Apps change their menus often, and some settings are not shown to every account. If a path looks different on your phone, tap This setting looks different on my phone under that setting and our team will help.
Facebook: Security and login
Two-factor authentication Facebook
Asks for a code or a security key when someone logs in from a phone or browser Facebook does not recognise. A stolen password alone is not enough to get in.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → Accounts Centre → Password and security → Two-factor authentication → choose your account
- Laptop
- Profile picture (top right) → Settings and privacy → Settings → Accounts Centre → Password and security → Two-factor authentication
On Turn it on. Use an authenticator app if you can; it is safer than SMS codes.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Recovery codes Facebook
Gives you 10 one-time login codes to use if you lose the phone that receives your two-factor codes.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → Accounts Centre → Password and security → Two-factor authentication → your account → Additional methods → Recovery codes
On Get them right after you turn on two-factor authentication and keep them on paper, not only on your phone.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Passkey Facebook
Lets you log in with your fingerprint, face or phone screen lock instead of typing a password.
- Phone
- Menu → Settings → Settings and privacy → Accounts Centre → Password and security → Passkey
Depends Good on your own phone. Never create a passkey on a shared or office phone.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Where you're logged in Facebook
Shows every phone and browser logged in to your account, with date, time and approximate location, and lets you log them out.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → See more in Accounts Centre → Password and security → Where you're logged in
- Laptop
- Profile picture → Settings and privacy → Activity log → Where you're logged in
On Check it every month. Log out any device you do not own, then change your password.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Facebook: Professional mode and Page
Professional mode (pro mode) Facebook
Adds creator tools to your personal profile: insights, Moderation Assist, public followers and access to monetization if you are eligible.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → tap your name → Options (…) above your photo → Turn on pro mode → Turn on
On Turn it on if you create content from your profile. Turning it off pauses future payouts and removes followers who are not your friends.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Who can follow me Facebook
Controls whether only friends or anyone can follow you. On a regular profile it is Friends; pro mode sets it to Public.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → Followers and public content → Who can follow me
On Set it to Public so new viewers can follow you. If you change it to Friends you can lose public followers.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Post audience Facebook
Chooses who can see each post: Public, Friends, Only me and so on. A new choice applies to that post only.
- Phone
- Create a post → tap the audience selector below your name (for example Friends) → choose Public
On Use Public for content you want to grow and monetize. Friends-only posts cannot reach new people.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Page access Facebook
Lets you give, edit or remove someone's access to your Page. Full control means that person can remove you or delete the Page.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Pages → select your Page → Switch → Menu → Settings and privacy → Settings → Page setup → Page access → Add new
Depends Give full control only to yourself and one trusted backup. Give team members partial or task access.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Linked Instagram account Facebook
Connects your Facebook Page with your Instagram account so you can share posts and manage both together.
- Phone
- Switch into your Page → Menu (☰) → Settings and privacy → Settings → Linked accounts → Instagram → Connect account
Depends Connect it if you post on both apps. Disconnecting can cancel an active Meta Verified subscription on a subscribed Page.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Facebook: Money and account health
Account Status Facebook
Shows if anything you posted went against the Community Standards, and any strikes, restrictions or limited monetization on your profile and Pages.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Help and support → Support → tap your name
On Check it every week and before you apply for any monetization program.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Content Monetization status Facebook
Shows if you are invited to, or enrolled in, Facebook Content Monetization. The program is invite-only.
- Phone
- Professional dashboard → Monetization tab → Content Monetization
Depends Check it if you are a Page or pro mode creator. If you are not invited, you can only express interest through the in-app form.
Source: creators.facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Payout settings Facebook
Lets you update your payout method, payout account info and payout admins. Facebook may now call the Professional dashboard Creator Dashboard or Business Dashboard.
- Phone
- Professional dashboard → Monetise → Payouts → Settings
- Laptop
- Professional dashboard → Monetisation (left menu) → Payouts → Settings
Depends Use a payout method in your own name. Changing it adds a 5-day hold, so avoid changes close to a payout date.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Content protection Facebook
Protects your original reels and alerts you when matches are found on Facebook or Instagram, so you can track, block or release them.
- Phone
- Professional dashboard → Content → Content protection
On If you have it, keep it on for your original reels. It is given to eligible Content Monetization creators.
Source: creators.facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Notifications Facebook
Chooses what Facebook notifies you about and how (push, email, SMS).
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → Notifications (below Preferences)
Depends Keep comments, mentions and security alerts on. Turn off games and suggestions to save battery and attention.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Export your information Facebook
Creates a copy of your Facebook information (posts, photos, activity) that you can save to your device.
