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How to Save TikTok Videos Without Watermark

How to Save TikTok Videos Without Watermark

TikTok’s own post settings let you keep a clean copy of a video you posted: switch on Save to device and switch off Save posts with watermark before you post, then download the posted video from its own menu. This only works for your own posts — the toggle says so itself — but for those, no third-party downloader is needed.

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  • SystemAndroid
  • AppTikTok
  • Last verifiedNovember 2, 2026

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

Steps

Open TikTok

Open the TikTok app on your phone.

Open TikTok

Tap + to create a post

In the feed, tap the + button in the bottom centre to create a post. (The feed video behind it is blurred out — it belongs to another creator and is not part of the method.)

Tap + to create a post

Make your video and tap Next

Record or pick your video, edit it as usual, then tap Next at the bottom right.

Make your video and tap Next

Tap More options

On the post screen, tap More options — the row with the gear icon, above Share to.

Tap More options

Turn on Save to device

Make sure Save to device is switched ON (teal). This is what makes TikTok keep a local copy of your post.

Turn on Save to device

Turn off Save posts with watermark

Make sure Save posts with watermark is switched OFF (grey). This is the setting that strips the TikTok logo and username from your saved copy.

Turn off Save posts with watermark

Post the video

Close the sheet, tap Post, then confirm with Post video in the music-usage dialog.

Post the video

Tap the menu, then Download

Open your posted video, tap the three dots to open its menu, then tap Download at the bottom left. (The Send-to contact row is blurred out — those are other users.)

Tap the menu, then Download

Check for the Downloaded banner

A Downloaded banner confirms the video saved to your device.

Check for the Downloaded banner

Find it in your Gallery, watermark-free

Open the video in your Gallery and play it: it plays with no TikTok watermark on it.

Find it in your Gallery, watermark-free

Good to know

  1. This only works for videos you posted yourself — the watermark toggle itself says it only affects videos or photos posted by you. It does not remove the watermark from other people’s videos.
  2. Save to device must be ON, or no local copy is made at all.
  3. The method uses only TikTok’s own in-app settings. No third-party downloader, website, or tool appears anywhere in the video.
  4. After downloading, the saved copy in your Gallery carries no TikTok logo or username watermark.
  5. If the download option is missing on a post, check that Save to device is on and that the post finished uploading first.

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