How to Find, Edit, and Save Drafts in TikTok

The steps of filming, saving, and modifying TikTok drafts are relatively simple. Knowing how to find and make TikTok drafts might make organizing your content easier.

By Amily Smith Last updated Jul 29, 2023

App for short videos TikTok is becoming more and more popular as a place to share and watch a wide range of viral content online. Some stars, like Charli D’Amelio and Bella Poarch, have built their whole careers on the platform, which makes it a good choice for people who want to share their own content with the world.

Well, people use this social platform, which is similar to Facebook and Instagram, with over 800 million users worldwide. Offering customization options like adding music and filters, you may want to create a video and save it for later. Posting at the right time is also important; you can create the perfect video and post it when people are more likely to be online, resulting in more views and engagements.

The drafts feature on TikTok makes it easy for creators to edit and preview their videos in a simple way, so they can keep working on them for a long time before they post them. You may create or find drafts on TikTok in just four simple steps.

This is how.

About

About

Make a Draft Video in TikTok

TikTok provides two methods for creating drafts. You can record inside TikTok and save it as a draft, or you can shoot outside of TikTok and save it to your phone until you need it.

Step 1

Open the TikTok application and tap on the ‘+’ sign centered at the bottom of your screen.

tap on the ‘+’ sign centered at the bottom

Step 2

Record your video just like you normally would.

Step 3

Choose any filters, music, etc. that will make your video more interesting.

Step 4

Once you’ve made the necessary adjustments, tap on the red circle with a white checkmark to confirm you’re ready to move forward.

Step 5

Add stickers, music, or filters on this page then tap ‘Next’ to move forward to the publish screen.

Step 6

Locate ‘Drafts’ in the lower left-hand corner and click on it, then confirm that you want to save it as a draft.

Locate ‘Drafts’ in the lower left-hand corner

This is ideal for shooting multiple scenes at once to make up different videos. You can edit and work on these videos and then publish them when you’re good and ready.

You can also shoot your video on your phone camera and keep it there until you need it.

Record your video and save it on your phone.

Record your video and save it on your phone.

Select the ‘+’ icon to shoot a video.

Select the ‘+’ icon to shoot a video.

Select Upload at the bottom right of the screen.

Select the video you want to use.

Select the video you want to use.

Arrange the video in the timeline as required and hit Next.

Arrange the video in the timeline as required and hit Next.

Perform any edits you need and hit Next.

Perform any edits you need and hit Next.

Add any tags or captions and hit Post.

Add any tags or captions and hit Post.

This has exactly the same result as shooting the video in TikTok. Nobody viewing it will know the difference.

Find Drafts in TikTok

Draft videos are saved in your Gallery. Nobody else can see them because we set them to private, so they will remain there until you are ready to use them. You can publish from your Gallery if you’re ready.

Step 1

Select the profile icon in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, it says ‘Me’

Step 2

Tap on Drafts and select the drafted video

Step 3

Choose any adjustments you’d like to make such as comments or viewer’s options.

Step 4

Change ‘Who can watch this video’ based on your preferences.

Step 5

Click on ‘Post’ at the lower right-hand corner to go live with your video.

Click on ‘Post’ at the lower right-hand corner to go live with your video.

Your video will then go live, and your chosen audience will be able to view it as usual.

Editing Drafts in TikTok

Once you’ve located your Draft you do have the option to edit it again before posting. Follow the instructions above to locate your draft. Once you get to the pre-post screen asking you to add a description simply click the back arrow located in the upper left-hand corner. This will take you back to the editing screen.

Make any adjustments as you usually would click ‘Next’ and post.

Make any adjustments as you usually would click ‘Next’ and post.

Public and Private Videos in TikTok

TikTok gives you the option of making your video ‘Private’ or ‘Public.’ When creating a draft, you may want to make it private. The extra step is there as a precaution to prevent you from accidentally releasing the video before you’re ready. If you choose that video at random and publish it, it will remain private.

Public videos are not the same. It is, indeed, public. It will be available to anyone who uses TikTok. If you’re using the network for marketing, you’ll most likely be working with public videos, but keeping them private until you’re ready to publish is an added security measure.

You can change a public video to private at any time, even after it has been published.

Select the video you want to make private in TikTok.

Select the video you want to make private in TikTok.

Tap on more icon at the bottom right.

Tap on more icon at the bottom right.

Select the padlock icon and on the Who can watch this video option, select Only me.

Select the padlock icon and on the Who can watch this video option, select Only me.

Your video will disappear from search and no longer be viewable by TikTok users. You can reverse this to make a private video public too.

Delete A Video In TikTok

If you ever need to delete a TikTok video, it’s also very simple. It’s the most extreme option because the video will be completely removed from the network, but it works. The preferred option is to make the video private, but you can delete it if necessary.

Open the video from within TikTok.

Open the video from within TikTok.

Select more icon at the bottom of the screen to scroll the options.

Select the trash icon.

Select the trash icon.

Confirm your choice.

Confirm your choice.

There is no bulk delete option, so if you’re housekeeping, you’re going to need to do this for every video you want to remove.

Deleting Drafts

You may have several drafts saved in the TikTok app, or just one. If you’d like to delete it you can.

Open the TikTok app and click on the profile icon that says “Me” located in the lower left-hand corner

Open the TikTok app and click on the profile icon that says “Me” located in the lower left-hand corner

Open your drafted videos

Open your drafted videos

Tap ‘Select’ in the upper right-hand corner

Tap ‘Select’ in the upper right-hand corner

Tap ‘Select’ in the upper right-hand corner

Tap the bubbles next to the drafts you’d like to delete

Tap the bubbles next to the drafts you’d like to delete

Tap on Delete and confirm by clicking ‘Discard’ in the pop-up box

Tap on Delete and confirm by clicking ‘Discard’ in the pop-up box

Recovering Drafts

Although there are a few steps to take, it appears that some people have accidentally deleted important drafts.

Several users have reported accidentally deleting important apps. This can happen when you clear the cache of the apps, uninstall and reinstall them, or click the ‘Delete’ button.

Can I restore a deleted draft?

There isn’t a way to recover a deleted draft from the TikTok app. We’ve heard of a few third-party apps that can recover a deleted TikTok draft, but there’s no guarantee they work the way they

should.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eInstalling third-party apps can also cause issues for your phone so be sure to read the reviews before downloading. The application will need to access all data in your phone’s deleted cache as well. To ensure that you don’t accidentally delete your drafts in the future, don’t empty your cache and back up all draft videos.

How can I move my drafts from one phone to another?

Save the draft to your device and back up your phone to Google Photos, iCloud, Drop Box, Samsung Cloud, or another service. Sign in to your TikTok account on your new device, and the draft will appear in your cloud.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e Select your draft from the cloud and proceed to post it as usual.

Conclusion

TikTok’s extensive editing features allow users to be extremely creative with their videos. In fact, some people use the app to edit videos before saving them to their phone’s gallery. You can currently only save a TikTok video after it has been posted. Before you do so, make sure to private the video if you don’t want anyone else to see it.