# TikTok safe zone checker

https://flaghand.com/tiktok-safe-zone shows a 9:16 image, or any frame of a video, under TikTok's top bar, side buttons
and caption, with the safe zone marked: what TikTok's UI leaves clear. The zone is TikTok's own, from the safe zone files
on its In-Feed ads specifications page (https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-auction-in-feed-ads),
checked on November 2, 2026, scaled to 1080 × 1920:

- In-feed: 120 px in from the left and right, 240 from the top, 660 from the bottom, and 300 from the right edge below 840.
- Ad (with an anchor link): 252 from the top, 120 from the left and right, the right 240 below 360, and 812, 878, 946
  or 1014 from the bottom for one to four lines of caption.

TikTok publishes these for ads; an ordinary post has the same top bar, buttons and caption. Free, no sign-up. It runs in
your browser: the image or video is never uploaded or stored. The overlay downloads as a 1080 × 1920 PNG.

## How to use it

1. Drop or choose a 9:16 image or a video; for a video, pick the frame.
2. Switch between In-feed and Ad (and the ad's caption lines). Keep words and faces inside the dashed line.

An agent can open it with the layout in the link's hash, which never reaches a server:
https://flaghand.com/tiktok-safe-zone#layout=ad&lines=2

Length, file size and format: https://flaghand.com/docs/guides/video-specs-tiktok-x-linkedin

## TikTok’s safe zones.

In-feedIn a 1080 × 1920 video: 120 px in from the left and right, 240 from the top, 660 from the bottom, and 300 from the right edge below 840.

Ad252 from the top, 120 from the left and right, the right 240 below 360, and 812, 878, 946 or 1014 from the bottom for one to four lines of caption.

Size9:16 fills the screen. TikTok recommends 1080 × 1920; its ads take 540 × 960 at least.

Checked on November 2, 2026, against the safe zone files on TikTok’s [In-Feed ads specifications](https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/tiktok-auction-in-feed-ads) (In-Feed Standard, and In-Feed with Anchor for one to four caption lines), scaled from their 720 × 1280 and 540 × 960 frames to 1080 × 1920. TikTok publishes them for ads; an ordinary post has the same top bar, buttons and caption. The buttons and words over your frame are Flaghand’s drawing of where TikTok puts them.

Length, file size and format for TikTok, X and LinkedIn: [video specs](https://flaghand.com/docs/guides/video-specs-tiktok-x-linkedin). To check a file before you post, use the [video checker](https://flaghand.com/video-checker).

## Questions.

### What is the TikTok safe zone?

The part of a 9:16 video that TikTok’s top bar, side buttons and caption don’t cover. Words, faces and logos inside it stay clear on the For You feed.

### What are the TikTok safe zone dimensions?

In a 1080 × 1920 video, by TikTok’s in-feed file: 120 pixels in from the left and right, 240 from the top and 660 from the bottom, and 300 from the right edge below 840, where the buttons are.

### Is an ad’s safe zone different?

Yes. With an anchor link and the ad’s button, TikTok’s ad file keeps 252 pixels clear at the top and 812 to 1014 at the bottom, for one to four lines of caption, in a 1080 × 1920 video. The buttons take the right 240 below 360.

### Where do these numbers come from?

From the safe zone files on TikTok’s In-Feed ads specifications page, checked on November 2, 2026, scaled from their 720 × 1280 and 540 × 960 frames to 1080 × 1920. TikTok publishes them for ads; an ordinary post has the same top bar, buttons and caption.

### Is my video uploaded?

No. It is opened and drawn in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere or stored, and the page sets no cookies.

## Flaghand

Flaghand sends a TikTok video or photo post only after its owner approves the exact draft with a passkey: posted, or as a draft in the creator's TikTok inbox.

Flaghand is X and LinkedIn posting for AI agents: your agent drafts through Flaghand's API, CLI or MCP server, you
approve the exact preview with your passkey, and Flaghand posts exactly that.
Sign up at https://app.flaghand.com/start. In a chat app, add the connector at https://app.flaghand.com/mcp: its sign-in page creates the account. An agent with a shell can start the sign-up for its person over HTTP (https://flaghand.com/llms.txt, Quickstart).

For agents: https://flaghand.com/llms.txt (this site) and https://app.flaghand.com/llms.txt (the product's agent guide).