Unlike other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, TikTok allows you to download videos directly to your device. However, a condition is attached to it. You can only download videos if the user has activated this option. Under Privacy settings, there is a Allow downloads toggle. Disabling it will remove the option to download downloaded videos. However, there is still a method by which you can save these blocked TikTok videos for download. Let’s see how it could be done. On this note, also consult our guide convert TikTok videos to live wallpapers.
Save TikTok videos with blocked downloads
If a user has disabled the Downloads option, you can only save these videos in GIF format. However, recording in GIF not only drastically reduces video quality, it would also be without sound (as is the case with all GIF files). Thus, downloading a video from a lip sync application without any sound would be of no use.
Therefore, in this guide, we will show you how to download blocked TikTok videos directly to your device. In addition, the recorded video would not have the TikTok watermark (and user name). Isn’t it great? That said, here are the instructions required. Also see our guide to enable parental controls on the TikTok app.
Steps to follow
- Go to Play Store and download the TikTok Video Downloader app.
- Then open the TIC Tac app. As soon as you come across a TikTok video that you want to save but its download option is disabled, tap the Share icon> Copy the link.
- Now open the TikTok Video Downloader app. The application will automatically read the URL of the copied video and a The video is found a popup window will appear. if the pop-up window does not appear, you can also manually paste the URL into the space provided.
- Press on No watermark and the video will be saved in the TiktokDownloader folder.
So these are the steps to save any blocked TikTok video for download. Let us know in the comments section, what do you think of this useful tip.
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