Open TikTok data files in your browser
The file TikTok's Download your data makes. Open it right here as your messages and the lists of what you watched, liked, searched and wrote. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your chat opens as its conversation, each message in a bubble in its sender's color, with the days, replies, reactions and calls, and the photos and voice notes the export holds.
- Every conversation • Each person in a color of their own
- Search • Every match counted, and a date jumps to its day
- Stats • Who wrote how much, by hour, weekday and month
- Export • Save as PDF, CSV or text
About TikTok data
TikTok lets people download their data in Settings and privacy, Account, Download your data, as TXT or JSON. A few days later the file is ready there, user_data_tiktok.json in a ZIP, or user_data.json in older ones.
The JSON holds the account in sections: Profile, Activity with the videos watched, liked and favorited, searches and shares, Comment, Direct Messages with each chat's history, and Your Activity's follows and followers, each item with its date and the video's address.
Filepeek reads it into your direct messages as chats, each person in a color, and lists the rest: watch history, likes, favorites, searches, shares, comments, following and followers, each with its date. Show as a table opens a list in the table viewer, and a video's address opens through a prompt. Search finds any word, and Export saves a chat as PDF, CSV or text.
TikTok data export
.json • .zip
Format
- MIME type
- application/json
- Made by
- TikTok
- Released
- 2020
Inside the file
- Kept as
- JSON, in a ZIP
- Messages
- Each chat's history
- Lists
- Watched, liked, searched and followed
- Each item
- Its date and the video's address
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens TikTok's exports in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, however long their history. On their own, browsers show the JSON as code.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open TikTok data
- WindowsNo app opens it
- MacNo app opens it
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I download my TikTok data?
In the app, open Profile, the menu, Settings and privacy, Account, then Download your data. Pick JSON, request it, and download it from the same screen when it's ready.
Should I pick TXT or JSON?
JSON. Filepeek reads its sections into chats and lists, while the TXT files are for reading one at a time.
Why are the videos not in it?
The export lists each video you watched or liked by its address and date. The videos stay on TikTok, and each address opens on the web after a prompt.
Is my data uploaded?
No. The file is read in your browser and stays on your device.