How do I recover my deleted TikTok account?

How can I get my TikTok back when it’s literally deleted everything

how can I get my TikTok back when it’s literally deleted everything



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iPhone 11, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 20, 2025 8:10 PM

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Jan 22, 2025 5:09 PM in response to SelinaAbdrabbou

SelinaAbdrabbou wrote:

How to get tik tok back


If you live in the U.S., you don't get the TikTok app back right now. It is illegal for anyone to distribute the TikTok app – whether for iPhones, Android phones, or any other platform – in the U.S.


Unless TikTok and ByteDance divest TikTok from the Chinese government, or the U.S. Congress changes the law, TikTok will remain banned in the U.S. The law's definition of a "foreign adversary controlled application" is broad enough that it includes mobile apps, desktop applications, and Web sites, and a company who violates this law is subject to enormous fines that have been described as "bankruptcy-level" and "ruinous."


This is why you will no longer find the TikTok app (or various other ByteDance Ltd apps) in Apple's U.S. App Store or Google's U.S. Play Store.


Apple and Google didn't make the decision to ban TikTok. The U.S. Government and ByteDance/TikTok did – the U.S. Government by passing the law, and ByteDance/TikTok by refusing to disentangle themselves from Chinese Government control.


See also the Support article to which Zachyy linked earlier:

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

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