Manual method
- In TikTok, open Profile, the menu, Settings and privacy, then Account.
- Choose Download your data; select categories and a file format.
- Request the data and return to the download tab when notified.
- Download within the displayed window. Separately save the original videos you own when available; a history URL is not a saved video.
What you get: TikTok says some categories may omit the latest 24–48 hours and information affecting others’ privacy. The report may contain profile, activity and comment history. Do not assume it contains every original uploaded video or local draft. Provider instructions.
Size and waiting time
Planning example: 0.2 GB; light/heavy scenarios: 0.01–2 GB. These are estimates, not a measured population average or fixed limits. The account/activity report is mainly text. This 0.2 GB example excludes original video files; budget perhaps 5–100+ GB separately for a creator’s videos.
Preparation: TikTok says preparation may take a few days and the ready file is available for up to four days.
Network transfer of 0.2 GB: about 4 min at 10 Mbps, 46 sec at 50 Mbps, or 23 sec at 100 Mbps. This assumes 70% sustained throughput and excludes preparation, manual work and extraction. These are download estimates; online backup takes additional time at your upload speed. Transfer calculations and large-file examples.
Store and check your archive
An encrypted folder on your computer is suitable for this small report; keep a second copy on an external drive. Allow roughly 0.6 GB of working space for the example, including an original, an extracted working copy and room to check it. Very compressed packages can need more. A USB key is useful for a spare copy, but should not be the only one. An encrypted online copy protects against losing the local devices.
Keep the original in tiktok/YYYY-MM-DD/original/. Record the account alias, selected scope, date range and missing items. Open old and recent records and sample attachments offline, then compare file sizes or checksums after copying. Keep the source account until you have checked the result. Storage and recovery instructions.
Sources and review
Official-source information was reviewed through search-index evidence on 27 October 2026. The full current provider page could not be independently checked. No signed-in export or restore was performed; verify the displayed provider instructions before proceeding.