How to notify TikTok when someone has passed away

Steps to notify TikTok

  Verify authorization

Before starting, gather the documentation showing your legal authorization to proceed. If in doubt, double check with your estate executor, or trustee. TikTok generally requires:

• Credentials Mandatory - Valid credentials, eg. the username, password, MFA code, or private keys, etc. are required, to take any actions on behalf of the deceased.

 

  Identify wishes

TikTok is a social media platform featuring short videos. Identify what the deceased's instructions are, or what they wanted to have happen to this asset when they passed away. This is usually located in their will or living trust documents. Or, if they're using Eternal Me, authorized executors can login and view their instructions.

TikTok provides the following options:

     
• Nothing - No options are provided for deceased accounts.

Digital Executor and Crypto Executor clients also have these options for TikTok:

• 
  Manual Deletion
  
  Request removal or deletion of the asset, or closure of account.
• 
  Eternalize
  
  Transfer a complete digital copy to your beneficiaries or an Eternal Memorial.
• 
  Custom
  
  Attempt custom instructions for managing this item.

 

  Administer TikTok

Now that you've verified your authorization and identified the deceased's wishes, do the work to carry out their instructions. To notify Tiktok, you must login to the user account and contact Tiktop support. Or, if using our Digital or Crypto Executor service, you're all done -- just wait until you hear back from us on the status.

 

  Document activities

It's important to carefully record each interaction, and be able to check on and report the status to heirs and estate executors. This is automatically handled for users of Eternal Me.

 

  Continue to other assets

After handling the notification, move onto other assets. Here's a selection of other digital assets to address.