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Unable to reinstall TikTok app after deletion

I just deleted the tik tok app because everyone’s started working again and was going to redownload it and it won’t show up on the Apple Store to redownload even though I have a tik tok account

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iPhone 15, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 19, 2025 11:48 AM

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kemi244

Level 1

38 points

Posted on Jan 20, 2025 10:18 AM

I deleted TikTok once I heard that it would be banned because I thought it would be it then it was announced that TikTok had been UN-banned so I went to the App Store and I couldn’t find the app to put TikTok back in the App Store for the people who deleted it since it is now unbanned

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_Riley_

Level 1

8 points

Jan 24, 2025 7:39 AM in response to Jessicaloper85

If it makes you feel any better, I had my phone repaired and not once did they tell me wiping the phone would also take the app with it. It now sits in a folder with the iCloud download infinitely stuck next to it. Shoutout to the Genius Bar 😐

Jan 24, 2025 8:14 AM in response to roxannappiah50

roxannappiah50 wrote:

I uninstalled my tic Tok I need my app back

Why did you uninstall it?

If your Apple ID is set to the US, you cannot get it back for now as it's been banned by the US Government. Apple cannot and will not go against a government mandate.

Learn to live without TikTok.

Jan 24, 2025 8:23 AM in response to Jessicaloper85

The app has been removed from the store and is no longer accessible even through internet browsers, google play also removed it as well. You won’t be able to get it back until they agree on a ban or not.

MF_23

Level 1

8 points

Jan 24, 2025 11:03 AM in response to Jessicaloper85

FYI - Anyone getting a new iPhone - So, my iPhone 13 Pros camera decided to stop working on 01/21. I had Tik Tok and everything was working just great. My carrier sent me a new iPhone 13 Pro, since my old one had obvious issues. Did the iPhone transfer 01/22. All my apps came back and the transfer was perfect, until my Tik Tok app decided to be FOREVER in the Black Widget “Waiting…” mode to this day, and honestly probably until they figure this out, if they ever do. Just an FYI for anyone who did have Tik Tok on their old phone, the app will NOT transfer over, even if you DID have it downloaded on your phone prior to the transfer to the new phone. All it will show is a black widget, the ghost of Tik Tok, forever in “Waiting…”.

Jan 24, 2025 11:10 AM in response to MF_23

MF_23 wrote:

All my apps came back and the transfer was perfect, until my Tik Tok app decided to be FOREVER in the Black Widget “Waiting…” mode to this day, and honestly probably until they figure this out, if they ever do. Just an FYI for anyone who did have Tik Tok on their old phone, the app will NOT transfer over, even if you DID have it downloaded on your phone prior to the transfer to the new phone. All it will show is a black widget, the ghost of Tik Tok, forever in “Waiting…”.

Apps do not transfer from one phone to another. What transfers is the information about what apps you had on the old phone and which should be downloaded from the App Store to the new phone.

Apps are also not part of your backup or stored in iCloud.