Unable to reinstall TikTok app after deletion

MzBenzofthe919 wrote:

Google Play Store or Google search engine?

Sorry, but that user simply lied to you and it is not possible to download any app on your iPhone either from the Google Play Store or from a website on a Google search. I notified the moderators as it is important to only allow accurate information on this Support Site.

l1yah wrote:

same! i'm so upset, i've been trying to keep myself busy but i just CANNOT survive without tiktok! apple PLEASE bring tiktok back into the app stores now that it's unbanned :(

Why did you delete it? You can access it with Safari on the web while you wait for any solution.

Mariners1973 wrote:

I will also add. I really am curious why people decided to delete the app from phones. Not a smart move. It is very possible the app may not ever come back to the app stores. So; there’s that

And is also very possible that it will not come back anywhere after the 75 day temporary reprieve.

Ash_amy_the_best_pookies wrote:

So I deleted TikTok because I thought it was not going to work anymore but everyone else started working

Anyone who did not delete the app will be able to use it until the president’s order expires or is ruled unconstitutional.

avayah51 wrote:

I deleted TikTok on accident but now when I want on App Store I can’t find it so now I can’t find it so can u reinstall TikTok on App Store

You seem to have found a very popular thread for this subject. Now would be a great opportunity to review the answers provided.

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

Apple cannot fix it. Congress passed a law banning TikTok, and also banning the app. The temporary 75 day reprieve did not unban the app, only the TikTok service.

I just heard a really funny suggestion to sue Apple for obeying the law🤣

The White House has signed an

executive order for Tiktok but why is it still not back on the app store

source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/

Purplekitten19 wrote:

The White House has signed an

executive order for Tiktok but why is it still not back on the app store

source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/

Do you know what an Executive Order can and cannot do? Our country has 3 branches of Government each with their own checks and balances. Otherwise it would be a Dictatorship. Congress has NOT overturned the law and the Supreme Court has not ruled that an Executive Order can even eliminate the fines that the law puts in place on Google and Apple for allowing a user to download the app.

To help you understand, start here:

Still, any legal shield Trump promises by way of executive action will not hold up in court, Rozenshtein argues.

"This is not a power the president has, and he cannot wish it into existence merely by saying something and calling it an executive order," he said.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/nx-s1-5268701/trump-executive-order-tiktok-ban

PixieV wrote:

I can’t believe they still haven’t added it back. The law was put on hold again 2 days ago. They could at least reply to everyone.

Since you do not have access to TikTok, this would be an appropriate time to read the replies posted here. The one posted by Mac Jim ID above would be an excellent starting point

I actually offloaded the app scared thinking if I deleted it all my drafts will be gone. I offloaded to save storage and data without the actual storage getting deleted will the apps bring unused. I heard it was back so I went to go kick on it and now it’s not a app and everyone has it but me now when I never really even deleted the app, I feel I should be able to get it back including anyone else who deleted it thinking it’ll come back.

i Never deleted TikTok and can still use it but now my SE is broken and I was going to switch over to iPhone 16 but then realized I probably can’t download TikTok anymore, so now I’m wondering what Apple is going to do about this especially with newer phones and further.

PixieV wrote:

I can’t believe they still haven’t added it back. The law was put on hold again 2 days ago. They could at least reply to everyone.

They DID reply to everyone. That reply is a link in this thread that has been posted around a dozen times. Bottom line: Apple would be violating the law if they put it back. The 75 day stay applies only to TikTok service, not TikTok apps.

PixieV wrote:

I can’t believe they still haven’t added it back. The law was put on hold again 2 days ago. They could at least reply to everyone.

Believe. The law was not put on hold. ONE ASPECT of the law was temporarily delayed, but the part of the law banning the app was not. And we will find out in the next few days if even the executive order is “legal”.

SEuser18 wrote:

i Never deleted TikTok and can still use it but now my SE is broken and I was going to switch over to iPhone 16 but then realized I probably can’t download TikTok anymore, so now I’m wondering what Apple is going to do about this especially with newer phones and further.

Apple is going to continue obeying the law that banned apps. That law differs from the one that banned TikTok itself.