Unable to reinstall TikTok app after deletion

Just because the app isn't banned doesn’t mean it’s available. If you follow the news and read how the ban applies to app stores, particularly Apple’s response, you’d know that it’s far more complex than a knee-jerk reaction of running to the App Store.

Be patient. Apple didn’t become the most vigilant proponent and leader of security by making irrational decisions at the cost of its consumers. Their being proactive and treading carefully through these murky political waters speaks volumes to their priorities, not just to the company, but also to us.

Lola1970_ wrote:

Apple needs to put TikTok back in the App Store because it is not banned in the USA!!!

You obviously have not read any of the information provided, which would explain how you came to the conclusion that it is not banned. You are free to use the web version for now, although the days for that have been numbered unless China decides to divest TikTok to a US company. The law that put fines on both Google and Apple for allowing it in the App Store has NOT been repealed. In addition, the Supreme Court has NOT even ruled whether the fines imposed by the law could be removed.

With that you are left with the web version, so if you want to call that unbanned, then that is fine, but that is the only way you will be able to access it and you can use Safari to do that.

GordotheSailorSun07 wrote:

I’m dealing with the same thing. It sucks!

You will be fine. Apple did not remove it from your phone and you have managed without the app for at least a week. Feel free to access it on the web with Safari if you wish.

Millah258 wrote:

I never deleted my TikTok and was on it early today but for some reason it suddenly offloaded. Now I can’t redownload it. I’m so annoyed. If it’s not banned at the moment, we should be able to download it.

You would be wrong. Congress has not eliminated the fines placed on both Google and Apple for allowing anyone to download TikTok. The only thing left for you to do is access it on the web using Safari.

It also sounds like you have Optimized Storage turned on. This is a feature that is turned off by default, so you must have turned it on yourself. This will offload apps when your storage space becomes constrained. Your phone is doing exactly what you told it to do.

If you have Optimized Storage turned on, it is supposed to delete apps when storage space becomes constrained. It is not turned on by default, so that is something you would have had to do yourself. If you don't want that to happen, you should shut it back off.

As you were able to view an existing reply, and merely copy/paste it, it would seem you are able to view other responses. This would be an appropriate time to review some of the responses in this very thread.

HarmonyFord wrote:

The next day I woke up and everybody had said TikTok is back on the phone and I said oh my God I have deleted TikTok. I want TikTok back on my phone because it’s so hard to download it and I don’t even know my password no more to change my country so what do I need to do?

In the meantime, what you can do is read my User Tip which fully explains the TikTok ban situation to familiarize yourself with it: Understanding the TikTok Ban and Why You Cannot Download It

My phone stopped working it turned black so I had to go to T-Mobile Best Buy and then Apple T-Mobile and best buy basically said we’re screwed so I drove to apple to get a loaner phone and I was downloading and undownloading apps and then I searched TikTok and CapCut and it says that it’s not available in my state so yea I need something to change I had lots of videos and followers now all of it is gone.

looooooooooooooo wrote:

it won’t let me get back on the Apple store with TikTok

No, it will not let you get it back. If you have not heard, Congress passed a law that placed fines on both Google and Apple for allowing anyone to download or redownload the app in their App Stores. The Supreme Court upheld the law. All you can do is access TikTok on the web using Safari, at least for now. If you have anymore questions about the law, contact your Congressional Representatives who voted to pass the law.

Lexi1123 wrote:

Can I get TikTok back

Apple will not bring it back until the law that banned it is actually repealed. Otherwise they could see fines of billions of dollars for doing so. Are you prepared to pay $5000USD yourself to have Apple make it available on the App Store?

Garza80 wrote:

How can I download TikTok, I had it before, but I deleted it

Do you live in the U.S.? If so, you can't download it.

About availability of TikTok and ByteDance Ltd. apps in the United States - Apple Support

Reading just one of the other 62 pages in this thread would have given you that information at least twice.

Hello~ How do you do what? Download TikTok? You can’t right now. Please read the reasons why that have been posted many times in this thread…

~Katana-San~

While you await for the laws to be changed, please read through the 18 pages of this thread.

Candy_commando wrote:

How long approximately till it gets unbanned on the store for the people who deleted it

Contact your government officials to determine when they will make changes to the law.

Jesuslovesderekduh wrote:

Please give us back TikTok i just want TikTok back in the App Store

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