Can you pass on your TikTok account when you die?
TikTok USDS Joint Venture reviews requests about a TikTok account after a death case by case. While alive, the account holder can use authorized users.
Protecting TikTok accounts while the account is active
Beneficiary designation available, lifetime transfer options for accounts, and 7-step plan.
How to protect your TikTok account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling TikTok accounts after a death
Transfer is handled on a case-by-case basis, 5-step process, and 3 required documents.
What happens to a TikTok account when someone dies →TikTok is a short-form video platform, run in the US by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. An account can hold videos, TikTok Coins, Diamonds from LIVE gifts, Creator Rewards Program earnings and followers.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture decides what happens to a TikTok account after a death case by case; its terms promise no transfer. While the account holder is alive, TikTok USDS Joint Venture allows authorized users.
What happens to TikTok at death
Naming who acts after a death
- Legacy contact
A legacy contact is one TikTok friend the holder names to look after the account once it is memorialized, with permission to manage profile settings and request deletion, to download the holder's posts, or both. The holder must be 18 or older.1
Sources2
- 1.Managing TikTok accounts after death
- 2.US Virtual Items Policy, last updated January 22, 2026
TikTok USDS Joint Venture publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: TikTok Report a problem form: deceased person's account; a request goes in through TikTok USDS Joint Venture's online form. TikTok lets the account holder name, in advance, who may act on the account after a death, through Legacy contact.
Sources
Data sourced from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC primary sources (7 pages reviewed). How we research.
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