How to save a TikTok slideshow as photos, not a video
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Photo slideshows are some of the most saved posts on TikTok — recipes, outfit ideas, wallpapers, study notes. Saving one from the app usually gives you a video of the slideshow rather than the pictures themselves. Here’s how to get each photo as a real image file, at the quality it was uploaded.
Step by step
- In TikTok, open the slideshow, tap Share and choose Copy link.
- Go to the TikTok Photo Downloader and paste the link, then press Download.
- Every photo in the post appears with its own Download button.
- To save everything at once, press Download all (ZIP).
Opening the ZIP file
- iPhone and iPad: open the Files app, go to Downloads and tap the ZIP — it becomes a folder. Select the photos, tap Share and choose Save Images to put them in Photos.
- Android: open Files by Google, tap the ZIP in Downloads and choose Extract.
- Windows: right-click the ZIP and choose Extract All.
- Mac: double-click the ZIP in Finder.
What quality do you get?
Each image is the file TikTok stores for that slide, at its original resolution and without the TikTok watermark — much sharper than a screenshot or a frame from the slideshow video. Some images come as WebP, a modern format that current phones and computers open without extra apps.
Keep the music too
The slideshow’s sound is available in the same result as an MP3. And if what you actually want is someone’s profile picture, the TikTok Profile Picture Downloader gets it in full size.
Photos belong to the people who posted them. Saving for personal use is one thing; reposting someone’s pictures needs their permission.