Hacked TikTok account: take back control
Here is the official process on TikTok, checked on 15 October 2026. Follow the steps in order.
Before you start
- Only use the platform’s official recovery page, never a link sent to you in a message: that’s often a scam.
- If you still have access to your email, change its password first: it’s the key to all your accounts.
- Once you get the account back: a new unique password, two-factor authentication turned on, and unknown devices logged out.
- Warn your contacts: the hacker may ask them for money while pretending to be you.
The steps
Hacked TikTok account: take back control
- In the app, go to Profile > Menu ☰ > Settings and privacy.
- Tap Account > Password and change it.
- In Account > Account information, link your phone number.
- In Security & permissions > Manage devices, remove suspicious devices.
You may need to log in to your account. Checked on 15 October 2026.
Locked out of TikTok: "Hacked account" form
- Open the "Report a problem" form.
- Topic: "Account access / security"; category: "Hacked account".
- Confirm you own the account and enter the username (@…).
- Give a contact email, describe what happened and add screenshots.
- Tick the declaration and submit.
You don’t need an account. Checked on 15 October 2026.
If it doesn’t work
An official form can go unanswered or be wrongly refused. That’s not the end: there are other doors, heavier but effective — the company hosting the site, the company managing its domain name, the laws of your country, the data protection authority. That’s exactly what we do for you, with your agreement.
- Reporting to the platform
- A written request to the site owner
- The domain name registrar
- The hosting company
- Search engines
- The authority or the courts
Same situation, other platforms
- Facebook Recover a hacked Facebook account
- Instagram Recover a hacked Instagram account
- WhatsApp Recover a stolen or hacked WhatsApp account
- X (Twitter) Hacked or compromised X account
- YouTube Recover a hacked YouTube channel
- Snapchat Hacked or compromised Snapchat account
- Telegram Hacked Telegram account or stolen phone
- LinkedIn Hacked LinkedIn account (unauthorized access)
- Google (Recherche) Recover and secure a hacked Google Account
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This information helps you use your rights. It doesn’t replace advice from a lawyer.