Downloading and sharing TikTok videos with others directly or via other social media platforms is on the increase recently. Which is not surprising considering TikTok’s tendency to connect people through relatable content and challenges. What’s more, the actual process of download a TikTok video is quite simple, and there are multiple ways to do it.
TikTok has continued to grow in popularity as time has progressed. With a growing user base and a near-limitless number of uses, it is an app that has only continued to gain users throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown orders that followed. The app is known mainly for its dance challenges and the ability to collaborate with others through the use of duets. However, more recently, the app has also become a good way to spread a message related to world and topical events. For example, the past few months have seen multiple challenges emerge that highlight current events, with the wash your hands and check your privilege challenges both prime examples.
With the collaborative nature of the app in mind, sharing content is an important part of the TikTok experience. Whether users want to save the video so they can think up a duet later, or send it to a family member or friend who may not have the app, knowing how to save videos can have a big impact on the way the app is used. Luckily, TikTok is very versatile in this respect and there are a few ways for users to share content with each other, both inside the app and outside.
How To Share & Save TikToks
Internally for TikTok users, there are many ways to share videos with their friends. By clicking the share icon on the bottom right of the screen, a menu will pop up. This menu allows users to share the video they are currently watching via a direct message to people who follow them or to those they follow. Under this, the link of the video can also be copied and sent to friends or family as a URL. Though this only creates a link that directs whoever clicks it to the TikTok, it is one way the app has integrated sharing into the core experience.
For those who want an actual copy of the video to send, share, or keep for themselves, the process is also fairly simple, assuming the video’s creator has enabled saving in the first place. To save a video, simply tap and hold the screen and a pop-up with options will appear. One of these options will be save video. Tap that option and the video will download to your device’s storage. Alternatively, in the share menu where the URL can be copied, on the bottom row, there is also an option to save the video. If the creator has not enabled video-saving, a third-party app can be used to save the video. For Android users, Video Downloader for Social Media – No Watermark by Avalon Inc is available to download through the Google Play Store, while iPhone users might want to consider something like the Shortcuts app, available through the App Store. In fact, this one also has a TikTok downloader plugin available to make the process even easier.
Though there are external options available, if a creator has turned off saving for their videos, then that’s something that other users might want to consider respecting. Often, if you tap on the sound being used, other TikTok content creators will have likely made similar videos which hopefully can be downloaded and saved, when the original can’t.
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