- Phone
- Menu (☰) → Settings & privacy → Settings → Accounts Centre → Your information and permissions → Export your information → Create export
On Make a backup a few times a year. The file is ready to download for four days.
Source: facebook.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
TikTok: Security and login
2-step verification TikTok
Asks for a code from your phone, email or authenticator app when someone logs in from a new device.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Security & permissions → 2-step verification → choose at least two methods → Turn on
On Turn it on with Phone and Email. Add an authenticator app for even more safety.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Security checkup TikTok
One screen that helps you link your phone and email, turn on 2-step verification, review devices and add a passkey.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Security & permissions → Security checkup
On Run it once now and complete every task until each has a green tick.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Manage devices TikTok
Lists the devices logged in to your account so you can remove any you do not recognise.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Security & permissions → Manage devices
On Delete any unknown device, then change your password straight away.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Security alerts TikTok
Shows warnings about unusual activity, such as a password change or a new device logging in.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → open the Security alerts tab in your security settings (also sent by email, SMS or push)
On Read every alert. If you do not recognise one, change your password and check Manage devices.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Save login info TikTok
Remembers your login on this device so you do not need to type your password each time.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Security & permissions → Save login info
Depends On for your own phone. Off on any shared or office phone.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Passkey TikTok
Lets you log in with your face, fingerprint or screen lock instead of a password.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Account → Passkey → Set up
Depends Good on your own phone with a screen lock. Do not set it up on a shared device.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Email and phone number TikTok
Links an email and phone number to your account for login, alerts and account recovery.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Account → Account information → enter phone number and email → verify the codes
On Add both, using an email and number you will keep for years. You need them if you are ever locked out.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Apps and services permissions TikTok
Shows third-party apps connected to your TikTok and lets you remove their access.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Security & permissions → Apps and services permissions → tap the app → Remove access
Depends Remove any app you no longer use or do not recognise, especially "free followers" tools.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
TikTok: Privacy and interactions
Private account TikTok
When it is on, only people you approve can follow you and watch your videos.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Private account
Off Keep it off as a creator. A private account cannot reach the For You feed or new viewers.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Who can view a post TikTok
Sets who can watch a single post, before or after you publish it.
- Phone
- Before posting: tap Settings at the top of the preview screen. After posting: open the post → More options (…) → Privacy settings
Depends Use Everyone for normal content. Use Only me to test or hide a post without deleting it.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Who can Duet TikTok
Chooses who can make a Duet with your videos (your video side by side with theirs). Your account must be public.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Reuse of content → Allow reuse of content from
Depends Everyone helps reach. Choose Friends if people are reusing your videos in bad ways.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Who can Stitch TikTok
Chooses who can clip part of your video into their own video. You can also turn reuse on or off for one video.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Reuse of content → Allow reuse of content from. For one video: More options (…) → Privacy settings → Allow reuse of content
Depends Keep it open for growth unless your content is being copied or mocked.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Video downloads TikTok
Allows or stops other people from saving your videos and photos to their phone or sharing them as files.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Downloads → Video downloads
Off Turn it off if re-uploaders steal your videos. People can still share your link.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Direct messages TikTok
Chooses who can send you message requests: potential connections (followers) and others on TikTok.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Direct messages
Depends Use Requests so messages wait for your approval. Never send money or codes to anyone in DMs.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Mentions TikTok
Chooses who can mention you: everyone, people you follow, friends or no one.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Mentions and tags → Mentions
Depends Everyone or People you follow is fine for most creators. Use Friends if spam accounts keep tagging you.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Activity Status TikTok
Shows mutual followers when you are online or were last active. It is off by default.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Activity Status
Off Keep it off. Nobody needs to know when you are online.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Suggest your account to others TikTok
Lets TikTok suggest your account to your contacts, Facebook friends and people who open or send you links.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Suggest your account to others
On Keep it on for more followers, unless you want to stay hidden from people in your phone contacts.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Blocked accounts TikTok
Lists every account you have blocked.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Privacy → Blocked accounts
Depends Block abusive or spam accounts. Check the list now and then.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Remove a follower TikTok
Removes someone from your followers list, such as a bot or an inactive account.
- Phone
- Profile → Followers → More actions next to the follower → Remove this follower
Depends Remove obvious bot accounts. Do not mass-remove real followers.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Audience controls (18+) TikTok
Limits your profile, future videos and LIVEs to viewers aged 18 or older.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Audience controls → Age 18 and older
Off Leave it off for normal content, because it shrinks your audience. Use it only if your content is for adults.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
TikTok: Posting and labels
AI-generated content label TikTok
Adds the "Creator labeled as AI-generated" label to your post. TikTok requires it for realistic AI images, audio and video.
