TikTok Shuts Down in U.S Apple and Google pull TikTok from app stores given Jan. 19 deadline that bans TikTok in the absence of ByteDance sale TikTok shut off the video app for U.S. users at about 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night. For now, it’s unclear how long TikTok — which is effectively being outlawed by the U.S. government because of its ties to China — will stay down.