Technology | TikTok TikTok Is Back Google, Apple return it to their app stores By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 14, 2025 12:30 AM CST Updated Feb 14, 2025 1:30 AM CST Copied A TikTok logo is shown on a phone in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) You can once again download TikTok from your app store of choice after Google and Apple both restored the social media app's availability. After a law banning TikTok went into effect in the US, the Chinese-owned app was removed from app stores, but it has now returned following President Trump's promise to save the popular app, the AP reports. Trump delayed enforcement of the US ban until April soon after taking office, but Politico reports newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi more recently sent a letter to Apple (and possibly Google as well) asserting it would not be fined for violating the TikTok ban. (Meanwhile, Trump continues to work on a plan that could see US ownership of TikTok.) Read These Next Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. White House isn't happy about the pick for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. Trump's public plea to Bondi was reportedly meant to be private. Report an error