Retention & Deletion · User right or choice
You can delete videos or your account; some copies stay public
You can delete specific videos at any time, or all Your Content by deleting your account. TikTok says it will no longer publicly display deleted content except as provided in Section 3.5, and gives the example that content incorporated into other users’ posts stays publicly accessible.
Supporting quotations
You can delete specific videos from the Platform at any time, or all of Your Content by deleting your account
We will no longer publicly display your deleted content except as provided in Section 3.5
Your Content will remain publicly accessible on the Platform if it has been incorporated into content posted by other users
Qualifications & exceptions
- Commitment concerns public display only.
Not stated here
- These Terms do not state whether or how long TikTok retains deleted content internally.
- Section 3.5 as supplied does not itself contain the quoted example; it grants other users a perpetual license (block 82).
Cross-references
- related (model-proposed): Other users get a perpetual, irrevocable license to Your Content — The perpetual user license underlies content persisting in others' posts.
- related (model-proposed): Irrevocable, sublicensable worldwide license to TikTok — TikTok's own license is irrevocable.