How does TikTok profile tracking work in Archive, and how can users maintain or update it?
TikTok profile tracking in Archive allows users to monitor and manage their TikTok content effectively. Below is a detailed guide on how tracking works, how to maintain it, and how to handle missing content.
Overview of TikTok Profile Tracking
Archive tracks a TikTok profile in one of two modes:
Tagged Content (default): Archive captures posts where your brand is tagged or mentioned. This mode has no expiration — tracking continues indefinitely with no action needed.
All Content: Archive pulls every new post from the profile's feed, regardless of tagging. When you add a profile in this mode through the app, it runs for a 60-day window from the date it's added.
Regardless of mode, posts published before tracking was enabled are not included automatically — see Adding Missing Content below.
How Often New Posts Are Captured
Once a TikTok profile is tracked, Archive checks it for new posts on a recurring background schedule — at most about every 12 hours by default. This is a catch-all: content that also matches a tracked hashtag or mention is picked up sooner, on a more frequent search (roughly every few hours). Each check only pulls posts published since the last one.
So the ~12-hour figure is the at-latest bound for content that only profile monitoring would find — a post already caught by a faster method appears sooner and doesn't wait for the cycle. Exact timing can vary by platform and current load.
Maintaining Active Tracking (All Content Mode)
If a TikTok profile is tracked in All Content mode, that mode lasts 60 days from when it was added through the app. When the window lapses, the profile isn't removed — it automatically falls back to Tagged Content mode, so tagged and mentioned posts keep getting captured. Only the "pull everything from the feed" behavior stops.
To restart All Content mode, re-add the same TikTok profile. This starts a new 60-day window.
Tagged Content tracking (the default) has no expiration and needs no maintenance.
Adding Missing Content
If your TikTok account was not being tracked previously, any posts published before tracking was enabled will not be captured automatically. To include these posts in your Archive, you need to add them manually. This can be done through the manual upload feature, which allows you to upload older content to your Archive for comprehensive tracking.
Troubleshooting Common Issues
All Content Window Expired: If a profile stops picking up every post from its feed, check whether its 60-day All Content window has ended. Tagged/mentioned posts will still be captured; re-add the profile to resume All Content mode.
Missing Posts: For posts not captured automatically, use the manual upload feature to add them to your Archive.
By following these steps, you can ensure that your TikTok profile tracking remains active and complete, allowing you to manage your content effectively within Archive.