How to link Instagram to TikTok: add it to your TikTok bio

You post on Instagram and on TikTok, and you want people on one app to find you on the other. The two apps do not connect to each other, so the way to do it is simple: put the web address of your profile on the other app. Here is how, and what to do when the option is missing.

Add your TikTok link to your Instagram bio

1. Open Instagram and go to your profile.
2. Tap Edit profile.
3. Find the Links or Website field. The name depends on your version of the app.
4. Paste your TikTok profile address, which looks like https://www.tiktok.com/@yourname, and save.

You can type the address yourself, using your TikTok username after the @. Test it from a phone you are not logged in on. A link that opens your profile in the browser is what you want.

How to add your Instagram link to your TikTok bio

1. Open TikTok and tap Profile.
2. Tap Edit profile.
3. Next to Links, tap Add.
4. Paste the address of your Instagram profile, https://www.instagram.com/yourname, and save.

TikTok’s help page says it no longer supports links that open or log in to other social apps. You paste a normal web address, and that is all it takes.

What if you cannot add a link to your TikTok bio?

TikTok shows the link field to accounts with at least 1,000 followers, and to verified business accounts. Below that, you may not see it at all. The rules have changed more than once, so look at the Links row in your app and at TikTok’s help page for your account type.

Until the option appears, you can still say it in your bio text and your videos, for example “Instagram: yourname”. People can search for it.

Why one link is better than two

TikTok’s link field holds a single address. If you want people to reach your Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, your shop and your email, you will run out of room quickly, and you will have to swap the link every time something changes.

The usual fix is a page that lists everything. You put its address in both profiles, and it never changes, even when your links do. If you add a new account or a new shop later, you edit the page and nothing else.

Show both accounts on one page

With Linkerzz you can claim your link for free, then add a profile card for Instagram and another for TikTok. Type only your username and the card builds the link for you. There are cards for 11 networks, including YouTube, X, Snapchat and Threads, so you can list every account you have.

You can then add the rest: your booking link, your shop, a WhatsApp button, and a contact form. Paste the one address into Instagram and TikTok, and keep it the same everywhere.

Make it easy to find you

• Use the same username on both apps when you can. People who find you on one will guess your name on the other.
• Say where to find you. A line such as “More on Instagram” in a video, or “Videos on TikTok” in an Instagram bio, gets more taps than a link alone.
• Check your links now and then. Apps change their menus, and a link that stops working costs you visitors without telling you.
• See what works. Free Linkerzz pages count how many people visit and which links they tap, so you can see whether the Instagram or the TikTok card gets more clicks.

Need words for the bio itself? Our free TikTok bio generator builds short bios to copy, with or without a link.