{"id":68878,"date":"2022-04-22T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=68878"},"modified":"2023-06-20T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:53:49","slug":"how-to-delete-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete your TikTok account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What happens when you delete Facebook or TikTok?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MG2-t8SST6M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TikTok has exploded in popularity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/tiktoks-ad-revenue-surpass-twitter-snapchat-combined-2022-report-2022-04-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surpassing Twitter and Snapchat\u2019s combined ad revenue<\/a> in February. If you\u2019ve tried the app and decided it\u2019s not for you, here\u2019s how to delete your TikTok account: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>In the app, click the <strong>profile icon<\/strong> on the bottom right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>three-line icon<\/strong> on the top right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>settings and privacy<\/strong> &gt; <strong>manage account<\/strong> &gt; <strong>delete account<\/strong>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the prompts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.tiktok.com\/en\/account-and-privacy\/deleting-an-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>More information from TikTok<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our lives so online, our digital space can get messy with inactive and unnecessary accounts \u2014 and forgetting about them can pose a security risk. You\u2019ll be off to a good start with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-instagram-facebook-online-accounts\/\">our one-stop shop for deleting online accounts<\/a>, but it\u2019s far from exhaustive. So here\u2019s a bonus tip: <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.firefox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for Firefox Monitor.<\/a> It alerts you when your data shows up in any breaches, including on websites that you\u2019ve forgotten giving your information to. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok has exploded in popularity, surpassing Twitter and Snapchat\u2019s combined ad revenue in February. If you\u2019ve tried the app and decided it\u2019s not for you, here\u2019s how to delete your TikTok account: More information from TikTok With our lives so online, our digital space can get messy with inactive and unnecessary accounts \u2014 and forgetting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1889,"featured_media":68862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461998],"tags":[],"coauthors":[464117],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to delete your TikTok account<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TikTok has exploded in popularity. 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