# TikTok safe zone checker and overlay

> See what TikTok's buttons, caption and tabs cover on your vertical video. Check your own frame and download a transparent 1080 × 1920 TikTok safe zone overlay.

URL: https://cutfac.com/tools/tiktok-safe-zone  
Last updated: 2026-10-27  
Language: [한국어](https://cutfac.com/ko/tools/tiktok-safe-zone)

Drop in a frame from your video and see which parts TikTok's buttons, caption and tabs will cover. Keep text, faces and calls to action inside the dashed box.

Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

## How to use it

1. **Add a frame.** Drop a screenshot or a video. For a video, drag the frame slider to the moment you want to check.
2. **Check the clear area.** TikTok's interface is drawn over your frame. Captions, faces, your logo and calls to action should sit inside the dashed box.
3. **Compare the other apps.** Turn on the other platforms to see them side by side. The numbers and the overlay then use the strictest edge of the apps you picked.
4. **Download the overlay.** Save tiktok-safe-zone-1080x1920.png, a transparent PNG, and lay it over your timeline in any editor.

## What TikTok covers

TikTok draws the Following and For You tabs and the search button along the top, the like, comment, share and sound column down the right, and the account name, caption and sound along the bottom.

Anything underneath is hard to read and can't be tapped.

## TikTok safe zone on a 1080 × 1920 frame

These figures are measured from the TikTok app. The interface shifts with the device and the caption length, so leave some margin.

- Top: 134 px
- Bottom: 480 px
- Left: 60 px
- Right: 150 px
- Clear area: 870 × 1306 px

## Posting to other apps too

TikTok covers less of the top and bottom than Reels or Shorts, so a video laid out only for TikTok can lose its captions on the other apps.

If you post the same video everywhere, pick all three platforms above and design for the combined zone.

## Sources

- [Remotion: Social safe zones](https://www.remotion.dev/elements/overlays/social-safe-zones/)
- [Moda: Story safe zone checker](https://moda.app/tools/story-safe-zone-checker)
- [Billo: Meta ads safe zones](https://billo.app/blog/meta-ads-safe-zones)
- [Adnova: Meta ad safe zones guide](https://adnova.ai/blogs/meta-ad-safe-zones-guide)
- [Reap: Short-form video safe zones](https://reap.video/blog/short-form-video-safe-zones)
- [Adaptly: Social media safe zones](https://adaptlypost.com/blog/social-media-safe-zones-2026-complete-guide)

## Questions

### What is the TikTok safe zone?

On a 1080 × 1920 video, keep important content 134 px from the top, 480 px from the bottom, 60 px from the left and 150 px from the right. That leaves a clear area of 870 × 1306 px.

### Is there a TikTok safe zone template?

Yes. The download button saves tiktok-safe-zone-1080x1920.png: the covered areas shaded and the clear area outlined on a transparent background. Put it on the top track of your editor and hide it before you export.

### Where should captions go on TikTok?

Keep the bottom of your captions at least 480 px above the bottom edge, and their sides 60 px from the left and 150 px from the right. Above that line, TikTok's caption and buttons won't cover them.

### What's the difference between a safe zone and a dead zone?

They're two sides of the same frame. The dead zone is the part the app covers, and the safe zone is what's left. A transparent overlay that marks both is also called a safe zone guide or template, which is what the download button saves.

### Is my file uploaded?

No. The file opens in your browser and isn't sent anywhere.