TikTok has become more accessible by letting users add auto-generated captions to their videos. But some users have been left confused as to how to turn on the feature.
If you want to start to add captions to your videos, or if you’re wondering how to add captions to the videos you watch – here’s everything you need to know.
How to add auto-generated captions to your TikTok videos
Adding captions to your videos is a great way to make your content more accessible to people, and TikTok has made it easy for everyone by allowing creators to add auto-generated captions.
Here’s how you add captions to your videos:
However, you should be aware that once you’ve published your video, you’ll be unable toedit the captions.
If you want subtitles to automatically display, the first step is to check to see that the auto caption feature is enabled on your account.
To do this, simply go to yourSettings and privacyand tap on theAccessibilitytab. Here you’ll see the option toAlways show auto-generated captions. Make sure the button is switched on.
If you want to turn off captions on for certain videos, you can turn them off while watching the video bytapping on the captionsand then on the ‘hide captions’ option. To turn them on again, just tap on the ‘captions’ button again and they’ll come back.
If you want to learn more about how to use TikTok, you can check out our other guides includinghow to duet on TikTokandhow to go live on TikTok.
Alice Sjöberg is an Evergreen Specialist on Dexerto’s UK team, focusing on Entertainment content. She is an NCTJ qualified journalist, providing expert coverage of trending, viral news from X/Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok. Alice also has bylines at The Mirror, MSN, Daily Express, OK! Magazine, and The Chronicle. You can contact her at: alice.sjoberg@dexerto.com
