TikTok: How to hide your following list (2024)

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Your TikTok following list is a list of users you’ve chosen to follow. If your profile is public, anyone can see your following list.

You can also view someone else’s following list by going to their profile and tapping “Following,” but their profile and following list must also be set to public. If they’re not, you’ll see an error message saying, “Following list is hidden due to this user’s privacy settings.” If a user’s profile is private, you can’t see their following list either.

In this article, you’ll learn how to hide your following list and followers on TikTok.

How to hide your following list on TikTok

To hide your following list on TikTok, follow these steps:

1. Open TikTok and go to the menu.
2. Tap on “Privacy.”
3. Select “Following list.”
4. Choose “Only me.”

Once you’ve selected “Only me,” your following list will be hidden from others.

If someone tries to access your following list, they will see the error message: “Following list is hidden due to this user’s privacy settings.”

TikTok allows users to adjust their following list privacy settings, which can be found under the “Safety” header. By default, your following list is set to “Everyone,” meaning anyone can see it. However, you can change this setting to “Only me” to keep it private.

Here’s how to hide your following list on TikTok step-by-step:

1. Navigate to the menu

To navigate to the menu on TikTok, follow these steps:

1. Open the TikTok app and log in to your account if you haven’t already.
2. Once you’re inside TikTok, go to your profile.
3. At the bottom of the screen, you’ll find a “Me” icon. Tap on it to access your profile.
4. Now that you’re on your TikTok profile, look for the menu icon. It’s located on the top navigation bar.
5. Tap the menu icon, and the menu will open, allowing you to access various features and settings.

This sequence of steps will help you find and access the TikTok menu easily.

2. Tap on “Privacy”

To change who can see your following list on TikTok, follow these steps:

1. Tap on the “Privacy” option in the TikTok app.
2. After tapping, you’ll find yourself on the “Settings and privacy” page.
3. On this page, you’ll see a section labeled “Account.”
4. Under the “Account” section, you will find several options.
5. One of these options is “Privacy.”
6. To adjust who can see your following list, select the “Privacy” option.

By following these steps, you can easily access and modify your TikTok account’s privacy settings related to your following list.

3. Tap on “Following list”

Once you’ve tapped on “Privacy,” you’ll arrive at the “Privacy” page. Here, you’ll find various settings you can adjust, such as “Private account,” “Suggest your account to others,” “Sync contacts and Facebook friends,” and others.

Scroll down this page until you reach the “Safety” section. Under “Safety,” you’ll encounter several safety settings you can change, including “Downloads,” “Comments,” and the one you’re interested in, “Following list.”

To hide your following list, simply tap on “Following list.”

4. Select “Only me”

To hide your following list on TikTok, follow these steps:

1. Tap on “Following list” in your TikTok settings.
2. Under the “Who can see your following list?” header, you’ll find two options: “Everyone” and “Only me.”
3. If you choose “Everyone,” anyone can see your following list if your profile is set to public.
4. To keep your following list private, select the “Only me” option.
5. By default, TikTok sets your following list to “Everyone,” so you need to manually choose “Only me” to hide it.
6. Once you’ve selected “Only me,” tap the back icon four times to return to your profile.
7. Your following list will now be hidden from others, as you’ve set it to “Only me.”

Can people see who I follow on TikTok?

If your TikTok profile is set to public, anyone can see the list of people you follow on TikTok.

But, if you’ve set your TikTok profile to private, nobody will be able to see the list of people you follow. This is because TikTok automatically hides your following list from others when your profile is private.

Furthermore, if you’ve adjusted your privacy settings to “Only me” for the “Who can see your following list?” option, even with a public profile, nobody else will be able to see who you follow. This setting ensures that your following list remains entirely private.

The bottom line

If you’re dealing with stalkers on TikTok and want to keep your following list private, you can follow these simple summary steps:

1. Your following list is usually visible to everyone by default.
2. To hide it, change the “Who can see your following list?” setting to “Only me.”
3. Alternatively, you can set your entire TikTok profile to private.
4. When your profile is private, others can’t see your following list, and it won’t respond when they tap on it.
5. To make your TikTok profile private, go to the menu, then select privacy, and choose “private account.”
6. If your TikTok profile is already private, you don’t need to change the “Who can see your following list?” setting because it’s automatically hidden from other users.