How to enter TikTok without downloading it

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En Android Guías we have published various guides for get the most out of TikTok in addition to keys for become a famous person on this platform and a series of tips for use this social network with complete peace of mind. Today we will talk about an option that many users do not know.

In this article we are going to show you, step by step, how to enter TikTok without downloading it on our smartphone. TikTok, like other platforms such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, do not limit access to their platforms to their corresponding application, since they will not be able to reach a greater number of users, which in the end, is their main objective.

It is their main objective because in this way the ads that show their platforms (main and source of income) can reach a greater number of people.

Do I need to have a TikTok account to access?

If we want to interact with any service, either with an email account, with a social network, in a forum ... it will always be necessary to open an account, account to which all the activity we carry out in it is associated. Although this type of platform is a vacuum cleaner of usage data and they know perfectly our IP (to which the use of the service could be associated) this varies, so it is not an option for the platform to allow us to use it without registering.

What we can do is use email accounts expressly for this type of service or temporary emails, at least during the start-up phase, that is, when we are testing it to see if everything it offers satisfies our needs and curiosity. If so, we can create a new account or change the email associated with the account for one that we use regularly.

However, if we just want to browse what is happening on TikTok, we do not need to create an account, although it entails a series of limitations such as not being able to interact with the publications that we like the most, downloading videos, this being one of the most important limitations that we find without counting those offered by the application for being users such as uploading videos , use filters and music ...

How to enter TikTok without downloading the application

Through a desktop browser

Access TikTok from your computer

Although TikTok is a platform oriented to mobile devices, unlike Instagram, accessing from a desktop browser, we can access each and every one of the functions that the application offers us when it comes to consulting, creating and uploading content, although the latter is somewhat limited.

The main advantage that access from a desktop or laptop computer offers us and not from a mobile device, is that if we do not have an account on the platform, we can easily download videos or any other type of content using the different extensions available on the Web Chrome Store.

One of the applications that offers us the best results when it comes to download TikTok videos from a browser desktop is TikTokFull, an application that we can download for free in Chrome for desktop, in Microsoft Edge Chromium or in other browsers based on Chromium.

These extensions They are not available for Chrome in its version for Android, a limitation that at some point will have to disappear, but that at the time of publishing this article, July 2021, is still very present and is one of the main problems of this browser.

Samsung Internet Explorer or Brave are some of the browsers that allow us to install extensions, extensions that are only limited to those offered by the developers themselves, so it is not a limitation of Android that Chrome does not allow it, but rather that it is Google itself that continues to put doors to the field.

Through a mobile browser

Access Tiktok from mobile browser

Accessing TikTok from a browser for mobile devices without having an account is also possible, however, if our object is to download the videos we like, we will have to do it from a computer, since, as I mentioned in the previous section, since there are no extensions for mobile browsers to download videos, we will only be able to do it directly from the official application.

Via link

Another option to access TikTok without having to download the official application available in the Play Store is through a link to the user or post. Of course, if we want to interact with the publications we need to create an account, even if it is temporary and if our intention is to download only one video, we must know that this option is only available to us through the official application or by visiting that link to via a desktop browser with the TikTokFull extension installed.

The operation through a link is similar to the one offered to us Twitter without login, or to the one who offers us Facebook, although the latter presents a series of limitations, since its only objective is that we create an account on this platform, a somewhat abusive limitation that has allowed Mark Zuckerberg's social network to earn that bad reputation that can never be removed.

Does the application or web access to TikTok consume more data?

Save mobile data TikTok

If you are concerned about the duration of your data rate, you should bear in mind that both access via the web and access through the application, consume the same data, since the TikTok feed is nothing more than a browser that allows us to access the same content as via the web.

If you want to reduce the consumption of TikTok data, the only option available and that really works is use the Chrome browser. Chrome integrates a functionality that allows us to save browsing data, a function that is natively active and that works as follows:

  • When visiting a web page, Google's servers are responsible for displaying the content and compress both images and videos.
  • These compressed images and videos are sent to our device, so it represents an important saving of data, especially in this social network where videos are practically its only content.

Although it may seem like a long process, this is done in seconds and you will hardly notice the difference between using Chrome to access TikTok or directly using the application. Of course, whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, it is more than advisable to use the Android application whenever possible.


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