We explain how to download TikTok videos on your phone

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TikTok Over time, it has become one of the most popular applications among the youngest (and not so young). If you also use it, it is likely that you have ever wondered if there is any way to Download some of his videos on your phone, a question to which we already give you an answer: yes, there is and today we are going to explain it to you how. Continue reading.

TikTok, the queen of mobile videos

The formerly known as Musical.ly it has ended up making an important niche for itself, not within the younger segment but also among adults, thanks to its enormous potential and ability to go viral. Renamed with the name of TikTok, this application initially allowed you to record yourself for 15 seconds while you moved your lips making you sing a song.

Although at first it may seem like something not too special, this approach is a real tree among teenagers, who also frequently share these musical recordings on their Instagram profile so as not to leave any social network without to feed.

What's more, one of the main attractions of that original Musica.ly and which, in a certain way, has been lost over the years in pursuit of other types of content are the imaginative productions, sung in perfect playback and choreographed thanks to the editing tools that not only allow you to manipulate each clip in a thousand different ways, but also by applying slow motion effects, reverse, etc. In the end, that phrase that the "limit is your imagination" comes true.

Over time, however, TikTok's options have evolved and its app no ​​longer only allows us to do dubbing or voice-over; The creators within this social network also publish other types of content such as reactions, videos "behind the scenes" where they explain how they have had a certain effect, the well-known duets between Tiktokers and a long list of montages. A really wide repertoire of possibilities that has led many to end up succumbing to the platform.

How to download videos from TikTok

Such is the popularity of videos on TikTok that we thought it would be useful to explain how to download these recordings from the application to your mobile phone. He Step by Step What we offer you is really simple, so you won't have any problem putting these download methods into practice both on your Android phone and on your iPhone (or iPad). Of course, before you must take into account one thing.

Activate or deactivate the download of videos

TikTok allows you to control the activity of your account in case you do not want someone to have the possibility of downloading content that you do not want to share due to unexpected access from another device not controlled by you offline. For this, the social network has a very specific option to block (or authorize) the download of the videos that you store in your account. To unlock that option you must:

  1. Tap on the Profile icon at the bottom right of the screen.
  2. Tap on the three lines in the upper right corner to access the settings.
  3. Select the Privacy option and then Downloads.
  4. Click next to video download to activate or deactivate the function.

It goes without saying that in case this function is blocked we will not have the possibility to download anything and, therefore, many of the steps that we tell you next in this tutorial will not work. So keep that in mind to verify that we have those downloads active.

Returning to what interests us, there are two ways to download the videos -the second being applicable only when the first does not work for whatever reason:

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Directly from the app function

This is the easiest method but Depending on the mobile you have, it will work for you or not. In the case of Android, it is easy to access these videos to later copy them to the computer or send them to someone through WhatsApp, Telegram, etc., since the Google OS does not prevent access to the directory tree of the storage unit.

However, if you have an iPhone the process is complicated. because of that habit of Apple to prevent us access to all folders on the mobile. You will have to manage what you download by copying it to an iCloud folder or within the phone by accessing it through the app Files to those locations where we can add or remove documents.

Either way, this is the method you should use to download videos from tiktok directly from the app from the social network:

  1. Open the app TikTok on your device and navigate to the video you want to download on your computer.
  2. Press the share button and then select the first option that appears in the lower section: "Save video«.
  3. Ready. The video will appear in the Photos app so you can watch it whenever you want.

Using as via Instagram

  1. Open the TikTok app on your device and go to the video you want to download.
  2. Click on the share button -the "Save video" option will not appear- and then on the Instagram icon.
  3. A post window will open to decide if you want to share the video to your Feed or as a Story. Click on Story.
  4. The Instagram app will open with the Stories interface for you to share the video. Click on the icon Download content (the down arrow is just the middle symbol).
  5. Done, you already have the video saved in your Reel or Videos folder (depending on whether you're on iOS or Android, respectively).

You probably already knew the first option (you just have to be a little curious and take a look at the app's menu options), but probably with the second trick We have given you a solution that had not crossed your mind. The main "problem" with these two methods is that when downloading the videos, they are accompanied by a watermark with the name of the social network and the user profile. But don't worry, because there is a way to delete this mark too.

How to download all your videos at once

In case you want download all tiktoks that you have created with your account, it may be a bit awkward to do it one by one if you are an "addict" to this social network. But you can rest assured, its developers have weighed everything and put at our disposal a way to download absolutely all the data related to our account. This includes the profile picture, comments, etc.

If you want to do this, it's as simple as:

  • Enter your TikTok profile.
  • Click on the menu in the upper right corner which is represented by the three lines.
  • Here you access the “Privacy” option.
  • Once inside, enter the “Personalization and data” sub-menu.
  • From this new screen, scroll down until you find the “Download your data” option and click on it.
  • Now it is as simple as clicking on the “Request data” button.

This will cause TikTok to send you a report with absolutely everything related to your account. This may take a maximum of 30 days, although it may be faster.

When this social network has all the data available for download, you will be able to find it in the prison of "Download data" that you see at the top of the last screen you accessed. In case you urgently need to download videos right now, you can refer to this guide on how to download all tiktok videos of a usero (also in english version).

How to Download TikTok Videos Without Watermark

As we pointed out, the processes described above make the video maintain the indicative of the social network and it may not be what you are looking for. Luckily, there is also a way to download these videos without TikTok watermarks and it is also easy. Best of all, we can use the equipment we want, since the process can be carried out both from a mobile phone and from the PC itself, all we need is the url of the video in question and go to an external website that is will do the job: download tiktoks.

This solution is very simple and our favorite because it is a very simple tool that does not even require registration or the like. You enter, put a URL and here, work done.

The steps are as follows:

  1. Enter the website indicated through the device you want.
  2. Enter the url of the video you want to download. To obtain this address you have to press the share button of the publication on TikTok and select "Copy link".
  3. Paste said link address in the web browser of download tiktoks and touch the download symbol.
  4. Look for the button that says «No Watermark». This will cause the selected video to be stored in the download folder of your device.
  5. And it would be That's how fast the process is.

As you can see, the steps are very simple and they will allow you to obtain the video you want without the mentioned brands. Remember that they are still videos of other users, so always make sure that you can share them without problems or give the recognition they deserve in another way, so as not to steal the work of others.

Download the videos with an app

If you prefer a more handy method, on the screen of your mobile, then we recommend that you resort to an application in the Google Play Store for Android, such as Download Videos from TikTok, and that makes things much easier without having to have to go to a web page with the computer. Here below you have access to the app:

To use it you simply have to:

  • Install the app from Download TikTok Videos.
  • Access Tiktok on your mobile.
  • Find the video you want to download.
  • Click the button Share.
  • Choose TikTok Downloader.
  • The video will start downloading to your smartphone instantly.

TikTok has already handily surpassed 1.000 billion downloads globally, thanks both to the tremendous growth it enjoyed last year and to the lockdown period, which skyrocketed account and video creation. Even with this, as we pointed out, already in 2018 the platform was in very good health: according to data, TikTok became the fourth most downloaded app on iOS and Android (if we rule out game titles from the equation, of course), behind only three titans such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger. There is nothing.


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