If you’ve shared a video recently, this icon may be different. For example, if you shared a TikTok on an Instagram Story, you might see the Instagram logo here. Tapping it will still open the Sharing menu on your phone or tablet.
If you don’t see this option or it’s grayed out, the user has either disabled downloads and sharing, is under 16, or their account is private. [1] X Research source Try a TikTok video downloader instead. If you want to use the video as your iPhone’s wallpaper, you can tap Live photo to save it as a live photo instead.
You will need to use Safari instead of an alternative browser like Chrome to download videos this way. If the TikToker’s account is private, you won’t be able to download the video. You can still download the video if the user’s account is public but they’ve disabled sharing and downloading.
If you’ve shared a video recently, this icon may be different. For example, if you shared a TikTok on an Instagram Story, you might see the Instagram logo here. Tapping it will still open the Sharing menu.
The download option will look different depending on your downloader. In TikMate, you can tap the Download button on the available download server. On TikDown, you can tap MP4 (Video) to get the video, or choose MP3 to download just the audio.
At this point, the video is saved to your iPhone’s Downloads folder. If you want it in your camera roll/Photos gallery, you will need to complete a few more steps.
