keep safe
TikTok
Keeping social media accounts private and limiting personal information is essential for protecting your online identity and digital footprint. Public profiles can expose sensitive details—such as your location, workplace, or daily routines—which fraudsters and scammers can exploit for identity theft, phishing, or manipulation. By adjusting privacy settings, avoiding oversharing, and being mindful of who can see your posts, you reduce the risk of being targeted by cybercriminals. A strong, privacy-conscious approach helps safeguard your personal security, financial well-being, and emotional safety in an increasingly digital world.
Privatise
- Tap the profile icon at the bottom right of the screen.
- Tap the 3 lines at the top right of the screen.
- Tap ‘Settings and Privacy’ from the menu.
- Tap ‘Privacy’.
- Toggle the button to ‘Private Account’.
- Scroll down to follow list, change to only you
- Direct messages to friends or no one.
Who can see your information?
Double check what can be seen from another account. Is any personal information visible in the bio of the profile?
Temporarily Deactivate
- Log in from the app or computer/browser.
- Click the profile icon at the bottom right of the screen.
- Tap ‘Settings and Privacy’ from the menu.
- Tap ‘Account’.
- Tap ‘Deactivate or Delete account’
- Choose ‘Deactivate account’.
- Follow the confirmation instructions.
Your TikTok account is now deactivated for 30 days before it will be permanently deleted .
You can reactivate at any time by logging in.
Change your User Name
- Log in from a computer or mobile device.
- Click the profile icon at the bottom right of the screen.
- On your profile, tap the ‘edit profile’ button.
- Change Name
- Change User Name
- Check bio has no personal information
- Check any links don’t lead to personal information.
Double check your choices (profile pictures can also be changed here) and click Save.
Your profile should now be untraceable to past scammers. Be aware of any new requests.