How to Hide Your Following List on TikTok Without Going Private

How to Hide Your Following List on TikTok Without Going Private

TikTok offers no way to fully hide your followers on a public account — but the Following list privacy setting gets you most of the way there: set it to Only you and other users see only mutual friends instead of everyone you follow. No private account needed.

✅ Tested on

SystemAndroid
AppTikTok
Also works oniPhone (TikTok menus look the same on iOS).
Last verifiedNovember 2, 2026

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

Steps

Open TikTok and go to your profile

Open TikTok and tap Profile in the bottom navigation.

Tap the three-line menu

On your profile, tap the three-line menu in the top right.

Open Settings and privacy

In the menu, tap Settings and privacy at the bottom.

Open Settings and privacy

Tap Privacy

In Settings and privacy, tap Privacy under Account.

Tap Privacy

Tap Following list

Scroll down to Interactions and tap Following list.

Tap Following list

Select Only you

In the Following list sheet, select Only you. Other users will then only see mutual friends, not your full following list.

Select Only you

Good to know

You cannot fully hide your followers on a public TikTok account; this setting hides your following list, not your follower count.
With Following list set to Only you, other users only see mutual friends, not your full following list.
You do not need a private account for this.
The demo account’s Privacy page already showed Following list set to Only you before the sheet was opened, so the video demonstrates confirming the selection rather than a visible switch from Everyone.

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