5 TikTok Settings to Fix a Broken FYP

Long-press the center of a video because the edges contain other tap targets. Select Not Interested, then tap Details to see the hashtags associated with the video and choose trends to filter.

A basic dismissal applies to one video. Selecting a hashtag in Details asks TikTok to filter the broader trend. For example, filtering #DailyDrama removes future videos tagged with #DailyDrama, including posts from other creators.

Hashtag selection is available only in the app. Desktop web offers the basic Not Interested button but does not include the Details menu.

Hashtag filtering begins after a video appears. Filter Video Keywords lets you define blocked terms in advance so matching videos can be removed before they reach the feed.

TikTok categorizes videos using captions, hashtags, and text in on-screen stickers. The keyword filter checks that text for matches. Set it up under profile → three-line menu → Settings and Privacy → Content Preferences → Filter Video Keywords.

Each keyword can be scoped independently to your For You, Following, Friends, and LIVE feeds. This means you can filter a topic out of algorithmic recommendations while still seeing it from accounts you explicitly follow.

The filter can act only on text TikTok can read. Videos with no captions, hashtags, or readable on-screen text may pass through, so use Not Interested for visual content that the keyword list misses.

If filters have barely changed your FYP, use Refresh Your For You Feed to clear the viewing history behind its recommendations.

Your followers, posts, and account settings remain intact. TikTok deletes the engagement history it uses to predict what will keep you watching. Go to Settings and Privacy → Content Preferences → Refresh Your For You Feed → Continue.

Deleting and reinstalling the app does not clear this history because TikTok stores it on its servers. The Refresh control is the available way to reset it.

The reset is irreversible and limited to the app. For several days, the FYP may resemble a new account with generic content while TikTok relearns your preferences. That temporary generic feed is a sign that the old history was cleared.

After a reset, Manage Topics lets you guide the recommendations TikTok builds next. Go to Settings → Content Preferences → Manage Topics to find 11 broad category sliders, including Creative Arts, Dance, Sports, and Travel.

A slider changes how often a category appears; it does not mute the category. Lowering Sports should reduce sports videos, while Filter Video Keywords offers more precise control.

Topic sliders affect recommendations but leave posts from followed accounts unchanged. The feature is limited to the app. Desktop has a similarly named Manage Ad Topics menu that changes ad targeting only.

The Following tab shows content from accounts you selected and uses less recommendation logic than For You.

TikTok still ranks some posts in Following, so the order is not strictly chronological. Even so, the tab stays focused on followed accounts instead of drawing from the wider recommendation pool.

If your For You page remains broken after applying the other settings, the best approach is to use the Following tab as your primary feed while the algorithm relearns your preferences in the background, then gradually reintroduce the For You page once the recommendations have shifted.