How to reset your TikTok feed, FYP and algorithm

To reset your TikTok feed, tap Profile, then the Menu ☰ button, then Settings and privacy. Tap Content preferences, then Refresh your For You feed, and follow the steps on the screen (TikTok Help).

That button is TikTok’s own way to reset your FYP on TikTok. It is also what people mean when they ask how to reset the TikTok algorithm. After a refresh, TikTok shows you some popular videos. Your likes and comments on those videos start to shape a new feed.

Only the For You feed changes. Your follows, your profile and your inbox stay as they are. Below is how to reset TikTok feed recommendations step by step, what the refresh keeps, and smaller tools that steer the feed. There is also an honest section for creators who hope a reset will fix their views.

How to reset TikTok feed recommendations, step by step

TikTok added the refresh button in March 2023 (TikTok Newsroom). There are two ways to reach it.

From Settings and privacy

1. In the TikTok app, tap Profile at the bottom.
2. Tap the Menu ☰ button at the top.
3. Tap Settings and privacy, then tap Content preferences.
4. Tap Refresh your For You feed.
5. Follow the steps on the screen to confirm.

From a video in your feed

This path only works in select regions (TikTok Help).

1. Press and hold a video, or tap the Share button.
2. Tap Why this video.
3. Tap Adjust your For You.
4. Tap Refresh your For You feed and follow the steps.

Once you refresh, it cannot be undone (TikTok Help). Go back to the For You feed. It now shows some popular videos. TikTok says it is like seeing the feed as if you just signed up (TikTok Newsroom). From here it learns from you again.

What resetting your TikTok For You page keeps and clears

Item	After a refresh
For You feed recommendations	Reset, starting with popular videos
Following feed	Not affected
Your profile	Not affected
Inbox	Not affected
Ads	Not affected
Accounts you follow	Kept
Settings you chose, such as keyword filters	Kept
Undo	Not possible

Sources for the table: TikTok Help, Refresh your For You feed, and the TikTok Newsroom post that announced it.

Your liked videos live on your profile, so a refresh does not touch them. Nothing is deleted. Only the mix of videos in For You starts over.

One thing to know. The feed does not stay blank for long. It starts to learn from the first video you like or comment on. So the useful part is not the reset itself. It is what you do in the hour after.

How do I completely reset my FYP?

Refresh your For You feed is the fullest reset TikTok offers. But two things carry over from before.

First, your settings stay. A refresh does not override settings you already chose, such as keyword filters (TikTok Newsroom). Second, the accounts you follow stay, so their videos still fill your Following feed.

For a truly clean start, do three more things after the refresh:

• Open Content preferences, then Filter keywords. Delete any words you no longer want blocked.
• Open Manage topics in the same menu. Move each slider to where you want it, then tap Save.
• Unfollow accounts you are done with. That removes their posts from your Following feed (TikTok Help).

In some regions, such as the EU, you can also turn off personalized feeds. Then the For You feed becomes a Popular feed of videos from your region and around the world (TikTok Help).

How to reset what you watch on TikTok without a full refresh

A full refresh is a big step. If most of your feed is fine and one kind of video keeps showing up, use these smaller tools instead.

Not interested. Press and hold a video and tap Not interested. TikTok will show you fewer posts like it (TikTok Help). It can also skip future videos from one creator or with one sound (TikTok Newsroom).

Filter keywords. Go to Settings and privacy, then Content preferences, then Filter keywords. Tap Add keyword, type a word or hashtag, pick the feeds, and tap Save. You can add up to 100 keywords. Turn on Smart filter to also catch similar words (TikTok Help).

Manage topics. In Content preferences, tap Manage topics. Move the slider for each topic, such as sports or food, then tap Save. This only changes the For You feed. TikTok says it may take some time to show up (TikTok Help).

Like what you want more of. TikTok says liking a video helps it suggest similar ones (TikTok Help).

