How To Save A Video From TikTok Drafts In Gallery Without Posting 2023

Timothy Mark
Timothy Mark - Writer & Editor
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If you want to save a draft video on TikTok to your gallery after editing, you will need to change the post privacy Settings to Private, post the video, then save the video to your device. Or you can use another method below.

TikTok is great for creating short-form videos, with all their built-in feature that let you edit and add effects. You can use it for your video editing, then save the TikTok video in draft to your phone gallery to use on other social media.

Saving a TikTok video in draft is easy on the app, but the problem comes if you want to save it to your phone gallery.  It’s something you can’t just do by pressing a download button or clicking on Save to camera roll.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to save a TikTok video from your drafts to your phone gallery without posting it. We have written the different methods that can help you save a draft video on TikTok to your camera roll.

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Can I Save A TikTok Drafts To Camera Roll?

Yes, you can save TikTok video in drafts to your gallery. But, you can only do this if you post the video privately.

This will not allow your followers or any other person to see the video, except you.

If you don’t post the draft TikTok video privately on your account, other people and your followers will know that you have posted a video.

There is currently no button to download the TikTok draft video to your gallery without it being posted.

TikTok hasn’t developed the feature, and I don’t think that they will. But with this guide, you will be able to save to your device without anyone seeing the video.

You will need to change the privacy Settings of the video from Everyone to Only me (Private).

You will be the only one seeing the video. Here is a step-by-step to save the TikTok draft video to your phone gallery.

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To save a draft video is easy, you don’t necessarily need to use a third-party app, you can do everything from within the app.

Do note that before you can save the video in the gallery, you will need to post it.

And there will be a TikTok watermark at the top left and bottom right.

If you want to remove it you can use a third-party app, or crop the video.

To save a TikTok video from your draft to your gallery, you need to first navigate to it on your Profile > Find the draft video > Tap on the video or Caption > Change the privacy settings for the video from Everyone to Private > Then enable Save to device > Then post the video.

Below is a step-by-step guide on how you can private your draft video on TikTok and save it to your phone camera roll.

Step 1: Go To The TikTok Drafts Video

To save your draft TikTok video to camera roll, open the TikTok app on your Android or iOS device, and then go to your Profile.

Go To The TikTok Drafts Video

Go to the Draft section (video), and you will see all the videos you have kept as drafts (it says Drafts).

You can create a draft video now if you haven’t done so before, by tapping on the “+” at the center tab.

Then tap on the draft video you want to save in your camera roll. Then Follow the next step.

Step 2: Edit The Draft Video

Once you tap on the draft video from the tab, a new page will open, from here you will need to edit it before you can save it without anyone knowing.

Edit The Draft Video

Tap on the Draft video you want to edit. If you haven’t added effect, sounds, or text you can add one. If you have add everything you need, tap on Next.

Edit The Draft Video 2

Step 3: Change The Video Privacy Settings

You can add a description for the video if you like. But it’s not necessary. Before posting the video, you need to change the video privacy settings to private.

If the privacy settings are public, everyone will see the video you posted. So the change is necessary.

Tap on the “Who can watch this video” and you will see three options, select the Only me option. This will allow only you to see the video.

You can decide to toggle on Comments, Allow Duets, or Allow Stitch. Turning on their settings isn’t necessary for the video to be downloaded.

Change The Video Privacy Settings

To save the video to your gallery, you will need to enable the “Save to device” option. This will allow TikTok to save the video to the camera roll once you post it.

After you set the privacy settings to Private, and toggle Save to device, tap on Post to post the video privately. Then the video will be saved to your gallery.

If the “Save to device” is toggled off, the video will not automatically be saved to your device.

And then you will have to do it the manual way. By tap and holding it, and clicking on Save video.

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If you don’t want to post the video on your TikTok account, even if it’s private, you can use your device to screen record the video after you have finished editing it.

Screen recording will be fast and easy, and you will immediately get the video in the gallery.

This will allow you to save TikTok drafts to your camera roll without posting.

You need to be editing the draft video to be able to screen record. Tap on Adjust clips on the right side of your screen.

How To Save TikTok Draft Video In Gallery By Screen Recording (Without Posting)

This will remove all the tools are the right side and display the video at the top.

