TikTok has thousands of animated stickers in its DM system. The problem is there's no official way to save them. No download button, no export option. But there's a trick that works right now.
Step 1: Open TikTok in a desktop browser
This doesn't work in the TikTok app. You need to open TikTok.com in Chrome or Edge on a laptop or desktop. Log in and go to your direct messages.
Step 2: Find a message with a sticker
Open any DM conversation where someone has sent a sticker, or where you've sent one. The stickers appear as animated images in the chat.
Step 3: Drag the sticker out of the chat
Click on the sticker and drag it out of the chat window into a blank area of your browser tab. Don't drop it on a link or button. When you release it, the browser will show a URL in the address bar or a new tab will open with the sticker URL. It ends in .awebp.
Step 4: Copy the URL and paste it into StickerToGIF
Copy that .awebp URL and paste it into the converter. Hit convert and your GIF will download automatically in a few seconds.
One thing to know
The URL expires after a few hours. TikTok signs their CDN links with a timestamp. If you wait too long after dragging, the conversion will fail and you'll need to drag the sticker out again to get a fresh URL.