If you’re looking for ways to increase your privacy on TikTok, then you might want to do something about the built-in link between your profile and suggested accounts and friends that TikTok recommends.
While the ‘Suggested Accounts’ feature is great for those who want to build their profile and maximise their visibility as quickly as possible on TikTok, if you want to fly under the radar and keep your profile as private as possible, appearing on these lists and have friends suggested to you can do more harm than good.
Here’s how to control your ‘Suggested Accounts’ feature to enhance your in-app privacy.
3 Steps to Turn off Suggested Accounts
Before we share the process of turning off suggested accounts, it’s worth noting that there are two issues to address. The first has to do with the way your account is suggested to others, while the second revolves around how friends are suggested to you.
Here’s how to turn off your friend suggestions…
- Navigate to your profile and click on the menu button in the top right hand corner
- Select ‘Settings and Privacy’ then ‘Privacy’
- Click on ‘Sync Contacts and Facebook Friends’ and turn off the toggle for both options. You can also click ‘Remove Previously Synced Contacts’
This will remove any link between your TikTok account and other social profiles and contact lists. By removing TikTok’s access to this information, you make it impossible for the app to suggest any friends – because it doesn’t know who your friends are!
How to Stop Suggesting Your Account to Others
If you want to further enhance your privacy by removing TikTok’s ability to recommend your account to other users who might know you, follow these steps…
- Navigate to your profile and click on the menu button in the top right hand corner
- Select ‘Settings and Privacy’ then ‘Privacy’
- Click on ‘Suggest Your Account to Others’ then switch off all the toggles connecting your TikTok to Contact, Facebook Friends, and other connections
And voila! Following both of these processes will help to enhance your privacy and remove the link between your TikTok and other friends – thereby removing the app’s ability to suggest friends or offer your account to other users.
