How to Turn Off Captions on TikTok?

TikTok is a very popular and widely used social media platform. This platform gained popularity for its exclusivity in sharing short videos and as of now, you can also share videos that are 10 minutes long on TikTok. Since people all around the world are on this app, understanding what they are saying all the time can be difficult. This is why TikTok also has a default auto-captions feature set on its app.

This feature turns on the caption for videos so that users all around can understand it without any difficulties. But, some of you might not like this feature as even when you don’t need it, it keeps on popping and also shadows your screen partially.

Well, worry no more because, in this article, you will learn how to solve this problem easily and turn off captions on TikTok.

Why enable or Disable TikTok Captions?

TikTok captions are a great way of knowing what a video is about, being able to understand the content despite confusing accents, and not missing a word of what the video is trying to say. It is especially a great tool for people with hearing disabilities who are not able to listen to videos properly. Even able people can sometimes turn off the volume to low or turn it off when they are out or with people and still be able to understand the content they are watching.

However, for people who actually do not like big letters popping into their screens and partially covering the video, captions can be sort of annoying. If you are someone who does not need help with interpreting and understanding the video, you can easily turn off captions on TikTok according to your wish.

How to Turn Off Captions on TikTok?

If you are someone who does need the help of captions and want to get rid of them for a specific video or all at once, you have come to the right place. There are two ways you can turn off captions on TikTok and they are as follows:

1. Hide Caption for the Video

2. Turn off Captions using Settings

1. Hide Caption for the Video

Hiding the caption for the video hides it for only the one you apply this method. To turn off captions on TikTok for a single video, follow the given steps:

For Phone

1. Open TikTok on the app and log into your accounts.

2. Go to the video that has captions on it.

3. Tap on the caption that is displayed.

4. Select the ‘Hide Captions’ option that appears.

5. The caption will be hidden.

6. To turn it back on, click on the small rectangle that appears on the left side as shown below.

For Desktop/PC

1. Open TikTok on the web and log into your accounts.

2. Go to the video that has captions on it.

3. Click on the caption that is displayed.

4. Select the ‘Hide Captions’ option that appears.

In this way, you can turn off captions on TikTok for a single video. Since this method is manual, you will have to turn off the captions this way for other videos as well if you wish to hide them.

2. Turn off Captions using Settings

This is a method that is useful if you wish to turn off captions for all the videos on your for you page at once. This method can only be applied when you are using the TikTok app and unfortunately is inaccessible for the web version of TikTok. To turn off captions on TikTok using settings, follow the given steps:

1. Open TikTok on the app and log into your accounts.

2. Go to your ‘Profile‘ and click on the ‘Hamburger icon‘.

3. Select the ‘Settings and Privacy‘ option.

4. Scroll down to Content & Activity and select ‘Accessibility’.

5. Toggle off the ‘Always show captions’ option.

The captions will be turned in for all the videos on TikTok from then on. If you wish to turn it back on again, just follow the same steps and then toggle the button on.

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Conclusion

Hence, by using the steps mentioned above in the article, you can now easily turn off captions on TikTok. If you are unsure about turning off the caption for all videos, try hiding it for the time being. If only you think you want it hidden completely, turn it off. Turn on the captions again when you wish to and enjoy the content to its maximum.

Hope this article was helpful and cleared your doubts. Feel free to leave comments in case of any queries.