How To Put A TikTok Video As A Wallpaper

The main attraction of TikTok is the possibility of creating short videos of any kind, whether musical or on any subject, being able to put a background on it and add a wide variety of effects and filters so that we can then share them with our friends in the same Tiktok app and any another network.

If you are part of the millions of fans of this application, you will surely love learning how you can set a TikTok video as animated wallpaper, both on the main screen and the lock screen of your mobile.

Using a TikTok video as wallpaper is something very easy to do, we will give you the step by step below.

How to set a TikTok video as the wallpaper on Android

If you use a Samsung cell phone, placing an animated wallpaper is easier than on other mobiles, because it already has the function that allows you to use videos as the main screen background or on the lock screen.

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If your Android mobile is of a different brand, you will have to follow these steps:

1. You need to install the TikTok Wall Picture app from the Play Store. This app is an official TikTok plugin and is used to be able to set TikTok videos as wallpaper.

1. Once you have installed the application, you must open TikTok and search for the video that you want to leave as wallpaper.
2. After having opened the video you must touch the arrow to share and in the options menu select Animated photo.
3. After downloading the video you will have to use the Set wallpaper option so that the video remains as the background for the home screen of your cell phone. If you wish, you can choose to also have it as a background for the lock screen.

And that’s it, you’ll already have installed the animated wallpapers you want. When you get tired of one, you can change it for another.

After you have used TikTok Wall Picture for the first time, all the videos will be automatically saved in the app’s animated photo gallery so that you can use them as wallpaper next time.

An important thing to keep in mind is that if you ever uninstall the app, the videos will also disappear and will no longer be available to use as wallpaper.

Put a TikTok video as the wallpaper on iPhone

The steps to set a TikTok video as the wallpaper on iPhone are very similar to those on Android, but there are some differences because you don’t need to install another app besides TikTok.

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We tell you to step by step how to use a TikTok video as a wallpaper:

1. Open the TikTok app and find the video you want to use as your animated background.
2. Then tap the share arrow icon.
3. Click on the Live photo option and the video will automatically turn into an animated photo.
4. Open the Photos app on your iPhone to find the animation you saved there.
5. When you have located the animated photo press the share icon.
6. Choose the Use as wallpaper option.

Another way to set the wallpaper is to open the settings and tap Choose a new wallpaper and then select the animated photo from the list.

After having carried out these steps, you will already have the animated photo available as a wallpaper on your iPhone, you can place it in the position you want and adjust it to the size you like, at the end you must click on Set so that the TikTok video remains as a background from the home screen if you want you can choose Set lock screen or Both and it will also work as background on the lock screen.

One of the great advantages of TikTok is that you do not need to have a registered account in the application to be able to set the videos as wallpaper. As long as the owner of the videos has not set their account to private or disabled the video saving function, you can freely download TikTok videos to use them on your mobile as live wallpaper.