How do I turn off profile views on TikTok?

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TikTok hides this setting way more than it should.

Here is how to turn off profile views, so people do not see you in their viewer list and you stop seeing who viewed yours:

  1. Open TikTok.
  2. Go to your Profile tab.
  3. Tap the little “footsteps” icon at the top right of your profile screen.
    • If you do not see it, scroll your profile up a bit and look again.
    • On some accounts it sits near the “three lines” menu or Inbox icon.
  4. A “Profile views” page opens.
  5. Tap the gear icon or “Settings” text in the top right.
  6. Toggle off “Profile view history.”

Once you switch that off:

  • Other users stop seeing that you viewed their profile.
  • You stop seeing who views your profile.
  • It only applies going forward. Past views already logged are not retroactively hidden.

If you do not see the footsteps icon or the setting:

  • Your account might not have the feature in your region or app version.
  • Update the TikTok app in the App Store or Google Play.
  • Switch to a personal account if you are on a business account, since some users report the feature missing there.
  • Age matters. TikTok only shows profile views for users 16+ and with under 5,000 followers. If your account is outside that range the whole thing may not appear.

Quick privacy check while you are at it:

  1. Go to Profile.
  2. Tap the three lines top right.
  3. Go to Settings and privacy.
  4. Open Privacy.
  5. Check:
    • “Private account” if you want more control.
    • “Suggest your account to others” and turn off what you do not want.

TikTok keeps tweaking this feature, so it might move again. If it disappears, it is usually because TikTok pulled the feature for your region or account type, not because you are missing some secret menu.