The profile went private
Tikip reads it from the username, with no follow request to send.
Tikip opens the back room of a locked TikTok profile
A public profile is the front shelf. Drafts, hidden reposts and saved videos sit behind it, and one username is all Tikip needs.
Switch the panel to see what a locked profile gives away on its own.
Open the hidden shelfThe next screen asks for a username, nothing more.
@their.usernameAccount contentsHidden layerPublic only
- Public videosThe grid anyone can openOn the shelf
- Private draftsFilmed, never postedOpens
- Hidden repostsShared, then removed from the profileOpens
- Liked and savedThe videos kept to one sideOpens
- Private account wallThe lock on the whole profileSteps past it
- Public videosThe grid anyone can openOn the shelf
- Private draftsNot shown
- Hidden repostsNot shown
- Liked and savedNot shown
- Private account wallClosed
This is what Tikip gets from the username alone.
This is all the profile gives you by itself.
Made for
Four ways people get here with nothing but an @name and a profile that will not open.
The grid looks almost empty
Drafts that never made it to the profile open with the rest.
They repost, then hide it
Hidden reposts list out beside the public ones, in the same view.
All you have is the @name
That is the only thing Tikip takes to start the lookup.
Why a profile goes quiet
A TikTok account starts out open to everyone. The moment its owner flips the privacy setting, the same videos stay where they were and the door in front of them closes.
Nothing was deleted. The drafts, the reposts taken down and the saved videos are still attached to that username, which is where Tikip starts.
One username, the whole account
Hand over the @name and the hidden shelf opens on the next screen: drafts, hidden reposts, liked and saved videos.
Tear offOpen the hidden shelf