Are you an avid TikTok user? The answer is probably ‘Yes’. TikTok is one of the most popular and addictive social media apps to date. It is no wonder that most of the users on TikTok are either young people or early adults. With all this in mind, you may want to know when you made your TikTok account [3 Ways].
There are various ways you can find the date when you joined TikTok. One of the ways you can do it is using the ‘Year On TikTok’ feature, another one is from the Welcome Email that TikTok sent you when you joined it, and the last one is looking at your liked videos or First TikTok Post you made. The last one may not be accurate but does show a near date of the joining.
So how can you do it? Do not worry, this article explains all the steps and processes which can be followed to know when you made your TikTok account. The article also explains how to tell if someone else is using your TikTok account.
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3 Ways To Know When You Made Your TikTok Account
I used to wonder for how long I have been using TikTok and got addicted to it. For the same, I did a bit of research and found mainly there are three ways you can use to find out the signup date. There can also be other ways that I have not discovered.
If you have any idea on other ways you can use to know when you made your TikTok account, please leave a comment below so I would add it to my knowledge.
If you want to know when you made your TikTok account, you can choose one of the following 3 ways I have discovered.
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You can check from The Discover Tab
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From the Welcome Email
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From Liked Videos Or First TikTok Post
Also Read: How To Create A TikTok Account?
From The Discover Tab
This is one of the sure-shot ways you can find exactly when you made your TikTok account. In the discover tab, you will find the TikTok banner ads on the top. If you scroll all the banners, you will eventually find the ad for a feature called ‘Year On TikTok’. This feature will have the exact date of when you made your TikTok account.
Follow the steps below to find the date when you made your TikTok account.
Step 1: Open The TikTok App
Open the TikTok app on your device. Log into your account if you haven’t already.
Step 2: Go To Discover Tab
From the home screen of TikTok, click the discover button on the bottom part of the screen. It will open the discover tab of TikTok.
Step 3: Look For The Ad Banner Section
On the discover tab, look for the ad banner section on the top part of the screen.
Step 4: Swipe Until You Find The ‘Year On TikTok’ Banner
Next, swipe the ad banners until you find the ad banner for ‘Year On TikTok’.
Step 5: Click On Get Started
Click the get started button on the ‘Year On TikTok’ banner and it will start to scan your profile.
Step 6: When Done, TikTok Will Display When You Joined The Platform
After the scanning is done, TikTok will display the date when you joined the platform.
This is a very easy and best way to find when you joined the TikTok platform. There are still other 2 ways you can find it.
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Welcome Email
Whenever someone joins TikTok for the first time, TikTok will send them a welcome email to their registered email address. If you also have registered using email (which is most likely), you may also have got your welcome email.
You can simply go to your email inbox and search for TikTok and you will find that email there. There, you will see the date that you received the email which is the date you made your TikTok account.
Follow the steps below to find that email and know when you made your TikTok account.
First, we need to find which email account is registered in your TikTok.
Step 1: Open TikTok App
Open The TikTok App on your device. Log into your account if you haven’t already.
Step 2: Go To Profile Section
Next, click the profile icon on the bottom right part of the screen and go to the profile section of TikTok.
Step 3: Click The Hamburger Icon
On the profile page, click the hamburger icon on the top-right corner of the screen.
Step 4: Select Settings And Privacy
Now select the settings and privacy option from the menu. It will open up the settings and privacy page of TikTok.
Step 5: Go To Manage Account
Next, go to the manage account page by clicking on the manage account button.
Step 6: Check The Email Id
Now you can check which email id is registered in your TikTok account.
Next, you have to open the email id and go to the inbox and search for the TikTok welcome email.
Step 1: Open Your Email App
After you have the email id you used in TikTok. You can open the email app on your phone and log into the email account there.
Step 2: Search For TikTok
On the search bar of the email app, search for the term ‘TikTok’. It will list all the emails related to TikTok.
Step 3: Scroll Among The TikTok Email To The Last One
Among the emails, scroll down to the last one which is the first email you received from TikTok. This email is most likely the welcome email.
Step 4: Open The TikTok Email
Next, open the email.
Step 5: Check The Date
Now check the date of the mail received or delivered to you. This is the date you joined TikTok.
Also Read: How To Log Into Multiple TikTok Accounts?
Liked Videos/ First Post On TikTok
This solution may not be accurate in estimating your joining date on TikTok but it does provide you with an estimate of the timeframe when you joined TikTok.
The liked videos or the first post you posted on TikTok is likely your first day of joining but it may not be always the case. You may not have liked any videos or posted any videos on the date of joining TikTok.
So it is just an estimation and the final verdict is on you if you remember after how many days of joining TikTok did you post your first video.
Follow the steps below to find the first liked video and first posted the video.
Step 1: Open The TikTok App
Open The TikTok App on your device. Log into your account if you haven’t already.
Step 2: Go To Profile Section
Next, click the profile icon on the bottom right part of the screen and go to the profile section of TikTok.
Step 3: Find The First Video You Posted And Its Date
Here, you will find all your videos and drafts. Scroll down to find the first video you posted. Check the posting date of the video and note that date.
Step 4: Next, Click The ‘Like’ Icon
Now click the ‘Like’ icon on the middle right part of the screen.
Step 5: Find The First Video You Liked And Its Date
Scroll down and find the first video you liked on TikTok, note that date.
Step 6: The Earlier Date Is Most Likely When You Made Your TikTok Account
Lastly, compare both the date and find which date is the earlier one. The earlier date is most probably when you made your TikTok account.
Also Read: How To Log Out Of Your TikTok Account?
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Some frequently asked questions related to the topic are taken from the internet. Please go through the questions and their answers to understand more about TikTok.
How To Log Out Of Your TikTok Account?
To log out of your TikTok account, you can open TikTok and go to the settings and privacy page. Here, go to the end of the page and you will find the logout option. Click Logout and your account will be logged out from the app.
What Happens If You Log Out Of TikTok?
If you log out of TikTok, you will lose all your drafts that are on the app and will not be able to access your account.
How To Log Out Of TikTok On All Devices?
To log out of TikTok on all devices you have to remove all the devices from your account. To do that, first, go to the settings and privacy page. Here, you will find the manage device option, click and open it.
Inside here, you will find all the devices connected to your account. Remove all the devices one by one and you will be logged out of all the devices.
Conclusion
Therefore, to know when you made your TikTok account, you can choose any of the three ways. The first one is using the ‘Year On TikTok’ feature, another one is looking at the welcome email from TikTok and the last one is to see you are first liked/posted a video.
Using any one of these three ways, you will know when you made your TikTok account. The article also takes some frequently asked questions related to the topic and answers the questions.
