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Want to Protect Your Account? Tiktok Privacy Tips

January 21, 2020 By Syeda Samia Leave a Comment

Tiktok Privacy Tips: Nowadays Tiktok is unquestionably one of the most popular apps in the world. Also, Billions of adults, men, and women are creating short, catchy clips to show their talents, gathering likes and views to give their self-worth a helping hand.

The app has single-handedly polarised the cybernaut, depressing users who love the “art of TikTok” against those who mock it. However, TikTok, aren’t just about the entertaining it’s much more than that.

With our proper attention, we often overlook the importance of privacy. TikTok, now become an important part of the social networking family, and it also exposes a user’s profile to the world.

If your child, younger sibling, or someone you care about is a keen TikTok user, there are some precautionary measures you could take to guarantee their online safety. In our guide, we’ll take you through those steps to your safety. But follow these steps carefully!

TikTok Privacy Tips:

Change Account Privacy

Changing account privacy is the first step. By default, TikTok also sets every profile to the Public for maximum submission. But there is a quick toggle to change it to private.

Step 1:

Click on Me — your profile tab at the bottom-right corner.

Step 2:

Also, click on the three-dot menu button.

Step 3:

Now go to Privacy and Safety.

Step 4:

Toggle on Private Account.

Filter Comments

You can also toggle on comment filtering to remove spam comments. Additionally, there’s also the choice to filter out custom words or phrases.

Step 1:

Click on Me — your profile tab at the bottom-right corner.

Step 2:

Click on the three-dot menu button.

Step 3:

Now go to Privacy and Safety.

Step 4:

Then open Comment filters.

Step 5:

Toggle on Filter Spam and offensive comments.

Set Messages to Friends only

If your sporting a completely public profile, any TikTok user in the world can send you a direct message. Follow these steps below to receive messages only from the people you know.

Step 1:

Click on Me (same as above).

Step 2:

Also, click on the three-dot menu button.

Step 3:

Now go to Privacy and Safety.

Step 4:

Click on Who can send you messages.

Step 5:

Once click turn to Off or Friends Only.

Stop others from finding you

If you want complete anonymity for your close one then Turn off account discovery altogether. Here’s how to?

Also, follow the steps carefully!

Step 1:

Click on Me.

Step 2:

Click on the menu button at the top right corner.

Step 3:

Then go to Privacy and Safety.

Step 4:

Here you toggle off Allow others to find me.

Use TikTok’s maturity filter

TikTok developers don’t know the sensitivity of some of the videos that are uploaded to their apps. Also, make sure that TikTok filters inappropriate content by itself, so you have no say over the type of content that is being enabled or blocked.

Step 1:

Click on Me your profile tab at the bottom-right corner.

Step 2:

You may also click on the three-dot menu button at the top right corner.

Step 3:

Then go to Digital Wellbeing.

Step 4:

Here you turn on the Restricted mode.

Set a timer

If you think your child is spending too much time on TikTok then use the app’s built-in Digital Wellbeing to restrict the time they spend on the app.

Step 1:

Click on Me — your profile tab at the bottom-right corner.

Step 2:

Then click on the three-dot menu.

Step 3:

Move to Digital Wellbeing.

Step 4:

Then open Screen Time Management and set the time limit up to 120 mins.

Use Focus Mode

Also, Android 10 users can use Focus mode to stop all incoming notifications for a particular amount of time. But if you are a Samsung smartphone user, you’ll find Focus Mode on the second quick toggle screen.

Conclusion:

Here is all about TikTok privacy tips that make you feel secure and comfortable. Now you can use TikTok freely. But if you still have any queries and questions regarding this article then let us know in the comment section below!

Also, drop a comment if you want to share anything else.

Till then! Keep Smiling 🙂

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