How to download your TikTok data, step by step.

The two choices that matter

• All data, not custom. Your watch history is only included when you choose All data. Without it you can’t see your real screen time or find an old video.
• JSON, not TXT. JSON is one structured file that tools read reliably. TXT works too, but JSON is the safer pick.

In the TikTok app (iPhone or Android)

1. Go to your Profile and tap ☰ in the top-right corner.
2. Tap Settings and privacy → Account → Download your data.
3. Choose All data and set the file format to JSON.
4. Tap Request data.
5. Come back later to the Download data tab on the same screen. When the status says it’s ready, tap Download.

On a computer

Log in at tiktok.com, open Settings → Privacy → Download your data, and pick the same options: All data and JSON. The file you download is the same as in the app.

How long does it take?

TikTok prepares the file in the background. It can be ready within hours, and sometimes it takes a few days. Once it’s ready, the file is only available for a few days, so download it soon and keep the ZIP somewhere safe.

What’s inside the ZIP?

• Watch history: every video you opened, with date and time, as far back as TikTok keeps it for your account (usually months).
• Following and followers: the accounts you follow and the people who follow you.
• Search history, likes, favourites, comments and your direct messages.
• Login history and your profile details.

In JSON format all of this sits in one file, user_data_tiktok.json (older downloads name it user_data.json).

What you can do with it

• See your real TikTok screen time: hours per day, binge sessions and your most active times.
• Find a TikTok you watched by date, even if you never liked it.
• See who unfollowed you and who doesn’t follow you back, and your full search history.

Drop the ZIP on Unwrapped for TikTok without unzipping it. Everything is read in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

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