TikTok Troubles: How to Find Out if Your Comment Was Deleted

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Written by: Alex Popa

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TikTok Troubles: How to Find Out if Your Comment Was Deleted

You won’t receive a notification if someone deletes your comment. The only way to figure it out is to do a manual check (cumbersome, I know, but it is what it is).

There’s also no commenting history on TikTok, so you can’t find your comment automatically. Your account data will help you in this case, though.

You can request your account data from TikTok, and that’s where you’ll find a list of all your comments and the videos you commented on.

Read the guide below for additional assistance (screenshots included) with requesting your TikTok data!

Summary: In this article, I explain how to find out if your comment was deleted on TikTok. You won’t receive a notification if someone deletes your comment, and TikTok doesn't provide a commenting history.

The only way to determine if your comment was deleted is by manually checking your account data from TikTok. This data will include a list of all your comments and the videos you commented on.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to request your account data:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Tap the Hamburger icon (three lines).
3. Select “Settings and privacy.”
4. Go to “Account.”
5. Choose “Download your data.”
6. Select “Request Data” and wait for it to become available.
7. Download the data and check if your comment is still there.

If your comment is missing from the data, it means the video creator deleted it. If you have any questions or issues with finding out if your comment was deleted on TikTok, feel free to leave a comment below.

How to Request the Account Data from TikTok?

Requesting your account data from TikTok is easy, scout’s honor! Watch me do it below and follow along:

1. Tap on the “Profile” icon

TikTok feed on Android showing the "Profile" icon highlighted
TikTok feed on Android showing the “Profile” icon highlighted

To request your account’s data from TikTok, you’ll need to access your profile settings, and to do that, you’ll need to open your profile page.

You can do that by selecting “Profile” in the bottom-right corner of the TikTok app. Easy, right?

2. Tap the Hamburger icon

TikTok profile page with the Hamburger/Menu icon highlighted
TikTok profile page with the Hamburger/Menu icon highlighted

Once opening your TikTok profile, find the three-line icon located in the top-right corner, under your battery percentage (or, if you’re an iPhone user, just battery and no percentage).

Select the three-line icon to open a menu at the bottom of the screen. See below for the next steps:

3. Select “Settings and privacy

TikTok profile page with the "Settings and privacy" option highlighted in the bottom Menu
TikTok profile page with the “Settings and privacy” option highlighted in the bottom Menu

The menu at the bottom of the screen shows three options – “Creator tools“, “My QR code“, and “Settings and privacy“.

4. Go to “Account

"Settings and privacy" page on TikTok, with the "Account" option highlighted in red
Settings and privacy” page on TikTok, with the “Account” option highlighted in red

Once you’re on the “Settings and privacy” page, find the “Account” option (first on the list), and select it.

That’s where you’ll be able to request your TikTok account data, as you’ll soon see:

5. Select “Download your data

TikTok "Account" page with the "Download your data" option highlighted in red
TikTok “Account” page with the “Download your data” option highlighted in red

Here we are, the “Account” page, where you can see the “Download your data” button just under the “Switch to Business Account” option.

Select it and see the next steps:

6. Select “Request Data

Settings page on TikTok where you can download your account data, with the "Request data" button highlighted
Settings page on TikTok where you can download your account data, with the “Request data” button highlighted

After selecting “Download your data“, you’ll be taken to a page where TikTok will explain what data will be included in your downloaded archive.

Select a file format (I recommend TXT) and then tap “Request data” to continue.

7. Wait for the data to become available

TikTok page where you can see when the account data becomes available to download
TikTok page where you can see when the account data becomes available to download

Bad news – you can’t download the data right away. You’ll have to wait for it to become available. Depending on how busy TikTok support is, this might take a few hours or even a few days.

Once the account data becomes available, download it. Open the text file and scroll until you find your comment and the video you commented on.

You can then check the video on your TikTok app and see if your comment is still there. If it’s not, then the video creator deleted it.

Conclusion

In short, there’s only one way to know if your comment was deleted on TikTok – to check the account data.

Go to your TikTok profile and do this:

  1. Tap on the Menu icon
  2. Select “Settings and privacy
  3. Go to “Privacy
  4. Select “Download your data
  5. Select “Request data

Please wait until the data file becomes available to download, and then look through it to find your comment and the video you posted it on.

Comment below if you weren’t able to find your deleted comments on TikTok and I’ll try to find another way for you!

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Alex Popa

My name is Alex and I have a knack for social media in all its shapes and forms. I’ve dealt with such things for quite some time and I noticed that many people have issues with social media and technicalities.

Unforeseen errors, bugs, and other problems make their use of social media problematic. These things will be discussed amply in the guides on Whizcase.

I'll present the facts as they are, and offer quick and easy solutions for them.

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