How to View TikTok Profiles Privately Without Notifications

How to View TikTok Profiles Privately Without Notifications

By default TikTok does not notify people when you view their profile — unless both you and the other person have Profile view history switched on. Turn that switch off and your profile visits stay private, at the cost of losing your own viewer list.

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SystemAndroid
AppTikTok
Also works oniPhone (TikTok settings look the same on iOS).
Last verifiedNovember 1, 2026

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Steps

Open your profile and tap the menu

Open TikTok, tap Profile in the bottom navigation, then tap the menu icon in the top right.

Tap Settings and privacy

In the side menu, tap Settings and privacy.

Tap Settings and privacy

Tap Privacy

In Settings and privacy, tap Privacy.

Tap Privacy

Tap Profile views

Scroll down the Privacy page and tap Profile views — it shows On while history is enabled.

Turn off Profile view history

Tap the Profile view history switch to turn it off.

Check the switch is off

The switch is now grey and off — you can browse other profiles without sending a notification.

Check the switch is off

Good to know

TikTok only notifies the other person if both of you have Profile view history turned on.
Turning it off also means you can no longer see who viewed your own profile.
Profile view history covers the past 30 days.
The switch takes effect for profiles you visit after turning it off.

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