Let’s be honest: TikTok is addictive as hell. Once you start scrolling, you can’t stop. Before you know it, hours have passed, and your thumb is sore from all the swiping.
But sometimes you come across a video that’s just too damn good not to save. You can watch it again later or share it with friends who don’t use TikTok. So you go to download it, and BAM, there’s an ugly watermark slapped on top.
Well, turns out there are a few easy ways to get around this. In this post, I’ll show you how to save TikTok without watermark so you can enjoy them repeatedly in all their original glory.
Before we get into the how let’s talk about why TikTok adds watermarks to downloaded videos.
Watermarks help prevent people from stealing content. TikTok wants to make sure creators are credited for their work. The watermark acts like a digital signature, so you can’t just rip someone’s video and pass it off like you made it yourself.
Of course, as a TikTok user, the watermark is annoying as hell, especially when it covers up something important in the video.
So, TikTok has legitimate reasons for adding watermarks. But we can still settle for subpar viewing experiences. There are ways around it.
If you have an iPhone, here are a couple of easy options for removing watermarks when saving TikTok videos:
This clever workaround takes advantage of the fact that Live Photos on iPhone don’t contain watermarks. Here’s how it works:
Pretty slick! The only catch is that it leaves a faint watermark logo but no text or usernames.
If you want the video completely watermark-free, your best bet is to use a third-party app. There are a bunch available, but I recommend TokSave.
Here’s how it works:
Easy peasy! No cropping is required.
Android users have similar options for downloading watermark-free videos.
This process is just like the iPhone Live Photo hack, except it uses TikTok drafts instead:
It’s a bit more work, but it gets the job done!
There are also plenty of apps like TokSave that work great on Android.
The app does the hard work of removing the watermark and saves the video to your device.
Don’t have an iPhone or Android? You can still get watermark-free videos by using a web tool like SnapTik.
Here’s how:
SnapTik downloads the video and automatically removes the watermark. Then you can save it to your computer.
TikTok adds watermarks to downloaded videos in order to prevent content theft. By removing watermarks, you are technically going against their terms of service. However, saving content just for personal use in most cases does not result in any penalties. Just avoid re-uploading or distributing the videos without permission.
On iPhone, TokSave is a top choice that makes it easy to save videos without any watermarks or cropping required. For Android, Video Downloader for TikTok is a popular option with similar download capabilities. Both apps are free and easy to use.
Getting TikTok videos without the pesky watermarks takes a bit of extra work. But with the right tools, it’s easy enough on any device.
The key is finding an app or web tool that actually removes the watermark during the download process. Otherwise, you’ll have to crop or cover it up manually.
So give one of these methods a try the next time you want to save a video free of logos and usernames. Just maybe don’t go stealing other people’s content. We don’t want any TikTok drama now!
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