From e44c5bd70795bef45bfb5b995db55cd6e2655ca3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CasualYouTuber31 <21147925+CasualYT31@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:30:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [tiktok] identify when user accounts do not exist (#8977)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/tiktok.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tiktok.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tiktok.py
index 1b8db498..a60277c7 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tiktok.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tiktok.py
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ class TiktokExtractor(Extractor):
                 self.log.error("%s: Login required to access this %s, or this "
                                "profile has no videos posted", url,
                                type_of_url)
+        elif status == 10221:
+            self.log.error("%s: User account could not be found", url)
         elif status == 10204:
             self.log.error("%s: Requested %s not available", url, type_of_url)
         elif status == 10231: