TikTok Account Banned, Video Under Review or Not on For You? What It Means and How to Appeal

Does this match what you see?

• A video says it’s under review.
• A post is marked ineligible for the For You feed.
• You got a notice that your content was removed.
• You see a ban banner when you try to log in.

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Based on TikTok’s Content violations and bans page (supplied by the site owner). Steps are for the TikTok app.

Why this happens: the possible causes

What TikTok says leads to reviews, removals and bans.

• A Community Guidelines violationCheck this first

  TikTok says it uses automated and human reviews and notifies the account owner when it takes action.

• A post was reported or went viralCheck this first

  TikTok says content may be reviewed when you upload it, if it gains popularity, or if it’s reported.

• Repeated violationsPossible

  TikTok says repeated violations can reduce your account status, bring temporary feature restrictions, or lead to a permanent ban.

How to fix it, step by step

Work through these in order. They start with the quickest, safest checks and only move to steps that sign you out or remove data later.

Posts not getting views (or stuck at 0 views)?

TikTok says views can fluctuate, and points you to your analytics to understand how a post is doing. Things TikTok says to keep in mind:

• Analytics are only generated for videos posted after you turn analytics on (how).
• Analytics can take 1 to 2 days to update.
• Follower activity shows in your local time zone; other analytics are in UTC.

Our note: also check whether the post is under review or ineligible for the For You feed (see below), and that it’s set to public (check privacy). We can’t promise more views, and nobody can sell you a fix for the algorithm.

Video under review

TikTok says content under review is checked by its Trust and Safety team to decide whether it should be removed or made ineligible for the For You feed. This can happen when you upload, if the post gains popularity, or if it’s reported. If a violation is found, TikTok removes the content, tells you why, and gives you the chance to appeal.

Content removed, and how appeals work

• TikTok says you’ll get a notification explaining why the content was removed and how to appeal.
• Appeal from your inbox: Inbox > tap the notice that your content was removed > Submit an appeal, then follow the instructions.
• Appeal from the post: go to the removed post > Community Guidelines violation: See details > Submit an appeal.
• TikTok says if you delete content that’s under appeal, it may not be able to remove the violation from your record even if the appeal is approved, and the content won’t be restored.
• If your appeal is approved, TikTok says your content and account status are reinstated (unless you’ve already deleted them).
• Deleting violating content doesn’t remove the violation, and TikTok may still lower your account status or add restrictions.
• For some first violations, TikTok may offer optional in-app policy training. Completing it may lift eligible restrictions, but not for severe violations.

Account status and how long violations last

• TikTok says your account status reflects your violations over the last 90 days: Healthy, Fair, Severe or Banned. You can see it, and a record of violations, in account status.
• The impact depends on how serious the policy area is and where the violation happened, for example comments or direct messages.
• Repeated violations can lower your status step by step, bring temporary restrictions (for example on commenting), or lead to a permanent ban.
• TikTok says violations expire after 90 days and are no longer taken into account.

Permanent bans

TikTok says it may permanently ban accounts for reasons including:

• Not meeting the minimum age or other requirements in its Terms of Service.
• Deceptively impersonating another person or entity.
• A single severe violation, such as content involving child exploitation, threats or promotion of violence, non-consensual sexual content, human trafficking, or real-world torture.
• Creating or using another account to avoid a restriction or ban.
• Multiple violations of its policies, or of its Intellectual Property Policy.
• An account that exists only to break the rules.

To appeal a ban: TikTok says open the notification that your account has been banned, tap Appeal, and follow the instructions.

TikTok says you’ll see a banner when you try to log in if your account is banned. You can still log in to submit an appeal and download your data, but TikTok deletes personal data after a period of time under applicable laws and its data retention policy, after which the account is no longer available.

TikTok says you can have multiple accounts, but may restrict or ban them if you try to avoid a restriction or ban on another account, for example by creating a new account after a ban for a severe violation, or spreading violations across accounts, while that restriction or ban is active.

How to know it worked

• You’ve read TikTok’s notice, checked your account status, and appealed if you think TikTok got it wrong.

Still not working? Your next steps

1. App not loading at all? See TikTok not working.

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