Control	Where	Best for
Not interested	Press and hold a video	One video type, creator or sound
Filter keywords	Settings and privacy, Content preferences	A word or hashtag you never want to see
Manage topics	Settings and privacy, Content preferences	More or less of a whole topic
Refresh your For You feed	Settings and privacy, Content preferences	A feed that has gone completely wrong

How to train your new For You feed fast

TikTok’s help page lists what shapes the For You feed. The biggest part is what you do. That means the videos you like, share, comment on, watch in full or skip. TikTok says these actions, including watch time, usually count more than your device or language settings (TikTok Help).

TikTok has also said that finishing a longer video is a strong sign of interest. Following accounts and exploring hashtags and sounds help shape the feed too (TikTok Newsroom).

So, in the first hour after a refresh, be deliberate. Search is a fast way in. Type a topic you want, open the results, and watch a few videos to the end.

• Search for the topics you want and watch a few videos to the end.
• Like and share the ones you want more of.
• Follow two or three accounts in that topic.
• Skip anything you do not want. Do not watch it just to see.
• Tap Not interested on anything that slips through.

Do this for a few sessions and the feed settles. It will never be perfect. TikTok mixes in videos outside your interests on purpose, to help you find new things. It also tries not to show you videos you have already seen (TikTok Help).

Tip: do not hate-watch after a refresh. Watching a video to the end is one of the signals the feed learns from. If you do not like it, skip it.

How do I reset my TikTok?

There is no button that resets a whole TikTok account. What you can do depends on what you want to fix.

• The feed feels wrong. Use Refresh your For You feed. It resets the For You feed only.
• The app is slow or buggy. Clear the cache. Go to Settings and privacy, tap Free up space, then tap Clear next to Cache. TikTok says this removes temporary files that may cause problems (TikTok Help). It is listed as a fix for the app, not as a feed reset.
• You want a true fresh start. Make a new account. Each email address and phone number can only be linked to one TikTok account, so you need a different one (TikTok Help).

If you delete your old account, TikTok deactivates it for 30 days, then erases it for good. After those 30 days, you can use the same email for a new account (TikTok Help). For most people, a feed refresh is enough. A new account starts with no followers and no videos.

For creators: what you cannot reset

Many people search for a way to reset the TikTok algorithm because their videos stopped getting views. A feed refresh will not help with that. It only changes what you see as a viewer. TikTok says your profile is not affected (TikTok Help).

On the creator side, there is nothing to reset. TikTok says follower count and past hit videos are not direct factors in its recommendation system (TikTok Newsroom). So past results do not directly decide how your next video is shown. TikTok ranks each video mostly on how viewers interact with it (TikTok Help).

There is one real exception. If you keep posting videos that are not suitable for the For You feed, TikTok can stop recommending the account. You will see an Ineligible for recommendation notice on your profile and in your inbox, and you can appeal from there (TikTok Help).

If that is not you, the fix is in the next video, not in a setting. Our guide on how to go viral on TikTok explains what the first seconds have to do. If views are the problem, start with how to get more views on TikTok. It also helps to know what counts as a view on TikTok.

Watch out: a brand new video with 0 views may still be under review. TikTok says new uploads and videos under review may not be recommended yet (TikTok Newsroom). A refresh of your own feed will not change that.

Where GetLikes fits

We sell TikTok followers, 100 for $3.95, and TikTok views, 1,000 for $4.95. Neither has anything to do with your feed as a viewer. A fresh feed also says nothing about your account as a creator.

What bought followers and views do: make a profile look established when strangers arrive. What they do not do: change how TikTok ranks your videos. That still runs on how viewers interact with each one. If your videos are not getting views, fix the video first. If the profile looks empty once people arrive, that is the part we can help with. Orders need only a public username, never a password.

A routine for keeping the feed useful

• Skip fast on anything you do not want. Do not watch it to be polite.
• Tap Not interested on the worst offender each day.
• Add a keyword filter for any topic you are done with.
• Like and finish the videos you want more of.
• If the feed is more than half wrong, refresh it and spend one deliberate hour training it.

The refresh is free and keeps your follows. The trick is to treat the hour after it like the first hour of a new account, because to the feed, that is what it is. The same idea on Instagram is in our guide on how to reset the Instagram algorithm.