How to turn off LIVE invites on TikTok

To turn off LIVE invites on TikTok, check two places: the LIVE settings on the Go LIVE screen (the gear icon) and Settings and privacy > Privacy in your profile menu. Look for options covering co-host, multi-guest or collaboration invites, and pick No one or Friends where available. Ignore an invite and it expires on its own. For spam accounts, block and report them, or switch to a private account.

This guide explains what TikTok LIVE invites are, why strangers and bots send them, how to limit them, and what to do when the settings in your app look different.

What are TikTok LIVE invites?

A TikTok LIVE invite is a pop-up that asks you to join someone's broadcast as a guest or co-host. Hosts can invite viewers or other creators into a multi-guest or co-host session, and the invited account sees a prompt it can accept or ignore. An invite you do not answer lapses after a short time, so doing nothing is a valid way to decline.

LIVE has become one of TikTok's biggest draws, helped by formats like the NPC streaming trend, and invites become a problem when they arrive in bulk. Low-quality accounts and bots use them to pull people into streams for views, gifts or follower growth, and some users report dozens of invites a day. The same pattern shows up in "Add Yours" prompts and video mentions, where unknown accounts tag you to get your attention.

Invites from strangers are usually annoying rather than dangerous, but treat them with the same caution as unsolicited messages: do not join a stranger's LIVE, do not follow links mentioned in it, and never share codes, passwords or payment details with a host who asks for them.

How to turn off LIVE invites on TikTok

TikTok places invite controls in the LIVE settings and in the Privacy menu, and the exact labels change between app versions and regions. Work through these steps:

1. Open TikTok and tap the + button, then swipe to LIVE.
2. Tap the settings (gear) icon on the Go LIVE screen before you start a broadcast.
3. Look for options named after co-host, multi-guest, collaboration or invites, and turn them off or limit them to people you follow or friends.
4. Go back, tap Profile, then the Menu button at the top, and open Settings and privacy > Privacy.
5. Check the entries for LIVE, Mentions and Stickers, and set who can interact with you to Friends or No one.

If your account is not eligible to host LIVE, the LIVE tab may not appear at all. In that case the Privacy menu, blocking and a private account are your main tools. Updating TikTok to the latest version from the App Store or Google Play also helps, because older builds can lack newer invite settings.

How to stop "Add Yours" prompt invites

"Add Yours" invites are separate from LIVE invites: they ask you to post a video for a prompt someone else started. Earlier versions of TikTok offered a control for this inside the Add Yours sticker area, reached through Creator tools, with a choice of who can invite you to add to prompts. If your app still shows it, choose No one.

If you cannot find that control, open Settings and privacy > Privacy and review the Mentions and Stickers entries, which govern who can tag you and use interactive features with your account. Limiting mentions to people you follow cuts most tag-based spam, because bot accounts rarely have a follow relationship with you.

Block, report and go private to cut spam invites

Blocking stops one account from inviting, messaging or tagging you, but it is a per-account fix: spam operators create new accounts, so blocking works best combined with the settings above. To block or report, open the account's profile, tap the share or three-dot icon, and choose Block or Report.

A private account is the strongest single measure. According to TikTok's private account help page, you must approve followers, only approved people can watch your videos and LIVE videos, and others cannot Duet, Stitch or download your posts. To switch:

1. Tap Profile at the bottom of the TikTok app.
2. Tap the Menu button at the top.
3. Tap Settings and privacy, then Privacy.
4. Turn Private account on.

The trade-off is reach: private accounts do not get discovered by new viewers, so creators who want growth should rely on invite settings and blocking instead. Reporting spam accounts also gives TikTok's moderation team the accounts to review.

Why you still get invites after changing settings

Invites that keep coming after you change settings usually have a simple cause. Run through this checklist:

• The setting you changed covers a different feature (for example Add Yours instead of LIVE co-host invites).
• The app has not been updated, so the newest invite controls are missing.
• The invites come from accounts you follow or friends, which most settings still allow.
• The pop-up is a notification about someone going LIVE, not an invite; manage those under Settings and privacy > Notifications.
• A new wave of spam accounts started after your last round of blocking.

If none of these apply, use the Report a problem option in Settings and privacy so TikTok can look at your account's settings.

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