TikTok is the newest social media viral sensation. In just a matter of a few years, TikTok has grown to one of the top social media websites in the world, behind the likes of Facebook and Instagram. TikTok is available for download on Android and iOs devices. From within the app, you will be able to create short-form videos using many advanced editing tools. You can use cool filters and unique stickers to make your videos both entertaining and informative.
A comment question lots of people have is how do you download TikTok videos? With such a vast amount of entertaining videos at your fingertips, it’s probably no surprise that you’ve come across a few TikTok videos that you’ve wanted to download. Maybe you want to watch them later, or maybe you want to repost them on another social networking site. Whatever the case, downloading TikTok videos is a breeze.
Unlike many other social networking websites, TikTok allows you to download videos directly from the native TikTok app. This makes downloading videos super handy because you don’t need to go anywhere, and best of all, it just takes a few simple steps to complete the task.
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Downloading TikTok Videos Through the App
To get started, you’ll need to open up the official TikTok app on your smartphone or tablet. If you don’t have it, you can visit the Android or Apple app store to download it. Once you open the app, head over to the TikTok video that you want to download to your device.
Once you’re on the video, tap on the share icon, which will bring up a panel with a bunch of options. Find the “save video” button and tap on it to start downloading the video.
While downloading videos through the official TikTok app works great, sometimes users will disable this functionality leaving you high and dry. For videos that can’t be downloaded through the app, you can use a web-based downloader.
Downloading TikTok videos online
If you’re trying to download a TikTok video using the native downloader and the save video button isn’t there, the video creator probably disabled downloads. Thankfully there are many online tools specifically designed for downloading TikTok videos. One such tool is the TikTok video downloader by TTDownloader.com.
The process of downloading videos using TTDownloader is a bit more complicated than the built-in downloader, but we will walk you through the steps one by one.
Step 1: Copy the video link
The very first thing you’re going to need to do is to find the TikTok video that you want to download by either browsing the web interface or by accessing the mobile app. Once you’ve found the video, you need to copy the video link to your clipboard. On the mobile app, just hit the share icon, then the copy link button. In the browser, you can copy the link from the browser’s address bar.
Step 2: Paste the link in TTDownloader
Open up Safari, Firefox, or Chrome on either your smartphone or PC and go to TTDownloader.com. Once you’re on the homepage, tap or click on the URL field and paste the video link, and hit the “Get Video” button.
Step 3: Download
The download results for the video should appear after a few moments with three options. You’ll be able to download the original TikTok video, the TikTok video without a watermark, as well as an audio-only MP3 file. You can click the buttons corresponding to the file that you want to download to save the file to your device.
While using the web options does take one extra step, the process is still quite straightforward. For me, the thing that I like most about the web interface is that it’s really easy to use and doesn’t require any third-party software installation. You just plugin the video URL, and TTDownloader spits out the download links. It’s that easy!
When downloading TikTok videos, one thing you should be mindful of is copyright. The TikTok terms of service state that no video should be downloaded, copied or reproduced. You can download videos for personal use, but if you intend to repost them on other social networking sites, it’s recommended that you contact the video creator to get permission.
Final Thoughts
TikTok is a wonderful platform full of entertaining and informative videos. You can spend countless hours watching videos as TikTok takes you down the rabbit hole. If you come across a video, you want to download. You now know how to do it. I hope that this TikTok video downloader tutorial helps next time you want to save your favorite TikTok content to your device.
