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Animated thumbnails • Bold text • Color contrast • Dark mode • Feed navigation buttons • Photosensitivity • Text size
Animated thumbnails
Depending on your accessibility needs or visual preferences, video thumbnails can be animated or static.
To turn animated thumbnails on or off:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Turn Animated thumbnail on or off.
Bold text
If your device's bold text setting is turned on, text in the TikTok app will automatically appear bolder to improve readability. To manage bold text in the TikTok app, you can go to your device's display settings and turn the setting on or off.
To learn more about your device's bold text setting, visit Apple Support or Android Accessibility Help.
Color contrast
Depending on your visual needs, you can adjust the contrast between colors on the TikTok app.
Keep in mind that this setting is separate from the color contrast setting on your device and will only affect the TikTok app. However, if your device's color contrast setting is turned on, color contrast will be increased in the TikTok app by default.
To manage color contrast:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Turn the Increase color contrast setting on or off.
Dark mode
You can turn on dark mode to view comments on a dark background with light text. Dark mode doesn't affect how videos appear on TikTok.
To manage dark mode:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Display.
4. Select Dark to turn on dark mode or Light to turn it off. You can also turn on Use device settings to automatically match your TikTok display with your device's settings.
Learn more about dark mode on TikTok.
Feed navigation buttons
Feed navigation buttons are screenreader aids that add navigation tools to your feed. You can use your device's screenreader features like VoiceOver (iOS) or TalkBack (Android) with these buttons on TikTok to:
• Pause or play videos
• Go to the next or previous post
• Refresh your For You, Following, and other feeds
To use feed navigation buttons, you'll need to first turn on VoiceOver (iOS) or TalkBack (Android) in your device settings. Once turned on, these buttons will automatically appear in the TikTok app. If you turn this setting off in the TikTok app while your device's screenreader is still on, the feed navigation buttons won't appear and you'll need to go back into the app settings to turn it on again.
To manage the feed navigation buttons:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Turn Feed navigation buttons on or off. In order to see this setting option, TalkBack (Android) or VoiceOver (iOS) must be turned on in your device settings before going to your accessibility settings.
Keep in mind that if you have Stories visible at the top of your feed, you may need to double tap the feed to enter fullscreen mode and display the navigation buttons.
Photosensitivity
The photosensitive epilepsy setting displays a warning that aims to protect those who may be sensitive to some of TikTok's creative effects. You can choose to filter out videos that contain TikTok effects that may cause visual sensitivity.
To opt out from photosensitive videos for your For You or Following feeds:
1. Go to the video with the photosensitive warning.
2. Tap Skip all to opt out of seeing photosensitive videos. You can also tap Watch video to continue seeing videos with these effects.
To change the photosensitive videos setting:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Turn the Remove photosensitive videos setting on or off.
Text size
Depending on your visual needs, you can increase or decrease the size of text on the TikTok app.
Keep in mind that adjusting the text size in your device settings doesn't affect the text size in TikTok. You can only change the text size in TikTok through the app settings.
To adjust text size on TikTok:
1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top, then select Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Accessibility.
4. Tap Text size, then use the slider at the bottom to preview text sizes.
5. Tap Adjust to update your text size.
If you use an iOS device, the app will close once you've adjusted the text size and you'll need to reopen it to see the changes. If you use an Android device, the app will restart automatically and you'll see the changes then.