Is TikTok recommending too many videos that you find offensive? Here’s how to obtain better recommendations by resetting your FYP.
TikTok does a fantastic job at suggesting enjoyable content. However, occasionally, its assessment of your interests may be wildly inaccurate. If you want the app to show you videos that you’re interested in, follow these instructions to reset your TikTok For You Page.
How To Reset Your TikTok For You Page (FYP)
You have the ability to choose the content you watch if the videos on your TikTok For You Page don’t suit your interests. These are some useful tips for customising your feed so that the app displays content based on your interests.
1. Refresh Your For You Feed
When working with videos, the most crucial thing to do is to fully reset your feed. In order for TikTok to rebuild your content choices from scratch, the feed refresh feature clears away your current feed patterns and preferences.
Take these actions to reset your TikTok feed:
1. Tap the Profile icon located at the bottom right of the screen when you launch the TikTok app.
2. On your profile page, tap the hamburger icon in the upper right corner.
3. Select Settings and privacy from the pop-up menu, then click Content Preferences.
4. After tapping Refresh your For You feed, click Proceed. Lastly, to finish the procedure, tap Refresh.
2. Mark Content as “Not Interested”
You’ll need to modify your TikTok FYP to suit your tastes after you’ve refreshed your feed.
For instance, if your refreshed FYP is filled with videos about football, all you have to do is long-press on any of the videos and select “Not interested.” Repeat this process with every football video you encounter.
To go a step further, you can unlike a category of content on your FYP that you no longer wish to see based on past preferences. To let the algorithm know that you’re not interested in football videos anymore, you may, for example, go back to your profile and “unlike” any football videos you’ve previously liked.
To unliking videos that you have loved in the past:
1. To access your profile page, tap the Profile icon located at the bottom of the screen.
2. To view videos you’ve liked, tap the heart icon that appears directly beneath your bio.
3. Navigate through the videos, select the kind of video you wish to no longer see, and then “unlike” it by tapping the red heart icon.
Moving forward, it will be your constant responsibility to show disinterest in things that you disagree with and to appreciate and rewatch stuff that you find enjoyable.
Take Control of Your TikTok Feed
Your For You Page is personalised by TikTok’s robust recommendation algorithm based on how you interact with content. You should watch videos with intention if you want your feed to remain relevant.
1. Thoughtfully Interact With New Recommendations
Try not to engage with new videos on your FYP too much unless you really want to see more of that kind of thing. Your recommendations to surface additional content on a certain topic may be skewed by an inadvertent like or full video view of an unrelated piece. Only thoroughly engage with stuff that you find appealing.
2. Vary Your Content Choices In Early Usage
Make an effort to engage with a wide variety of videos that span a range of subjects, styles, and media types that catch your attention. Be deliberate in the interactions you have instead of acting too impulsively. The TikTok algorithm uses those early actions to create an interest profile for you. So start experimenting early.
3. Don’t Revert to Previous Behavior After Resetting Your Feed
By resetting the algorithm, you can resume your FYP, but take care not to make the same mistakes you did in the past when engaging. Repetition of previous actions merely retrains the system to display the stuff you find objectionable. Take charge of your TikTok viewing experience and don’t make mistakes.
You may direct TikTok to better match your tastes with your For You Page by being cautious in how you manage your interactions. Avoid over-engaging with unrelated, random items that could clog your feed. Putting in a little intentionality will help you create the FYP of your dreams.