- Phone
- Video: Add post (+) → record or upload → Next → More options (…) → AI-generated content. Photo: Add post (+) → Post settings → AI-generated content
On Turn it on for every realistic AI video. It does not reduce reach if the post follows the rules; unlabelled AI content can be removed.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Content disclosure (paid partnership) TikTok
Labels a post as Promotional content (your own brand) or Paid partnership (a brand paid you).
- Phone
- Create a post → Post screen → Content disclosure and ads (or More options … → Content disclosure and ads) → Disclose commercial content → Your brand or Branded content
- Laptop
- On the web upload page: turn on Disclose post content → Your brand or Branded content
Depends Turn it on for every sponsored or self-promotion post. The label cannot be changed after posting.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Video language (auto captions) TikTok
Sets the spoken language so TikTok can create automatic captions for your video.
- Phone
- Upload or create a video → Post screen → More options → Select video language
On Choose the language you speak in the video. Captions help people who watch without sound.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Likeness Detection TikTok
Scans AI-generated content on TikTok for videos that may show your face without permission, so you can report them. Needs ID and a face scan.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → TikTok Studio → More tools → Likeness Detection
Depends Only for some verified accounts and creators aged 18+. Consider it if people make AI videos of you.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
TikTok: Money, Studio and account health
TikTok Studio TikTok
The creator hub for analytics, monetization programs, estimated rewards and comment management.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → TikTok Studio (or the separate TikTok Studio app)
- Laptop
- Open tiktok.com/tiktokstudio in your browser
On Use it daily to see what works and to check your monetization programs.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Turn on analytics TikTok
Turns on post analytics. You need it to see why a post is not eligible for the For You feed.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → TikTok Studio → Analytics → Get started → Turn on
On Turn it on. You need at least one public post.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Account status (Account check) TikTok
Shows if your account is restricted from logging in, posting, commenting, editing your profile or sending messages.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → TikTok Studio → More tools → Account check. Or: Settings and privacy → Support → Safety Center → Account check
On Check it every week. A warning sign means something needs attention.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Ineligible for recommendation notice TikTok
If your account stops being shown in the For You feed, a notice appears on your profile and in Inbox, and you can appeal.
- Phone
- Profile → tap the Ineligible for recommendation notice → review videos → Appeal
Depends If you see it, review the flagged videos first, then appeal only if you believe it is a mistake.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Balance and payout setup TikTok
Shows rewards from all your monetization programs, upcoming payout dates and the minimum payout amount.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Balance. Payment setup: Balance → Services. Minimum payout: Balance → … (top right) → Minimum payout amount
Depends Finish payment method, tax information and identity checks early, all in your own real name.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Tax information TikTok
The tax form TikTok needs before paying you (W-9 for US creators, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E for non-US creators).
- Phone
- Go to your wallet (where you manage your payment method) → Tax information → choose your form
Depends Fill it in your own real details. Update it if your name or tax residence changes.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Account type (Business verification) TikTok
Switches between a General (personal) account and a Verified Business Account.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Account → Business verification
Depends Most creators should stay on a General account; it has monetization programs and the full music library. Do not switch back and forth.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
LIVE moderation TikTok
Lets you add LIVE moderators, filter LIVE comments, block keywords and manage muted or blocked viewers.
- Phone
- Add post (+) → LIVE → Settings → Moderators. During LIVE: More (…) → Settings → Comment settings
- Laptop
- In the LIVE chat panel, click Settings → Moderation settings
On Add one trusted moderator and set keyword filters before you go LIVE.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Notifications TikTok
Turns push notifications on or off for likes, comments, mentions and more.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Notifications
Depends Keep comments and mentions on so you can reply fast. Turn off the rest if they distract you.
Source: support.tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Daily screen time TikTok
Reminds you when you reach a daily time limit on TikTok.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Time and well-being → Screen time → Daily screen time
- Laptop
- Profile picture → Settings → Screen time → Daily screen time
Depends Useful if scrolling eats your editing time. Creating counts too, so set a realistic limit.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Download your data TikTok
Creates a file of your TikTok data, such as watch history, comments and settings.
- Phone
- Profile → Menu ☰ → Settings and privacy → Account → Download your data → Request data
On Request a copy now and then as a backup. The file stays available for up to 4 days.
Source: tiktok.com help page · This setting looks different on my phone
Only settings we could check on an official Facebook, Meta or TikTok help page are listed here. Rules and menus change — always follow the official page. See also Official Links and the Glossary.