Are your TikTok drafts piling up and taking up space? Do you want to keep some drafts private while deleting old ones you no longer need? Managing TikTok drafts can be confusing if you don‘t know where to find them and how to delete them.
This comprehensive guide will teach you everything about saving, locating, and deleting TikTok drafts. You‘ll also learn expert tips to organize your drafts like a pro!
Contents
Introduction
TikTok has exploded in popularity with over 1 billion monthly active users. The platform makes it easy for anyone to create fun short videos and become a creator.
One handy TikTok feature is the ability to save videos as drafts before posting them publicly. Drafts enable you to edit videos while keeping them private. You can tweak drafts endlessly until they are perfect for sharing.
However, drafts can clutter your TikTok account if you don‘t delete old ones. This guide will cover:
- What TikTok drafts are
- How to save videos as drafts
- Where to find your drafts
- Steps to delete drafts
- Recovering deleted drafts
- Expert tips for managing drafts
So let‘s get started with the basics of TikTok drafts!
What Are TikTok Drafts?
TikTok drafts are unfinished video clips that you have created but not posted yet on your profile.
When you create a new TikTok video, you have two options before sharing it:
- Post it immediately
- Save as a draft to edit later
Saving a video as a draft is useful when:
- You want to tweak the video content or editing.
- You don‘t have a good caption yet.
- You want to post at a specific future date/time.
- You are not fully satisfied and want to improve it.
The great thing about drafts is that they remain private and only you can view them. You can take as much time as needed to finalize a draft before sharing it publicly.
According to TikTok statistics, the average user spends around 52 minutes per day on the app viewing or creating content.
With so much time spent on the platform, it‘s common for drafts to pile up!
How To Save TikTok Videos as Drafts
Saving a draft on TikTok takes only a few seconds. Follow these simple steps:
- Launch the TikTok app and tap the "+" icon to create a new video. You can record a new clip directly or upload from your camera roll.
- Edit your video by adding text, effects, filters, or trimming the length. Get creative!
- When you are on the posting page, tap the "Drafts" icon on the bottom left corner.
- A popup will confirm that your video has been saved as a draft. Tap "Done".
That‘s all there is to it! The video will now be stored in your private drafts folder within the TikTok app.
You can find and edit it later before sharing it with your followers. TikTok also automatically saves any videos as drafts if you accidentally exit the app before posting them.
So you don‘t have to worry about losing any unfinished content.
In comparison, other popular platforms like Instagram and YouTube also offer the option to save posts as drafts before publishing them. The drafts feature ensures you can thoroughly polish your content.
Where To Find Your TikTok Drafts
TikTok stores your drafts within the app itself – not in your device‘s native photo gallery or camera roll.
Here‘s where you can access your drafts:
- Launch TikTok and tap your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
- On your profile screen, tap on "Drafts" beside your total number of drafts.
- This opens your drafts folder where all unfinished videos are stored.
- Tap any draft to open it for editing. Once finalized, click "Post" to share the video on your profile or "TikTok" feed.
You can have up to 100 drafts saved at one time on TikTok. The limit helps manage storage space used by drafts on your device.
Pro Tip: Add dates or version numbers to draft file names so you can easily identify old and new drafts.
How To Delete TikTok Drafts
Since unused drafts take up storage space and can clutter your TikTok account, you‘ll probably want to delete old ones regularly.
Here are a few ways to delete TikTok drafts:
Delete Individual Drafts
- Go to your drafts folder in the app.
- Tap and hold the draft you want to delete.
- Tap the trash can icon to delete that specific draft.
- Confirm again on the popup.
Only that particular draft will be deleted while your other drafts remain intact.
Mass Delete All Drafts
Follow these steps to delete all TikTok drafts in one go:
- Navigate to your drafts folder.
- Tap the pencil icon on the top right.
- Choose "Select all" and then tap the trash icon.
- Confirm on the popup to permanently delete all saved drafts.
This will instantly remove every draft from your TikTok account. You can also select multiple drafts to mass delete them together.
Pro Tip: Download any important drafts you want to keep before mass deleting them from TikTok.
Other Ways To Delete Drafts
Here are a couple other ways to remove TikTok drafts:
- Uninstall the App – Removing TikTok from your device deletes all drafts stored locally on that device. Reinstalling starts you on a clean slate.
- Clear Cache – On Android devices, clearing the TikTok cache removes any saved drafts. So save drafts before clearing cache.
- Log Out – Logging out of your TikTok account and logging back in also erases existing drafts from that device.
In most cases, deleting TikTok drafts is permanent. So only remove drafts you are 100% sure about!
Recover Deleted TikTok Drafts
Since TikTok has no "recently deleted" section, it‘s impossible to recover deleted drafts on the app directly.
But here are a couple ways you may be able to rescue deleted drafts:
- If you had downloaded drafts to your device gallery earlier, you can potentially re-upload them as new drafts.
- Quickly reinstalling TikTok after uninstalling might restore some drafts. But there‘s no guarantee.
- Your best bet is to regularly save important drafts to your phone gallery or other external storage.
To be safe, avoid deleting any drafts you think you‘ll need later. Back them up outside the TikTok app before removing!
Expert Tips for Managing TikTok Drafts
Here are some pro tips to organize, store and manage your TikTok drafts like an expert:
- You can store up to 100 drafts within TikTok at once. Delete old drafts to free up space.
- Download drafts regularly to your device gallery for editing flexibility.
- Use a social media manager platform to store and manage drafts.
- Set reminders to revisit drafts so none get overlooked.
- Name drafts with dates or versions to keep them organized.
- Maintain a draft checklist to track editing progress.
- Back up important drafts outside of TikTok as a safety net.
- Record drafts in process so you can pick up editing where you left off.
Conclusion
TikTok‘s drafting feature enables you to carefully craft your videos before unveiling them to your followers and the For You Page.
Save works-in-progress as drafts, and remember to clear out old unwanted drafts regularly to free up storage space. Just be sure not to permanently delete any drafts you may need later!
We hope this comprehensive guide helps you master saving and deleting TikTok drafts seamlessly. Happy video creating!
