How to delete a story on TikTok

TikTok’s popular Story feature allows users to share temporary content, but sometimes you may want to delete a post after sharing it.

TikTok established its stories feature back in 2022. It has a similar concept to apps like Snapchat and Instagram, where you can post videos that only last for a certain period of time.

The feature has been super popular on TikTok among many users. You can post a story up to 15 seconds long, and each story published will be featured as an in-feed post along with the tag ‘story’ on it.

Every story posted on the app within 24 hours will be displayed as segments in the story post. This means that if you want to post something longer than 15 seconds, you will need to split it up.

But what happens if you want to delete a story you’ve already posted? Here’s everything you need to know about how to delete stories on TikTok.

How to delete a story on TikTok: Step-by-step guide

Deleting a story on TikTok can be a confusing process if you haven’t done it before. If you have a TikTok story post you want to delete, just follow these steps:

1. Open TikTok.
2. Click on your profile in the bottom right corner.
3. Tap on your profile picture to open your story.
4. Click the Share button on the bottom right.
5. Select the ‘Delete’ icon.
6. Press ‘Delete’ again to confirm.

Step 1: Open the TikTok app on your device

The first thing you’d need to do is open up the TikTok app on your phone or tablet. If you’re not logged in, just add your username or email along with your password to log in.

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Then tap on the profile icon in the bottom right corner to go to your profile.

Step 2: Open your Story

The next thing you need to do is open up the story post you want to delete. To do this, simply tap on your profile picture to open your Stories.

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If you have multiple story posts up, then tap on the right side of the screen to go through the posts until you find the one you want to delete.

Step 3: Tap on the share box to find the delete option

This might sound counterintuitive, but in order to find the delete button to delete your TikTok Story post, you need to tap on the share button (the arrow button) in the bottom right corner. This will give you the option to delete your post.

Step 4: Delete the Story post

A new row of options will appear at the bottom of the screens with ways of sharing your post. But the last option to the right side of the screen is delete. Press this button to delete the post.

This will give you one last option, either to delete or re-edit your post, which is great if you just want to rectify a mistake made in the post, such as a typo.

But if you want to delete the story post completely, select the red delete button at the bottom of the list.

Now, you’re TikTok Story post is deleted, and no one will be able to view it again. To double-check this, you can go back and tap on your profile picture to make sure it doesn’t show up.

If you have multiple story posts you want to delete, simply tap the share button on each post before tapping delete. This is the only way to do it, as there is no way to delete multiple Story posts at once.

If you want to learn more about how to use TikTok, you can check out our other guides including how to duet on TikTok and how to Stitch on TikTok.