To change language preferences: 

TikTok uses your device’s location information to recommend content and popular ads in your area. TikTok also suggests your account to other users based on your region. If you want more English views on your videos, you can tag an English-speaking location in your video. Make sure your video’s language and description are also in English. 

Deactivating your TikTok account allows you to put it on a temporary hold. When you're ready to get back on TikTok, you can reactivate it anytime. You can temporarily disable your TikTok account for 30 days from the Settings and privacy section of the app. 

To deactivate your TikTok account: 

If you deactivate your TikTok account: 

Business Accounts are public profiles that allow brands and businesses to use TikTok marketing tools to build a cohesive marketing strategy on TikTok. They're a good choice for: 

Anyone whose primary goal on TikTok is to promote their business (either a product or service) should use a Business Account. 

To switch your account type: 

Link TikTok to Instagram: 

To turn on 2-step verification: 

1. Check that you have the latest version of TikTok downloaded on your device. 

2. Tap Profile at the bottom of the screen. 

3. Tap the Menu button at the top. 

4. Tap Settings and privacy. 

5. Tap Security. 

6. Tap 2-step verification and choose at least two verification methods: 

7. Tap Turn on to confirm. 

8. If you choose SMS or Email: 

Daily screen time is a screen time management setting that allows you to manage your usage on TikTok. It lets you set a daily screen time limit so that you get notified when you reach that time on TikTok. You can turn this setting on and off at any time. If you're between the ages of 13 and 17, the setting is turned on by default to 1 hour. 

To add a daily screen time: 

To turn daily screen time off, follow the steps above, then switch the time limit off.You can schedule screen time breaks to be reminded to take a break from using TikTok after a period of uninterrupted screen time. You can turn break reminders on and off at any time. 

If you reach your limit, you'll be notified in the app to consider taking a break. 

You should download any video you have published to the platform. You can also download other creators’ videos, assuming they have made the video public and enabled the app's privacy setting that lets other users download their clips. If you go through the steps to download a video and you don’t see the option to save it locally, it’s most likely the creator has restricted the sharing permissions on that video so that no one else can download it. 

•  Once you turn the video downloads setting off, people can't download videos that you already posted and your future videos. 

•  If the video downloads setting was on and you turned it off, any of your videos that were downloaded when the setting was on won't be impacted. This means that any downloaded videos will stay on another person's device. 

•  If your account is private or if you're under the age of 16, your video downloads setting is turned off by default and you can't turn it on. If you change your account to public, you may choose to turn this setting on or off. 

To turn your video downloads on or off: 

1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom. 

2. Tap the Menu button at the top. 

3. Tap Settings and privacy. 

4. Tap Privacy, then tap Downloads. 

5. Turn the Video downloads setting on or off.