TikTok video saving — Input checklist

Worked example

Use one public TikTok video link, check that it is a video rather than a photo post or profile, and confirm the vertical preview.

Start with a public TikTok link that points to one video: the long form tiktok.com/@creator/video/ID, or a short share link from the app that begins with vm. or vt. or has /t/ in the path. Chatcument recognises the platform from the address and refuses profile pages, which it treats as a different kind of content.

Think of a small shop owner who wants a clean copy of her own 30-second product clip for a store page. She taps Share in the app, copies the short link and pastes it. Short links are kept exactly as copied because they need their code to resolve, while on long links the tool strips extra parameters. If the short link is pasted from a chat app that wrapped it in a redirect, paste the original from the app instead.

Check the type of post. A TikTok photo slideshow has a /photo/ path and the preview will show images and an item count rather than a duration; if you wanted video, you have the wrong post. Likewise a live or a collection of videos is not supported. After the preview loads, confirm that the title and thumbnail match what you saw in the app, and that the frame size is vertical, typically 1080 × 1920 for a 9:16 clip.

The common mistake is choosing the clip because it plays on your phone and assuming it is public. A video set to friends-only or removed in your region may play in your logged-in app but fail here, because the tool only looks at what an anonymous visitor can see. Open the link in a private window first.

Finally, tick the confirmation that you own the media or have permission to save it. That applies to your own posts and to clips whose owner has agreed; it does not cover other creators work just because it is public.

Your public TikTok video URL

Available public video option

Only public single TikTok videos or photo posts are recognised; profile pages and private clips are rejected.