How to fast-forward through a TikTok video

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TikTok videos aren’t what you would call long, but sometimes you might want to skip a few seconds ahead — especially now that the videos can be up to three minutes long. Or you may have a favorite moment that you want to replay, over and over and over. Either way, TikTok has recently added a way to go forward and back on its videos. (Note: it’s possible that this feature hasn’t been rolled out to all users yet; if you don’t yet have it yet, it should arrive soon.)

When you’re playing a TikTok video, look at the bottom of the video for a faint white line. You will probably not see it in all videos; after some experimenting, I found that I was mainly finding it in the longer videos. If you do see it, then you can use it to go forward and...

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