How to Recover Your Forgotten TikTok Password
Or, you could just leave for good
Forgot your TikTok password? Don’t worry — it happens to all of us. There are several steps you can take to recover your forgotten password. If you still have the phone number or email address that you provided with your account, you can easily reset the TikTok password using those details.
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However, it may be that you can’t access your email, or maybe you changed your phone number, especially if it’s an old TikTok account that you’re trying to log into. In that case, you also have some options to take your TikTok account back. Find out what you can do to recover your forgotten TikTok password in this article.
How to Recover Your Forgotten TikTok Password
If you still have access to both your phone number and email address you used to sign up for TikTok, recovering your password shouldn’t be a problem. To reset your password and log into your TikTok, use the following steps below. The instructions are the same for iOS, Android, and desktop users.
If your TikTok account is linked to other social media accounts on Facebook or Twitter, you can use those to log into your account as well. You can also use Gmail to get help signing in if you’ve previously linked your TikTok account to your Google account.
How to Reset Your TikTok Password
If you forgot your TikTok password and can’t log back into your account, check if you’re logged in on any other devices. If you find that you have an active session on your iPhone or Android smartphone, you can use it to reset your TikTok password and use the new password to log into your account. Unfortunately, this method isn’t available for PC TikTok users. You can only reset your password in the mobile TikTok app.
To reset your TikTok password when you’re already logged in, follow our step-by-step tutorial below.
You’ll see a message displayed confirming the password change. You can now use the new password to log in to your TikTok account.
How to Recover TikTok Account Without Email or Phone Number
Trying to recover your TikTok account password only to find out that you don’t have access to your email address or phone number? Before panicking anddeleting your TikTok account, try one more method. Contact TikTok through their feedback form and report your problem. Then wait for three to five business days for a response and see if they can help you get back into your TikTok account.
You can contact your favorite video-sharing social media platform using your smartphone or the PC app. The instructions are the same for all platforms.
To recover your forgotten TikTok password using the TikTok feedback form, follow the steps below.
Wait for three to five business days to hear back from TikTok about how to recover your TikTok account. They’ll contact you by email that you provided in the form.
What to Do if All Else Fails
If you failed to reactivate your TikTok account even after you submitted the feedback form, you could start fresh by creating a new TikTok account to post videos on the platform. Alternatively, you can turn to a different site for making short videos, leave TikTok for good, and switch to Snapchat.
Anya is a freelance technology writer. Originally from Russia, she is currently a full-time Remote Worker and Digital Nomad. With a background in Journalism, Language Studies, and Technical Translation, Anya couldn’t imagine her life and work without using modern technology on a daily basis. Always looking out for new ways to make her life and location-independent lifestyle easier, she hopes to share her experiences as a tech- and internet-addict through her writing.Read Anya’s Full Bio
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