Many times we dedicate ourselves to logging into our favorite social networks on various devices (mobile, tablet, PC …) and there comes a time when we lose control of which computers can access our accounts , representing a major failure when it comes to maintaining good security and privacy of our data and content. Today we are going to teach you how to review all the devices connected to your TikTok account and eliminate those that you are no longer interested in keeping “active”.
Security and privacy at TikTok
We have said it on more than one occasion: controlling our privacy options on social networks is essential to properly manage the resources it offers us without our personal information being compromised. Many times we do not realize it but we give the platforms too much freedom to access data that can then be used by third parties for all kinds of purposes.
It is therefore very important that we know the security options provided by social networks and use all that are within our reach to better protect our account. This does not mean that for example you do not have a public profile on Instagram or the TikTok; But you should know what it is that people can see when you have it configured like this and above all that there is the option of privatizing it, if you prefer.
In line with this topic it is also important to control which devices access our account without us “knowing” it. It turns out that many times we give access to our account from different computers and then we forget to revoke said permission, so they are still linked to our profile. The ideal is to do cleaning in these cases and knowing what devices are connected to your account and how to remove your login credentials from any device that you are no longer interested in keeping related.
How to manage your devices and monitor suspicious activity
In TikTok there is a device management option in which you can see the computers from which you connected and the date, time and location of the logins. In addition to being a good way to clean, it is used to check for suspicious activity .
To access the panel of the devices that are connected to your TikTok account, these are the steps to follow:
- Enter the TikTok application and make sure you are logged in with your credentials.
- Go to “I” and tap on the three dots in the upper right corner.
- Tap on “Manage account”.
- Tap on “Security”.
- You will see a section called ” Your devices ” (with a list of the last two computers that have had access to your account), enter it,
- The full list of all the devices you are logged into will be displayed.
- Delete all the ones you no longer use by tapping on the icon to the right of the trash. This way you will log out of them.
In the event that any of the listed devices is not yours or you do not recognize it, we recommend that in addition to immediately closing the transfer following the steps described, you change your account password to prevent any suspicious external access. We recommend that it has at least 6 characters and that it combines upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols to reinforce it.
