How to Delete a TikTok Story

How to Delete a TikTok Story

TikTok stories disappear on their own after 24 hours, but you can remove one manually at any time. Open your profile, tap your picture to view the story, then delete it from the three-dot menu.

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SystemAndroid
AppTikTok
Last verifiedNovember 6, 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.

Open TikTok

Go to your profile and tap your profile picture

Tap Profile at the bottom right, then tap your profile picture to open your active story.

Go to your profile and tap your profile picture

Tap the three dots on your story

Your story opens. Tap the … (three dots) in the bottom-right corner.

Tap the three dots on your story

Scroll the row and tap Delete

A share sheet opens. Scroll the bottom row of actions until you find Delete (trash icon) at the far right, then tap it.

Scroll the row and tap Delete

Tap Delete to confirm

TikTok asks whether to delete and re-edit or delete permanently. Tap Delete to remove the story for good.

Tap Delete to confirm

Good to know

Deleting a story is permanent. If you want to keep the photo, choose Delete and re-edit instead — it removes the story but lets you edit the photo.
Once deleted, the story disappears for your followers and for anyone who already viewed it; it does not wait out the 24 hours.
The film returns to the profile page after the delete is confirmed; no separate “story deleted” message appears on camera.
The demo story belongs to the operator’s test account (@meow27_30). The person in the story photo is blurred in the screenshots.

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