Can You See Who Saved Your TikTok Videos?‍

We land on many interesting TikTok videos as we scroll through the app's homepage. Sometimes, they are so good we want to revisit them later.

Luckily, TikTok lets you save or download videos. You can create a collection of favorited videos on the platform. What if you are a creator and want to see who favorited your videos and prevent people from doing so?

We discuss this and more. Read on to discover who can download or favorite your TikTok videos and whether you can see them.

TLDR

You can't see who downloaded your TikTok video.

Can You See Who Saved or Favorited Your TikTok Videos?

As a creator, you can't see who saved your TikTok videos or marked them as favorites. But you can prevent other TikTok users from downloading or viewing your content entirely.

How to Prevent People from Downloading Your TikTok Videos

Here's how TikTok creators can stop users from saving their content:

1. Open the TikTok app

2. Tap the profile icon in the lower-right corner

   
   
   

3. Select the hamburger icon (depicted by three horizontal lines).

   
   
   

4. Select settings and privacy

   
   
   

5. Select Privacy

   
   
   

6. Under interactions, click downloads

   
   
   

7. Toggle off "video downloads."

   
   
   

This prevents others from downloading your TikTok video and sharing it on other social media platforms.

However, users can still share your video URL.

How to Make Your TikTok Account Private

This option prevents any TikTok user from saving or favoriting your TikTok video. Here's how to make your account private:

1. Navigate to settings and privacy

   
   
   

2. Select Privacy

   
   
   

3. Toggle on "private account."

   
   
   

Furthermore, users who are 16 years or below can't have the "save video" button on their TikTok videos.

How to Download TikTok Videos

Do you want to download or save videos you found on your TikTok feed? First, you can only download other people's videos when they enable the "video download" option.

With that, here's how to download a TikTok video:

1. Find a video on your homepage under "for you" or "following."

2. Click the share icon on the right

   
   
   

3. Select "save video" in the bottom list

   
   
   

Furthermore, you can use third-party apps like TTDownloader to save TikTok videos. Here's how to use the app:

1. Visit the TTDownloader website

2. Enter a link to the TikTok video you want to save in the box on the homepage

   
   
   

3. Click Get Video

   
   
   

4. Pick a download option, including no watermark, watermark, and audio only. A new tab opens in your browser, playing the TikTok video.

   
   
   

5. Click the three-dot icon at the bottom right. Select download to save the video to your device

   
   
   

How to See the Number of Users that Bookmarked or Favorited a TikTok Video?

You can see the number of TikTokers who bookmarked or favorited your videos in these steps:

1. Find a video on the app

2. Check the number below the bookmark or favorite icon

There's a second method for checking the number of users that bookmarked your video. This is available via TikTokanalytics feature.

Here's how to use it:

1. Click the profile icon at the bottom right

2. Select the hamburger icon at the top right

3. Click creator tools

4. Select Analytics

5. Select the content tab

6. Choose a video

7. Check the number under the bookmark icon

Note: The above steps work only for your TikTok videos. Also, you can use it to review other metrics, including the number of likes, comments, shares, traffic sources, and retention rate.

If you want to block someone's profile and not allow them to save your video, check out this guide on blocking someone on Discord.

How to Create and Share Your TikTok Video Collections

You can favorite and create a collection of TikTok videos if you don't want to download them. For instance, if you enjoy pet videos, you can bookmark all your favorite pet videos in one place.

Here's how to do it:

1. Click the bookmark icon

2. Tap manage in the popup tab

3. Select Create New collection

4. Name your collection

5. Toggle on the "make public" button (optional)

6. Click save

You can share your collections with other users. To do this:

1. Click the profile icon in the lower right

2. Select the "favorite" icon

3. Choose a collection

4. Select the share arrow in the top right

5. Choose an account you want to share your collection with.

Mobile Screen Recording: An Alternative Way to Save TikTok Videos

Although a video creator can disable the "save video" button, TikTok users can use screen recording to save their content.

Here's how to screen-record a TikTok video on Android:

1. Find a video you want to download but doesn't have the save video option

2. Swipe down from the top of your screen

3. Select screen record. If unavailable, you can swipe left or right to find it

How to Manage Content on Your TikTok Feed

Are you seeing a lot of inappropriate or sensitive content on your TikTok feed? You can manage it from the app settings.

Here's how to do it:

1. Open the TikTok app

2. Click the profile icon in the bottom right

3. Select the hamburger icon in the top right

4. Choose settings and privacy

5. Click content preference under content & display

6. Use the filter video keywords to block videos with specific keywords from appearing on your feed. For instance, you can add the keyword "fight" to block any video containing fighting or violent scenes.

7. Use the restricted mode to block any inappropriate video from appearing on your feed.

FAQ

Here are some frequently asked questions about saving TikTok videos:

Will TikTok notify me when someone saves my video?

No. TikTok doesn't notify you when other users save your videos.

Who can use the "save TikTok videos" function?

The save video function is accessible to anyone and becomes available when a TikTok creator publicizes his/her video and account.

Can TikTok see who saved your video?

Yes. The TikTok app tracks users' activity, like video downloads and watch history. Although, the app doesn't release this information to other users.

What's the difference between saving and favoriting a TikTok video?

Saving a TikTok video downloads it on your device, while favoriting it adds the video to the "favorite" tab on your profile.