Full links and share links
The full address looks like www.tiktok.com/@name/video/ and a number. Share links from the app are shorter: vm.tiktok.com or vt.tiktok.com. Both are accepted. The short link is followed to the video before the file is requested.
A link to a sound page, a live that has ended, or a profile does not identify one video. Open the post, then copy its link. Photo posts use a similar address and come back as images rather than a single MP4.
Watermarks and the HD choice
TikTok often has two ideas of the same video: the play file people see in the app, which may include a watermark, and a higher file without it. HD is offered when that higher file is present. It is not a filter that erases a logo from the smaller file.
If only one rendition exists, the quality control will not invent a second one. Standard is the smaller or watermarked play file. Pick it when you want that exact copy, or when HD is not listed.
Photo posts and separate audio
Slideshows and photo posts are a sequence of images. Each image is listed so you can save one slide or all of them. They are not stitched into a video unless TikTok already published a video rendition.
A soundtrack is listed on its own only when TikTok returns a separate audio file. Many videos keep the sound inside the MP4, and that is the file to save. Duets and stitches download as the combined public video, not as the two original clips pulled apart.
How to save a TikTok
Step 1
Copy the video link
Tap Share, then Copy link. A vm.tiktok.com or vt.tiktok.com link is fine. A profile link is not.
Step 2
Paste and check HD
Press Download. If both HD and Standard appear, HD is the cleaner file when TikTok has one. Standard is the regular play file.
Step 3
Save video, slides, or audio
Videos save as MP4. Photo posts list each image. Save a separate audio track only if it is actually listed.
HD, standard, photos, and audio
HD MP4
Shown when a higher file is available. Not a watermark filter.
Standard MP4
The regular play file, which may include a watermark.
Images and audio
Photo posts as separate images. Audio only when a separate track is returned.
TikTok file questions
Is every TikTok watermark-free?
No. HD without a watermark appears only when TikTok has that file. We do not paint the logo out.
Do photo posts work?
Yes. Each slide is listed as its own image.
Which link should I paste?
The video URL is best. A share link from the app works too. Do not paste a sound page or a profile.
Can I download private TikToks?
No. The video has to be public, with no login.