Published: August 8, 2022 | Last Updated: July 1, 2024
There are two ways to save your TikTok video without posting it first:
- As a draft.
- As a private video.
Here’s how you do both:
How to save a TikTok video as a draft and download it to your phone
- When done, tap ‘Next’ to go to the Post page
- Open TikTok and create a new video.
- Tap ‘Drafts’ in the bottom left corner
- Open the draft and tap save the video.
You can now view your downloaded videos in your camera roll. This is the most direct way to save a video without posting it.
You can also watch all your drafts from your profile page under your posted videos. They are in a folder called Drafts; you can see the number of drafts you are working on.
Tip: You can also make already created TikTok videos longer.
How to create and save a private TikTok video to your phone
- Launch the TikTok app and record a new video.
- When done, click ‘Next’ to get to the Post page.
- Under ‘Who can watch this video,’ select ‘Only Me’ (see photo 1 below).
- Now go to your profile and click the lock icon to view your private videos.
- Click the video you’ve just posted privately.
- Hit the three-dot menu button
- Click ‘save video’ (see Photo 2 below.)
If, for some reason, TikTok won’t let you save your video, check out this troubleshooting guide.
(Image credit: TikTok)
(Image credit: TikTok)
This is helpful if you want to edit your video on another platform before uploading the downloaded TikTok video back to TikTok.
Up Next: How to upload videos to TikTok check out this guide.