Effortlessly update your TikTok username, even with restricted characters.
- Ensure it is not registered as a US-based account.
- Use a VPN set to a non-US location for optimal results.
- Recommended free VPN, no sign-up required:
- For Firefox: Urban VPN
- For Chrome: Urban VPN Proxy
- Open Developer Tools (press
F12
orCtrl+Shift+I
). - Navigate to the Application tab, then Storage, and find sessionID. Copy this value.
- In Firefox, go to Developer Tools > Storage.
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Windows:
- Download and install the latest version of Python from Python.org.
-
Linux:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3.11
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You can fork this repository and create a Github Codespace, where you can do the next step.
- Open your terminal or command prompt.
- Navigate to the directory where the script is located. For example:
cd path/to/your/script
- Execute the script with Python.
python tiktok.py
- On some systems, you might need to use
python3
instead ofpython
:python3 tiktok.py
- On some systems, you might need to use
- When prompted, paste the copied sessionID (
Ctrl+Shift+V
to paste). - Enter your desired username. If the username is already in use, add spaces (by pressing the space key) and two random characters after the username.
- If the username is already in use, add spaces (keep the space key pressed until it's long, about 20 characters) and add two random characters after the username.
- You should see a confirmation message: "Successfully changed username." ✅
Note: This tool also allows you to change your username before the standard 30-day cooldown.