Start playing the video then you can screen record. Once you are done recording, edit the video (crop it).

How To Save TikTok Draft Video In Gallery By Screen Recording (Without Posting)

To screen record the edited TikTok draft video on your Android device, you can use the built-in screen recorder.

You can also use a screen recording app, like AZ Screen Recorder, etc. Once you are done with the recording you can stop, and edit the recording.

To screen record the edited TikTok draft video on your iPhone or iPad device, you can use the built-in screen recorder.

Go to the Control Center by swiping up and tapping on the record button to begin recording.

You can also use any third-party app downloaded from the Apple App Store.

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How To Save TikTok Draft Video Without Watermark?

You cannot save TikTok drafts without a watermark, once you post the video privately, the TikTok logo and username will appear.

For you to save a video from TikTok draft without a watermark, you will have to download the video first or use the link to download using a third-party app, or.

1. Remove The Watermark Using The Video Editor On Your Device

One of the best ways to remove a watermark from a TikTok video after you have downloaded it is cropping the video or resizing it.

This will remove the TikTok logo and the username from the video.

2. Remove The Watermark Using A Third-party Tool

If you are using a third-party tool to remove the TikTok watermark you can use a tool like  SnapTik.app, this tool allows you to download the TikTok video without a watermark.

All you have to do is copy the video link paste it and download

SnapTik TikTok Watermark Removal

You can also use Medio.io if you have already downloaded the video. Go to the website, upload the TikTok video, and the watermark will be removed.

Media.io TikTok Watermark Removal

3. Remove The Watermark Using Screen Recording

After you have edited your draft video, you can save it without the TikTok watermark and username. Follow the guide to save the TikTok draft video without watermarks.

This will allow you to save TikTok drafts to your camera roll without a watermark.

You need to be editing the draft video to be able to screen record. Tap on Adjust clips on the right side of your screen.

Remove The Watermark Using Screen Recording

This will remove all the tools on the right side and display the video at the top. Then you can screen record on iPhone and Android.

Remove The Watermark Using Screen Recording

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How To Continue Editing A TikTok Draft?

Before you save a video from TikTok drafts to your device, you can continue editing it just to add a few effects, or you want to screen record it.

On your TikTok Profile, go to the Draft section (video), and you will see all the videos you have kept as drafts. Then tap on the draft video you want to edit.

Edit The Draft Video 2

Conclusion

With TikTok editing features, users on the app tend to be creative, even without creating a video with them inside, one can just use the effect and features.

This is why most people use it for their video editing.

But when they want to save a draft video on TikTok in their phone gallery, they will have to post it and save the video to their camera roll manually.

And this will include the TikTok watermark.

If you don’t want that, you can change the privacy settings to Private (Only me) before posting, and enable the “Save to device” option to save it to your gallery. Post it, and TikTok will help save the video automatically to your device.

If you don’t want to post it to TikTok before saving it, you can try screen recording the draft video after you have finished editing it.

If that’s still a problem, and you want to save the video without a watermark, you can use a third-party tool to do this.

You can upload the downloaded draft to the third-party site to remove the watermark.

Using the link to download the video will remove the TikTok watermark when you want to save the video. You can try cropping or resizing the video.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are my TikTok drafts videos available to access anywhere?

No, your TikTok draft video isn’t available on another device. The draft video is only accessible on the device you use to create it. If you log out or delete the TikTok app, the draft video will be removed from the account.

Can I save all the TikTok drafts at once?

No, you cannot save all the drafted videos at once on your device, you will have to do it one at a time.

How many draft videos can you save on TikTok?

You can save any number of draft videos on TikTok depending on your phone storage, and sometimes the limit can be up to 100, according to a report.

How do I save a TikTok draft without posting it?

To save the TikTok drafts video without posting it publicly, you can post it as private and save the video to your device. Or you can screen record the video while editing it, this will allow you not to post the video.

How do I save a TikTok draft to my camera roll without a watermark?

If you want to save a TikTok draft without a watermark, you will need to use a third-party tool to remove the watermark, or screen record the video with your built-in recorder or a third-party app.

Can you save a TikTok draft video before posting it?

Yes, you can save a video from TikTok drafts before posting. To do this, you will have to screen-record the video once you are done editing it. This is the only way, apart from this you can’t save the video before posting.

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