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How To Make Text Appear And Disappear On TikTok

✎ Key Points:

» You can enhance your TikTok videos by adding text. Simply record your video, tap on the (Aa) icon to insert text, and set its duration by clicking and choosing “Set duration.”
» Try using the “Edit” option to make text disappear. Play the video, tap the text, select “Edit,” and move it to the trash to remove it, ensuring a seamless transition.
» If you accidentally add text or want to make adjustments, click on the words, edit as needed, and play the video to confirm before saving the final version.

How to make text appear on TikTok:

🔯 On iPhone:

If you want to make text appear on a TikTok video using an iPhone, here are the steps you need to follow:

Step 1: Record video

You need to first open the TikTok application and then log in to your TikTok account using the correct information. Next, as you want to know the steps to add text flash to your video, you need to start recording the video on TikTok. After you record the video, it will get played on the screen and you’ll be able to see a few options to get to the next step.

◘ Open the TikTok application and log in to your TikTok account. 

◘ If you want to record a new video, you’ll need to click on the + icon that appears at the bottom of every video.

◘ Next, you can capture and record the video by yourself then and there. 

◘ Then the video would be displayed on the screen.

Step 2: Tap on the Text icon

Tap on Text icon

After you capture the video, you need to click on the Text icon ( Aa) that’s at the lower section of the screen. You’ll need to enter the text that you want to add as text flash and then you can change its font size, style, and color too. After entering the text flash you need to click on Done to add it to the screen. 

The text will be displayed on the screen. You’ll be able to reposition the text by clicking and holding it to drag it around the screen to set its position. 

Step 3: Select ‘Set duration’

Select how long it appears

After you set the position of the text flash on the video, you need to select for how long the text will appear and remain on the video. To do that, you’ll have to click on the text and then click on Set duration.  You’ll be able to increase the duration i.e how long it will be there on the video by dragging the red border to the right. You can even decrease the limit by dragging the border to the left.  If you want it to be visible throughout the entire video, you’ll need to drag the red border to the end of the video. 

Step 4: Tap on the checkmark

After you’re done with adding the text flash to your screen, you’ll need to check whether you’ve set it correctly by clicking on the Play icon to play it. After you’re done, you need to click on the Tickmark icon that’s at the bottom right of the screen to save the changes. Then click on Next to proceed with posting it.

🔯 Android:

To add text flash on TikTok video on Android, you need to follow the steps below:

Step 1: Open the TikTok application and then log in to your account. 

Step 2: Next, you need to record the video that you want to upload and then click on the Text icon (Aa) to add text flash.

click on the Text icon (Aa)

Step 3: You’ll need to enter the text and then change its color, size, style, etc then click on Done.

 enter the text

Step 4: Next, to set the duration, you’ll need to click on the text on the screen and the Set Duration. 

Set Duration

Step 5: Then you’ve to set its duration by dragging the border of the video. 

duration by dragging

Step 6: After you’ve set the duration, you can click on the Play button to see the text appearing on the screen.

Step 7: Click on the tick mark symbol to save the changes. 

How to Make Texts Disappear on TikTok:

Disappearing text flash from a TikTok video is also possible. To disappear a text from the video, you’ll need to first click on ‘Edit’ and then move the text to the trash so that it no longer stays on the video.

Below are the detailed steps that you need to follow.

Step 1: Play video

The text that you added earlier to your video can be easily removed. You’ll need to play the video on your screen. When you’re playing the video you’ll be able to see the text appearing on your video just as you’ve set it to be earlier.

Step 2: Tap on the Text icon

click on the Text icon (Aa)

As you’re playing the video on the screen, you’ll need to click on the text or words on the video. Clicking on it will show you three options on the screen. From the list of options, you’ll be required to choose Edit to proceed with the method. 

Step 3: Tap on ‘Edit’

Tap on edit 

As the options appear on your screen, you’ll need to click on Edit. As soon as you click on the Edit option, your text will be displayed on the editing screen from where you can change the font style, size, etc of the existing text as well as remove or add new text. However, for this method, you won’t need to edit the existing text as here you’re making the text disappear from the video.

Step 4: Tap to Move to the Trash

Tap and move to the trash

As the text gets displayed on the editing screen, you’ll need to move the text to the trash so that it no longer gets displayed on the video anymore. As you’re moving the text to the trash, it means that you’re deleting the text from the video so that it would disappear and not be seen on the video. 

🔯 Android:

Step 1: TikTok users using an Android can also make their text disappear from the video. To delete a text from a video, you need to first play the video. 

Step 2: As the video is playing you’ll need to click on the text flash appearing in the video to get the Edit option. 

Step 3: Click on the Edit option and it will open up the edit screen where you can edit your text.

Step 4: You don’t need to edit your text here, but you’ll need to move the text or words to the trash so that it disappears from the video and can no longer be seen on the video when it’s playing. 

Thus the text flash that you’ve added to your video disappeared.

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