Can you pass on your TikTok account when you die?
TikTok USDS Joint Venture's terms forfeit a TikTok account at death.
Protecting TikTok accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, accounts can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 8-step plan.
How to protect your TikTok account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling TikTok accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 5-step process, and 4 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 earned from LIVE gifts, Creator Rewards Program earnings, TikTok Shop seller balances and followers.
Under TikTok USDS Joint Venture's terms, a TikTok account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. TikTok USDS Joint Venture allows no transfer of the account while the holder is alive.
What happens to TikTok at death
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
TikTok offers no legacy contact, inactive account manager or other way to name who acts on the account after a death.1
Other companies and product lines involved1
- TikTok Shop Seller Support
Payout of an accrued TikTok Shop seller balance, through the Seller Center help portal3
Sources3
- 1.TikTok US Terms of Service, effective January 22, 2026
- 2.US Virtual Items Policy
- 3.TikTok Support
TikTok USDS Joint Venture publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a request goes in through TikTok USDS Joint Venture's online form. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a TikTok account.
Sources
Data sourced from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC primary sources (5 pages reviewed). How we research.
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