How to Download Your TikTok Videos

There may still be some deus ex machina that saves TikTok—or at least keeps things on hold—but for now the US Supreme Court has upheld the impending ban on the social media app.

So what about all the videos you post? They might be vacation vlogs, awesome reaction videos, or just lighthearted memes, but you’ve probably worked hard on them and it would be a shame to lose them.

Just to be clear, under the terms of the ban, existing users will still be able to use TikTok; You just don’t get software updates. So if you want to download those videos for safekeeping, you’re not necessarily under the gun to get it done by Sunday. Then again, TikTok’s lawyer told the court it would “go dark” on Sunday unless the ban is lifted … no one knows what that means.

You will be able to download any video published on the platform. You can also download videos from other creators if they have made the videos public and have enabled privacy settings that allow other users to download their clips. You follow our steps below and no Check the option to save locally, maybe the creator has restricted the sharing permissions

If you’re a creator who wants to back up your own clips, or you want to store your all-time TikTok favorites, here it is.

January 2025: This article has been updated to reflect current information and details on downloading TikTok videos.

Save TikTok videos to your phone

For most people, TikTok is a completely mobile experience: they watch, create and post videos with their phones. If you’re a mobile-first TikTok creator, the videos you’ve shot may already be saved somewhere on your phone. But maybe you switched phones, or you deleted the local copy of those old videos to free up space If your videos are only stored in TikTok’s cloud, you can probably download them to your phone.

Downloading videos to a computer is a bit easier than bringing them to your phone. There are some extra steps on mobile, so if you have dozens or even hundreds of videos to back up, maybe follow the instructions listed below that explain how to get the videos to your computer.

Here are instructions for iPhone and Android devices:

Go to any TikTok video. In your own videos, tap the three dots at the bottom-right of the screen For videos from other creators available for download, tap the arrow-shaped share button in the same area

A series of gray icons will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap the one that says Save the video.

A percentage counter will appear onscreen, indicating that the app is processing the video It usually goes very fast, so you may not even see it, but it depends on your connection speed.

After that, an array of sharing options pops up. Scroll right and click on the three dots. Here, you can choose the email option to send the file to yourself as an attachment or upload it to a cloud service like Google Drive. Your smartphone will have more options based on the app. Look for any option that allows you to save videos locally.