How to Save Your TikTok Videos and Data Before the Ban

If you’re a TikTok enthusiast, you probably have hundreds—or, more likely, thousands—of videos saved and organized into collections within your account. If you follow CR’s TikTok, maybe you’ve saved some of our expert laundry tips or advice for first-time car buyers to refer back to later. 

Archiving favorited videos en masse is more complicated and time-consuming than doing it one by one, and requires the use of a third-party app or browser extension. But it can be done. 

For example, I downloaded the third-party iOS app Faves, which offers cloud-based storage for videos from other sites and social media platforms, all in one place. (It requires a subscription after the free trial; the price varies by storage amount.) After downloading and setting up the app, you simply open TikTok and go to one of your collections (make sure that it’s public), click the share arrow at the top right, and then click “More.” From there, select the Faves app and it will move over an entire collection of TikTok videos at once, which you can then view within the Faves app. 

I also tried out the myfaveTT Chrome extension, which allows you to download all your saved TikToks directly to your computer. It’s not a perfect solution: The process takes a long time, the videos aren’t organized into your collections, and the extension failed for me after about 650 videos, potentially because of heavy network traffic. But it’s worth a shot. (By the way, CR didn’t evaluate the privacy or security practices of either Faves or myfaveTT.)

I’ve seen other creative strategies floating around, too—like pinning TikTok videos to a Pinterest board or screen recording videos on your phone. What makes the most sense to you likely depends on how many videos you need to save and whether you’re willing to spend money for a third-party app or additional storage.