How to link your TIKTOK and Instagram accounts and why you should do it

Did you know that you can link TikTok and Instagram to share your videos in a single step directly on both social networks? So why not bring the two platforms together to get the most out of your videos?

All right that Instagram has different options for creating short videos different themes and share them directly on your account, we know that TikTok is currently on king of this media.

To learn step by step how connect the two social networks and get the most out of your videos, keep reading this tutorial.

How to link your TikTok and Instagram accounts and why you should

How to connect your Instagram account with TikTok

For link your TikTok Instagram account is very easy. You just need to follow these steps:

• Enter the TikTok app and navigate to your profile.
• Next, go to the Edit Profile option.

Enter your TikTok profile to connect the two accounts

• Then go to the Instagram section located at the bottom.
• Then you will be directed to the Instagram page to log in with your account using your username and password.
• Once you have entered your data, the app will ask you whether you want to save the information or not. Choose the one you prefer the best.
• Now you need to allow the app to end the connection and that's it. You already have the two profiles linked easily and quickly.

Add Instagram to your user profile

In addition to the possibility of link your TikTok account to Instagram, the platform allows you to synchronize it with YouTube. The process is exactly the same, except you need to select YouTube instead of Instagram and sign in with your Google account.

What's the benefit of adding Instagram to TikTok?

Adding Instagram to your TikTok profile has its benefits. Mainly, as a content creator, it's important that as many people as possible get to know you and the best way to do that is through social media.

One of the benefits is to streamline publications by linking the two platforms

Remember that the audience on TikTok is not the same on Instagram and vice versa. This way you can reach a larger audience, grow faster and make your content go viral on all platforms. Of course, not to mention that it's a great idea in this case to keep both accounts fed with new content created entirely by you.

How to download TikTok videos directly from Instagram

If you want to upload video to Instagram directly from TikTok, you can easily do so by following these steps:

Use the online tool Kapwing to adapt videos to Instagram format

• Record and edit video from TikTok and save it to your device.
• Now go to your browser (Chrome, Safari or whatever you use on your mobile) and enter capwing, an online tool that will help you resize the video you recorded on TikTok. It's completely free and online, so it doesn't require any installation.
• Upload your video by selecting the Create option to automatically adjust it to the dimensions required for Instagram. This process only takes a few seconds.
• Once the process is complete, download the resized video in .MP4 format and share it on Instagram.

It is important that you know that the proportions of Instagram and TikTok videos are not the same. For example, in TikTok the aspect ratio is 9:16 because videos are usually recorded vertically, while for Instagram posts the recommended aspect ratio is between 4: 5 and 1.91: 1, something more square.

For this reason, it is important to resize videos before uploading them as a post, so that they properly fit into the formats requested by Instagram. However, if you want to upload them to your Stories, the TikTok format will come in handy and you won't need to resize them.

Can I unlink the accounts again?

If you want dissociate your Instagram account from TikTok, the process is very simple. You just need to:

• Enter the TikTok app and navigate to your profile.
• Then go to the option "Modify the profile".
• Then go to the Instagram section located at the bottom.
• At this point, select the Ungroup option. This way, TikTok will remove your information from Instagram and the two profiles will be separated.

If you no longer wish to publish your videos on both platforms, it is possible to dissociate the accounts with these steps

Now that you know how to share your TikTok videos on Instagram, what are you waiting for? Unleash your creativity and create unique and fun content that identifies you.

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