How to find a TikTok video you watched before
Open your TikTok profile, tap the menu, then go to Settings and privacy, Activity center, Watch history. It lists videos from roughly the last 180 days. That page can't be searched, so to search by keyword use TikTok's search with the Watched filter. Also check your Favorites, liked videos and DMs.
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Step by step
- 1Open your watch historyProfile → menu (three lines, top right) → Settings and privacy → Activity center → Watch history. On iPhone, Activity center may sit under the Content & Display heading. The list goes back about 180 days.
- 2Search with the Watched filterYou can't search the watch history page itself. Instead, search for a word you remember (a dish, a place, a phrase from the caption) and switch on the Watched filter so only videos you've already seen come back.
- 3Check Favorites and LikedIf you tapped the bookmark or the heart, it's on your profile under the Favorites or Liked tab. Favorites can be split into collections, which is worth doing for anything you'll want again.
- 4Check who you sent it toIf you shared it with a friend, it's in your TikTok inbox or in whichever messaging app you used. Open that chat and scroll back to the day.
- 5Search the creator or the soundIf you remember the creator's name or the song, search for it. A creator's profile is often quicker to scroll than six months of history.
Why TikToks are so easy to lose
TikTok videos don't have titles, and the feed never shows the same video twice on purpose. You remember the moment (a recipe, a joke, a tip about a city) but not the creator, the caption or the day. Those are exactly the things search needs.
If watch history doesn't have it
A few reasons a video you know you watched won't appear:
- You watched it more than about 180 days ago, so it has aged out of the list
- Watch history was switched off at the time, so it was never recorded
- The creator deleted the video or made their account private
- You're on desktop, where the watch history page has been less reliable than in the app
Keep the ones you want somewhere you can search
Favorites is better than nothing, but it's a grid of thumbnails with no search by what the video was about. For the TikToks you'll actually want again, tap Share, copy or share the link to Kajr, and it joins your library with its source and date.
Add a note in your own words, such as “the crispy rice trick” or “Lisbon viewpoint at sunset”, and you can find it later the way you remember it, alongside what you saved from YouTube, Instagram and the web.
Questions you can ask Kajr
- Find the TikTok I saved about crispy rice
- Which TikToks did I save about things to do in Lisbon?
- What was the desk stretching routine I saved last month?
Frequently asked questions
How far back does TikTok watch history go?
About 180 days. Videos you watched before that won't appear in the list, though you may still find them through search or the creator's profile.
Can I search my TikTok watch history?
Not on the watch history page itself. Use TikTok's main search with a keyword you remember, then turn on the Watched filter to see only videos you've already seen.
Can other people see my TikTok watch history?
No. Watch history is only visible to you, and you can delete individual videos from it.