TikTok has become an extremely popular video-making app. Its main advantage is that you can convey enough information in a short video to make it interesting to the person watching your video. The app has a built-in video editor that makes it easier and faster to edit your creative video.
If you watch TickTock regularly, you’ve probably found some interesting video and wanted to save it or like it. In general, you’d like to make it memorable in your viewing history. But what do you do if you accidentally refresh your feed or swipe and lose that video? So, here is how to see your watch history in TikTok.
How to check your TikTok watch history
Unfortunately, TikTok does not have a “Watch History” button. However, there is a way to access your history. You can request a data file from TikTok. This file contains information related to your TikTok account, such as your bio, comment history, list of followers, login history, likes list, settings, etc. It also contains a list of the videos you’ve watched and the “Video Browsing History” list.
If you want to check your TikTok watch history on your smartphone, you have to follow these steps:
- First of all, open the TikTok app on your smartphone.
- Sign in to your account and navigate to your profile.
- Then, tap on the “three lines” icon at the upper right corner of the screen.
- After that, select “Privacy” and tap “Personalization and data”.
- Select “Download your data” and tap “Request data”.
Once you have completed these steps, you will receive confirmation that the file has been requested, and you will go to the “Download data” tab. Here you can see the status of your request. At the moment it says “Pending”, which means that TikTok is processing your request. You will need to wait approximately 24 hours before approval.
Finally, when the file will be ready, the status of your request will be changed on “Download” instead of “Pending”.
How to download the file with watch history from TikTok
Follow these steps to download the file with watch history from TikTok:
- Tap on the “Download” button.
- You will be redirected to your browser. Sign in to TikTok to verify your account.
- You will see a pop-up message after TikTok confirms your account, asking if you want to download the file. Just tap “Download”.
- The file appears in the “Files” app as a zip file. If you can’t open it on your smartphone, you can try to transfer it to your computer.
- When you open the zip file, you will see a number of .txt files. Find the one called “Video Browsing History”. When you open this file, you will see all the videos you have watched on your profile. The list includes the date, time, and a link to the video.
You have also to be aware that the file will be available to download for up to 4 days.
How to see TikTok watch history on PC
If you want to see your TikTok watch history on PC, you have to follow these steps:
- At first, open the browser on your PC and navigate to the TikTok official website.
- Sign in to your account and click on your profile picture.
- After that, click “View profile”.
- Then, click “Liked”.
Once you have completed these steps, you will be able to see your TikTok watch history and liked videos on your PC.
