If when you are jumping randomly from video to video on TikTok, it annoys you that content appears in certain languages, You should know that there is a way, little known, to control it's. The social network has a section in its configuration menu where you can decide if you only want videos to appear in Spanish, in English and Spanish or... in Russian -that's up to you. And today we are going to show you how it is done.
TikTok, the worldwide fashion network
Facebook and its beloved Instagram look askance at TikTok and with good reason. The Asian firm has managed to get its application into the phones of half the planet. If not so long ago many continued to raise an eyebrow when you talked about TikTok, today it is rare who does not know about the existence of this social network of short videos. Among other things because this platform is a continuous hotbed of viral that become popular in a matter of hours and travel the world from end to end.
For example, it is not uncommon to find yourself, when you browse through the videos suggested for you, with recordings from India (which has a tremendously active community of users and generates really peculiar content -below these lines you have the famous tiktoker @faraaz_zs- or with content from USA or Russia, where virals are also the order of the day.
It may be the case, however, that this type of tiktok They do not exactly attract you and you prefer to see only suggestions in your language. If so, you should know that among the options that the application has is that of filter content by language: by selecting the ones of your preference, you can better personalize the content experience that appears to you and thus limit the videos based on this criterion. Do you want to know how? Well keep reading.
Limit in which language you watch TikTok videos
As we pointed out at the beginning of this article, few people know that there is a way to select in which languages you want to consume the contents of the platform. It is a way of cure the videos a little better and thus ensure that only suggestions appear in Spanish and English, for example, or only in your mother tongue -and that is your decision.
By default, TikTok will show you videos of any language (although it is true that its algorithm makes the content profile over time based on your tastes and consumption), but you can apply a filter to these recordings as follows:
- Enter the TikTok app on your phone and make sure you're logged in.
- Go to your profile (by tapping on the Me icon in the bottom right corner).
- Once in your panel, tap on the three dots in the upper right corner and tap on «Content preferences «(It is the third option).
- Tap on “Add language”.
- Find the language that interests you and tap on it. It will be selected.
- Tap on “Done”.
- If you want to add more, you have to touch “Add language” again and select the next one – yes, you have to do it one by one.
- Once the “filter” languages have been added, you will only have to return to the main page. Your preferences will be saved.
Undoubtedly, one of the best things about TikTok is the universality of its content, but if you still prefer to better limit the content that appears to you, this is a good way to do it according to your preferences.