How to Copy a TikTok Link

Copy a video link in the TikTok app

The steps are the same on Android and iPhone, because the Share menu looks almost identical on both systems. You do not need to follow the creator or have an account with a public profile to copy a link to a public video.

1. Open the TikTok app and find the video, either in your For You feed, in search results or on the creator profile.
2. Tap the Share arrow in the column of buttons on the right side of the video. It usually sits below the Like, Comments and Favorites buttons.
3. In the panel that slides up from the bottom, scroll the lower row of options until you see Copy link, then tap it.
4. TikTok shows a short confirmation that the link was copied. Open the app where you want to share it and paste the link.

The upper row of the share panel lists friends and apps you send things to often. Tapping one of them sends the video directly instead of copying the link, so look for Copy link in the lower row if you only want the address. If the option is not visible right away, swipe the lower row to the left: the order of the icons changes from time to time.

To paste the link, press and hold the text field in the other app until the Paste option appears. On most phones the clipboard keeps only the last item you copied, so paste the link before copying anything else.

Copy the link to your own video

Your own posts work the same way. Go to your profile, open the video from the grid and tap the Share button on the right. The share panel for your own video has a few extra tools, such as privacy settings, but Copy link is still in the lower row.

One thing to check before you share: the visibility of the video. If a post is set to Only you or Friends, people outside that group will not be able to open the link even after you send it. Change the visibility to Everyone first if the link is meant for a wider audience.

Copy a TikTok link on a computer

On the TikTok website there are two ways to get the address of a video, and both give you a working link.

The Copy link option

1. Open tiktok.com in your browser and go to the video.
2. Click the Share arrow next to the video.
3. Choose Copy link in the menu that opens.

The browser address bar

When a video is open on its own page, the address in the browser bar is the link to that video. Click the address bar once to select the whole address and press Ctrl+C on Windows or Cmd+C on a Mac. This is handy when the Share menu is slow to open or hidden by a browser extension.

If you opened the video from the feed and the address bar still shows the home page, click the video caption or the date to open the video on its own page first. Only then will the address point to that particular video.

Copy a link to a profile

To share a whole account rather than a single post, open the profile and use the share option there. On your own profile it is the Share profile button next to Edit profile; on other profiles it is usually the arrow or the three dots in the top corner. Both open a panel with Copy link.

A profile link always ends with the username after the @ sign, so you can also type it yourself: tiktok.com/@ followed by the username. Keep in mind that the link changes if the account owner changes the username.

Links to sounds and photo posts

Sounds have their own pages. Tap the spinning record or the sound name at the bottom of a video, and on the sound page tap the share icon at the top. Copy link there gives you the address of the sound page, which lists every public video that uses it.

Photo posts and slideshows are shared exactly like videos: open the post, tap Share and choose Copy link. The link opens the whole post, not a single photo from it.

What a TikTok link looks like

Depending on where you copy it, you will get one of two kinds of address. Both lead to the same video.

A short link is a redirect: when someone opens it, TikTok sends them to the full address. Short links are easier to paste into messages, while the full link shows the username and the video number at a glance, which helps when you keep a list of videos in a spreadsheet.

Why the link will not copy

• The video is private. Posts set to Only you cannot be shared with other people, so the share options for them are limited.
• The app is out of date. Old versions sometimes place the option elsewhere or fail to show the confirmation. Update TikTok from the App Store or Google Play and try again.
• The clipboard was overwritten. If you copied something else before pasting, the link is gone. Copy it once more and paste it right away.
• A keyboard or clipboard app interferes. Third-party keyboards with their own clipboard can hide the latest item. Try pasting with the standard system keyboard.
• The website does not respond. In a browser, extensions that block scripts can stop the share menu from working. Use the address bar method or open the page in a private window without extensions.

What to do with the link next

A copied link is enough to share a video in a chat, add it to notes or send it by email. If you want to keep a copy of a video for yourself, paste the link into our TikTok video downloader and respect the rights of the creator when you use the file.