How to Delete a Collection in TikTok

Lee Stanton June 1, 2023

TikTok content is so voluminous, it can often flood your feed. By adding the best videos to favorites, accessing them and grouping them into Collections is possible. With this feature, tracking your best-loved content is a breeze.

However, you may want to delete videos for whatever reason. This article will cover all there is to know about Collections, including deleting them.

Deleting a TikTok Collection

Collections are popular with TikTokers but deleting comes in handy if you want some order. To delete a favorite TikTok collection, follow these steps:

Open TikTok and tap the “Profile” icon.
Tap the favorites tab, followed by “Videos.”
Choose the collection you intend to delete.
Find the three dots on the right corner and tap.
Navigate to “Delete Collection.”
Confirm the deletion by tapping “Delete” again on the pop-up.

You may choose to delete a Collection if there are too many saved items in it. Alternatively, you may want to start a fresh Collection. Favorite videos are saved to share with others or for future reference. You must manage them and move forward if they’re no longer helpful. Instead of deleting, you may opt to edit the playlist instead.

Managing Favorites

There are instances where you don’t want to delete Collections but manage favorites instead. This is easily done. Here’s what you need to do:

Open your profile on TikTok.
Tap the bookmark icon.
Select “Create Collection.”
Name the collection and start adding videos.

Adding favorites is straightforward, too.

Select the video.
Tap the “Bookmark” icon.
On the pop-up message will automatically “Added to Favorites”

You can add the video to an existing collection or create one.

Adding Additional Folders in Collections

Adding more collection folders on TikTok helps you organize things even better.

Tap “Profile.”
Tap the bookmark tab and select “Collection.”
Tap “Create New Collection.”
Type the folder name you prefer.
Tap “Next.”
Choose the videos you want to add and Tap “Add Videos.”

This adds a new Collection folder to your profile, and you can add more videos over time. In addition, you can create more Collections to help categorize and organize your favorite videos.

TikTok Collection Visibility

Most people worry about their privacy on TikTok. You may wonder whether other people can see what you’ve saved on your account. Thankfully, the TikTok Collection is a private feature. This means it’s visible to you alone unless you give someone access to your account. Un-grouped favorites are private as well.

No feature on TikTok can be used to make your favorites or Collections public, as is the case with liked videos. Your followers have no way of accessing your Collections, either.

Reorganizing Collections

After creating Collections, it’s possible to keep changing titles, adding videos, and deleting them. In addition, videos can be moved from one Collection to the next. Doing so allows you to bring some order to TikTok amid the chaos.

Moving a TikTok account from one Collection to the next is simple:

Open “Collections.”
Tap the Collection containing your target video.
Select “Manage Videos.”
Pick the videos you want to move.
Select the “Move” button.
Tap the target Collection.

Note: You can’t use this function if you have one collection in your account. You’ll see the “Move” button but it will be dimmed and thus unusable.

Changing the Name of a Collection

Collections help you organize your favorite videos better. For easier access, you can rename your collections:

Find the target Collection.
Click the arrow found at the top right corner.
On the pop up click the “Change name.”
Type the preferred name.
Select the “Save” button.

Reason for Using Collections on TikTok

TikTok features millions of videos every day. For this reason, it’s challenging to find a video you viewed a few days back. This is especially true if you’re a frequent TikToker. To get over this problem, you can group your favorite videos according to content in different collections and label them appropriately.

You can’t put all videos in a single collection, however, especially if you use the app frequently. You may find your collections getting overcrowded and mixed up,. Having similar videos under the same collection makes it easy to find them when you decide to delete them.

Dealing With a Disappeared Bookmark or Favorites Button

There are instances where the favorites or bookmark button disappears from TikTok. This can be frustrating. Try these tips to get back on track:

Update the app. Make sure you are using the latest TikTok version. This fixes bugs that may be causing the issues.
Try clearing the cache. This can be done through the settings in-app. You can clear your cache through the phone settings as well. In some cases, your phone could be using stored data to run the app instead of newer versions. Even with an updated app, old data can drag you back and slow things down. Clearing the cache should work.
Try restarting your device if the button is still invisible.
Try deleting your app and reinstalling it if restarting doesn’t work either.

Collections and Folders

On TikTok, Folders and Collections are the same thing. You can find them in the Collections tab when you tap your profile. Collections are private. Only the account owner can access them unless they allow someone else to use your device. The main intention is to help TikTokers organize their favorite videos in the most accessible way.

Collections aren’t the same as likes though. For example, when you like a video on TikTok, it’s public unless you change settings to make it private.

You can make as many collection folders as you want. This gives you more flexibility to sort out all your favorite videos and leave them under differently named folders. In addition, it improves your user experience on the app.

You can edit collections at will. This is the beauty of using these features. Sometimes videos that thrilled you in the past may not be as intriguing anymore. Remove them from your folders. This is easy to achieve. Entire collections can be deleted as well if required.

Organizing Your Videos

With several folders in place, organizing videos gets easier. In addition, you can embrace some strategies to make the most out of TikTok.

Liked videos: When you like a video, it automatically appears under liked videos. This can be accessed under the heart icon on your profile. It’s easy to access a video you like this way, even without having it in a collection.

Save videos: If you have enough space on your device, save them, and organize them under one folder.

Repost: Once you download a post, you can upload it to other social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. You can access these videos where they are shared.

Add a bookmark: This is another excellent organizational strategy for using TikTok without an account. The bookmark feature on your browser can work.

FAQs

Why am I unable to make a TikTok Collection?

Collections are made using favorite videos. Add videos to your favorites to create a collection.

Are Collections completely private?

No, creators with the latest TikTok version get notified if you “Favorite” their posts.

Keep TikTok Organized Using Collections

The Collections feature is popular amongst TikTokers and has become a valuable part of the app. It allows users to organize their favorite videos. Viewing content is much easier this way. Learning how to organize your videos reduces confusion and enhances your user experience.

Have you ever created a collection? How useful did you find this feature? Let us know in the comments section below.