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Basic Information Specifications

TikTok for Developers requires you to provide basic information about your app. Once submitted, we will review this information for compliance with our policies.

Submission and approval of your app's basic information is mandatory for app publication.

Prerequisite

You must have an app that represents your mini drama registered under an organization on the Developer Portal.

Fill out your app's basic information

Click the Basic information tab on your app page to find the requested information.

App information

Fill out your app's information. You must comply with TikTok's community guidelines, ensuring that your app information does not contain non-compliant content. Apps that do not meet our safety baseline will not pass moderation.

Field

Requirements

App icon

Your app icon displayed to users:

  • PNG, JPEG, JPG, BMP
  • 600 x 600 px, up to 6MB
  • Must not contain rounded corners, watermarks, or QR codes
  • Must not infringe IP or contain illegal content
  • Must be a clear image
  • Must not contain any sensitive or inappropriate content
  • Must not be easily confused with another well-known brand icon
  • Must be consistent with the app name or brand

App name

Your app name displayed to users:

  • Must not exceed 50 characters
  • Should be appropriate and not contain any sensitive terminology
    • Examples: Any adult content, like lottery, gambling, abortion, violence, drugs, and any potentially negative or harmful content, like conspiracy theories, terrorism, and more
  • Should not be, include, or be attempting to copy the name of other well-known apps
    • Examples: TikTok, Tik Tok, T1kTok, and use of a few characters together with Tik/Tok
  • Must match the description

Description

A brief explanation of what your mini drama does and how it works, displayed to users

Terms & Privacy

TikTok for Developers requires you to provide URLs for your official Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. These will be displayed on your mini drama's loading page.

  • Terms of Service URL: Your Terms of Service address that will be displayed to users for access.
  • Privacy Policy URL: Your Privacy Policy address that will be displayed to users for access.
  • Service domains: The domains that your platform owns. Extract the domains from our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy URLs and paste them here.

Release regions

Select where you will launch your mini drama. Some regions may have specific requirements.

Region

Specific requirements

Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey

None


United States

Approval from TikTok to launch in the US. Learn more about requesting approval for US launch.

Vietnam

G1 Online Game License from the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications

If you want to support multiple languages for your mini app, you can configure localization separately. Learn more about localizing your mini drama.

You are required to sign a copyright content self-inspection form declaring that your mini app complies with copyright laws.

Developer information

  • Apple Team ID: A unique string generated by Apple that you must provide, so users of iOS devices can access mini dramas. To find your Apple Team ID, sign in to your Apple developer account and click "Membership details." Learn more on Apple Developer.
  • Email: Users can contact you through this email if the report result doesn't meet their expectations and they submit an appeal for review. You must verify this email by two-factor authentication.

Add additional languages

TikTok supports additional languages for your main drama. Learn more about localizing your mini drama.

Submit your basic information for approval

When you're ready to submit your app's basic information for approval, click the Submit button. Our team will review each field in your basic information configuration and will communicate results as soon as we can.

You will see the approved and already online information on the app’s Basic Information page. There you’ll see the review status of each item and will be able to view the results by clicking Edit.

Edit your basic information

If you need to modify any information after submission, you can make edits and submit changes. Our team will review and approve individual changes.

How to make an edit:

  1. Click the Edit button next to the section you would like to update.
  2. Make necessary edits to your desired fields.
  3. Click the Submit changes button.
  4. Click the Confirm button and we'll review your changes.

Add languages

If you plan on launching your app in multiple global regions and want to add additional languages, you can configure localization on your app page.


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