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How to Comment With a Picture on TikTok

How to Comment With a Picture on TikTok

TikTok lets you comment on a video with a picture instead of text. The film opens TikTok, opens a video, taps the comment button, taps the image icon in the comment bar, picks a photo from the gallery and taps Send. The picture comment then appears at the top of the comment list.

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  • SystemAndroid
  • AppTikTok
  • Last verifiedNovember 13, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open TikTok

Open TikTok from your app drawer. The film starts on the home screen and taps the TikTok icon in the top row.

Open TikTok

Open a video and tap the comment button

Open the video you want to comment on, then tap the speech-bubble comment button on the right. The video in the film has 5 comments.

Open a video and tap the comment button

Tap the image icon

In the comment bar at the bottom, tap the image icon next to Add comment. The comments sheet lists 5 comments; the icon sits between the text field and the sticker button.

Tap the image icon

Choose a picture from your gallery

Your gallery opens under Recents. Tap the picture you want to post as your comment. The film picks the first photo, a picture of a person at an airport.

Choose a picture from your gallery

Add a caption if you want, then tap Send

The picture attaches to the comment box. You can type a caption above it or leave the field blank - the film posts with no caption typed. Tap the red Send arrow at the bottom right.

Add a caption if you want, then tap Send

Check your picture comment

Your picture comment appears at the top of the list, posted by meow27_30 a second ago, and the count rises from 5 comments to 6.

Check your picture comment

Good to know

  1. The caption is optional. The narration says you can give the picture a title or leave the title blank, and the film posts with the text field empty.
  2. If you do not see the image icon in the comment bar, the narration says it may be a region or account issue, or the app needs an update. Update TikTok and try again.
  3. The film comments on a video by Dewan and posts a photo from the operator’s own gallery. The video author’s face, the other commenters’ names and avatars, and the person in the posted photo are blurred in the screenshots.
  4. The operator’s test account is @meow27_30. Its handle is left visible in the posted comment because it is the account that posted it.
  5. The gallery grid in the film also shows a bank QR code and handwritten account numbers. Those tiles are blurred - never post a picture that shows your own banking details.

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