to the profile tab.
Step 3: Go Into Settings Menu
On the top right corner of your profile page, tap the three-dot menu (the three-line menu for iPhone users) to access the settings menu.
Step 4: Go To Manage My Account
From settings, select the first option on the menu.
Tap Manage Account.
Step 5: Tap Delete Account
It’s the bottom option.
Step 6: Give Comments to TikTok
The app will ask you: Why are you deleting your TikTok Account?
Feel free to answer with any of the options.
If you don’t want to answer, tap skip on the top right corner.
Step 7: Save Your TikTok Videos
TikTok will suggest that you download all your videos before deleting your account.
For now, accept that you’ve read the “data request option” and tap on continue.
Step 8: Read the Risk for Account Deletion
TikTok will inform you what happens when you delete your TikTok account.
To learn more, skip to the last section of the article.
For now, tap on continue.
Step 9: Check Your Phone for an SMS Code
TikTok will send you a text message with a code.
Introduce the six-digit code to delete your account.
Step 10: Tap On Continue.
You’ll now be taken into the main menu.
After doing so, you’ll have 30 days to reactivate your TikTok account.
Otherwise, your account will be permanently removed.
How to Delete Tiktok Account Without Phone Number
You can delete your account without a phone number as long as it is linked to Facebook, Google, Apple, or Twitter.
To do so, follow the steps 1 through 8 as described in the previous section. Then:
- Step 1: The TikTok app will ask you to verify your account. Log in with a linked Facebook, Google, Apple or Twitter account.
- Step 2: A big red delete account button will appear. Tap delete account.
- Step 3: Confirm that you want to permanently delete your account.
- Step 4: You’ll be automatically logged off the application.
If you still get notifications from old videos, there might have been an issue with your account.
Try contacting TikTok support to get it fixed.
How to Delete Tiktok Account on Computer
Users can delete their accounts from the official website.
The process is faster than doing it directly from your phone.
- Step 1: Open the TikTok website and log in.
- Step 2: Hover over to your TikTok profile icon on the top right corner.
- Step 3: Click the settings icon.
- Step 4: Select the first option: Delete Account.
- Step 5: TikTok will send you a warning screen. Click on continue.
- Step 6: Complete the SMS verification. Click on send code. Then enter the 4 digit confirmation code.
- Step 7: Click on delete account.
- Step 8: Confirm to delete your TikTok account.
What Happens When You Delete Your TikTok Account?
TiKTok doesn’t delete accounts immediatelly, instead, they deactivate them first.
A deactivated account has 30 days to reactivate.
If you don’t reactivate it, then it will be permanently deleted.
Here is what the app does with your data after you deactivate your account:
- You won’t be able to log in or use any TikTok service.
- You’ll lose access to all the videos you didn’t save.
- Direct messages that you had with other users won’t be deleted.
- Comments you made won’t be deleted and will remain visible forever.
- You’ll lose all your drafts.
- You won’t receive refunds of purchased items.
Additionally, when someone clicks on a deleted account comment, the user will be redirected to an empty page.
Deactivating the app takes time and effort.
Be careful if you choose to do so, as you could lose all your followers and audience.
Tiktok Account Deletion FAQ
How Do I Permanently Delete My TikTok Account?
To delete the TikTok platform, go to “manage my account” and select the delete option.
Complete the on-screen instructions and then your account will be deactivated.
You’ll have 30 days to revert the deletion process.
How Long Does It Take TikTok To Delete An Account?
Deleting Tiktok account takes 30 days.
The app takes that much time because many TikTok users end up reactivating their accounts to see chat messages, recover an old post, or simply to create new videos on the platform.
Karen is a senior technical writer and copywriter at Hypegrowth. Her area of expertize are social media apps and new media.