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How to Edit Captions on TikTok

How to Edit Captions on TikTok

Captions describe your video, add context and help it reach more people. TikTok can generate them automatically from your video’s audio, and you can review and correct every line before you post.

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  • SystemAndroid
  • AppTikTok
  • Last verifiedNovember 9, 2026

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

Steps

Open TikTok and tap the + icon

Open TikTok and tap the + icon in the bottom bar. The camera opens.

Open TikTok and tap the + icon

Tap the upload thumbnail to pick a video

Tap the gallery thumbnail at the bottom right to pick a video from your phone instead of recording a new one.

Tap the upload thumbnail to pick a video

Select the video and tap Next

Tap the video you want to caption - it gets a number badge - then tap Next at the bottom right.

Select the video and tap Next

Tap the horizontal-phone settings icon

In the editor, tap the icon on the right that looks like a phone lying on its side. The editing toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the horizontal-phone settings icon

Tap Text

Tap Text in the editing toolbar at the bottom.

Tap Text

Go back and tap Captions

Press back to leave the text box. The Captions option appears at the bottom - tap it, and TikTok automatically adds captions and detects your language.

Go back and tap Captions

Review the auto-generated captions

The Edit captions panel lists every generated line with its timestamp. Read through the lines and tap any line to correct it.

Review the auto-generated captions

Tap the arrow to continue to posting

When the captions look right, tap the red arrow at the top right to continue to the post screen, where you can post the video or save it as a draft.

Tap the arrow to continue to posting

Good to know

  1. TikTok detects the language of your video automatically when it generates captions.
  2. The film’s video is a screen recording, so its captions come from the recorded audio - the same flow works for a video you record in the app.
  3. The film ends on the caption editor: the final Post tap and saving as a draft are described in the narration but not shown on camera.
  4. Review every caption line before posting - auto-generated captions can mishear words, and you can tap any line in the Edit captions panel to fix it.

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