How to download and save your TikTok videos in bulk

There's a general sense of gloom on TikTok feeds these days, and no wonder: It looks like the video service may be Banned in America till January 19TikTok creators are offering A sarcastic farewell to their Chinese spies And wondering how quickly they can download the several hundred or thousand videos that are on the service.

Apparently TikTok doesn't like the idea of ​​allowing its creators to download their videos in large quantities. You can do Downloads – in TXT or JSON format – a certain amount of your data, which, according to the support page, “may include but is not limited to your username, video viewing history, comment history, and privacy settings.” When I tried it it didn't include my videos.

You can also share individual videos – the same way you can share a file – but if you have a library of a few hundred or more TikTok videos, that'll be quite a bit of work. In that case, it is much better to adopt a bulk download strategy.

To find out how to do this, I went to TikTok and watched a bunch of videos offering different methods for downloading your content. I tried several methods and found three that worked relatively painlessly. (Incidentally, everything must be done on a computer rather than a phone.)

A caveat before we begin: Not being an actual TikTok creator, I only had two published TikTok videos on my account, which I made a while ago as an experiment. As a result, it didn't take me long to download them using any method. If you are a true TikTok creator, expect the download and conversion to take some time.

Many people recommended an app called repurpose.ioThis is not a free app – it costs $35 per month or $349 per year. For a short time, Reposition.io was offering free downloads from TikTok to Google Drive and Dropbox, but had to withdraw the offer.due to high demandHowever, you still get to download 10 videos for free in 14 days, so you may want to try it out first.

Repurpose.io lets you distribute your content across different platforms: you simply tell it where to upload the video (in addition to TikTok, it'll pull data from Instagram, YouTube, Zoom, and many other services) and you Where you want to send them (in addition to Instagram and other services, you can save them to Dropbox, SoundCloud, Google Drive, and other apps). You can schedule regular transfers, reuse only future content or all existing content, and even create clips (for example, if you're sending a YouTube video to TikTok ).

When I tried it, Repurpose.io easily picked up two of my TikTok videos and transferred them to my Google Drive in a matter of minutes. while it should be taken Very If you have, say, several hundred videos, the interface keeps you updated on which videos have been transferred and how many are left.

The paid app allows you to transfer an unlimited number of published videos to up to five different accounts. This could make a lot of sense if you're a dedicated TikTok video creator and are thinking about taking your videos to another service.

,update: As of January 18, DownloadTok appears to be unavailable with a 503 error. another site, snaptikmay be available.)

If you don't mind playing with the code a bit, there's also a free way to do so. Published by consultant Joan Moxam An easy step-by-step YouTube video How to use Chrome's browser console to save all your links at once, move the data into a spreadsheet, and then use an online tool to bulk download your videos.

Below, I've summarized the steps suggested by Moxam (which I tried successfully). She strongly recommends that you do this using the Chrome browser.

• go to your profile page (by clicking on your personal icon in the upper-right corner).
• Bring up the browser console press F12 key(If you're on a Mac, you may need to use Fn-F12.) You'll see a window filled with code open on the right; If you're not used to it, don't let it put you off – you won't have to struggle with it too much. Just make sure the menu at the top (which will say Elements/Console/Sources) is present to console underlined.
• At the bottom of the console, where there is a single > , paste the following:

Let goToBottom = setInterval(() => window.scrollBy(0, 400), 1000);

According to Moxum, this scrolls all your videos to the bottom, making them part of a single window so they can be selected.

Note: You may see a warning in the console not to paste code you don't understand; You will be asked to type and hit “Allow Paste” enter First. go ahead; I used both of these codes without any problems.

• Now enter the second code, which will automatically select and download to your computer a CSV file of links to all the videos in your profile. This is a bit long: Here is a link to Moxam's code,
• The resulting file will be called my_data.csv.
• Import the CSV file into a spreadsheet.

Now you can use the link to download your videos in bulk. recommends a free online service called Moxum TOKDownloadWhich I used.

• Copy the links from the spreadsheet and paste them into the specified fields. (Note: Since I was only downloading a few videos, I didn't have any problems; as Moxam suggests, if you're dealing with larger numbers, you can go for 50 or so as not to overwhelm the app.) You may want to download in batches of more.)
• Click download button.

• The app will download and process the link as both video and cover. This may take some time.
• Once this is complete, you will get the buttons download all videos And download all coversClick on the former, and you will get a zip file containing the MP4 files of your video.

If you're still unsure about yourself, you can watch Moxam's video – she's slow and careful in her instructions. And please check also its associated webpage For any update.

There are also many browser extensions that can help you download your content. This particular method is courtesy of TikToker bari.cait — This involves using a free Chrome app in a somewhat circuitous but effective way. You can find directions In bari.cait's TikTok videoI tried it and it worked well on two of my posts.

• First of all, if you plan on downloading your own videos, you'll need a “burner” TikTok account — in other words, an account that isn't your original. Why? Because the app you'll be using only lets you download your favorite videos or videos of people you follow (and you can't actually follow yourself). If you're having trouble creating another account, maybe see if you can borrow one from a friend – or ask a friend to download your videos for you.
• Open your new TikTok account on the web and follow your regular account (the one with all your videos).
• download chrome app myfaveTT from the Chrome Web Store and install it. You have to give it access to your files.
• Go back to your TikTok page and click on the myfaveTT icon, which should now be in your extensions list. If you don't see it, click the extensions icon in the upper right of your Chrome browser—it looks like a file folder—which provides a drop-down list of your extensions. Make sure myfaveTT is active.
• Reload your TikTok page. You should now have the myfaveTT sidebar on the left side of your window.

• The app gives you the option to download all your likes, your favorites, or the people you follow. Select last. You'll get a list of all the people your new account is following; Make sure only yours is selected.
• You will then be asked to choose a folder to save the video (if you are using the app for the first time, it will ask you to create a new empty folder). then go ahead and hit next,
• The app will download the videos associated with that account. How long this takes will depend on how many videos there are to download. When it's complete, the app will let you know. The MP4 videos will be in your new folder data>following> [number] > video,

There are actually several browsers and mobile apps available that will let you download and save your TikTok videos. If you don't have access to a computer and have to use your phone, you may find mobile apps useful, but I tried a few and found them awkward to use, usually limited to one video at a time. It is, and (unless you were willing to pay) ad-heavy.

However you do it – and however it should be some kind of relief at the last moment For TikTok – Backing up your online videos is always a good idea, especially if they are either important to you personally or represent creative work that you'll want to keep and look back on in years to come.

Updated, January 18, 2025: This article was originally published on January 15 and has been updated to add the method using myfaveTT and note that DownloadTok appears to be unavailable.