"account doesn't exist" When my account is supposed to be suspended

I was suspended on TikTok on 20 November 2025, that's 8 months ago, so up until May, I always got a message saying "Your account is suspended" every time I tried to log in so it's normal! Frustrating, but normal.

I never knew I'd miss receiving this message one day... On a random day in May, I tried to log in once again, and it says "account doesn't exist". I was surprised, never saw this message before. So I tried logging in with my email address and it says this email isn't registered in their system. I was getting terrified, I could no longer change my password and my email address is not attached to TikTok's database anymore. I tried creating a new account using my account's username, and the username was available... Normally, if you're suspended, even permanently, your username remains unavailable and only to you.

My hypothesis is that TikTok permanently wiped out all of my data and no one can restore it, not even them. But that would be extremely ridiculous and unprofessional because I was able to "log in" (not literally, I still had the "your account is suspended" message) literally THREE days before this. 3 days separated my last login and this whole mess.

I've seen users getting their account back after 11 months, a whole year, 2 years even and they managed to get their accounts. That's why I refuse to believe everything was wiped out after 8 months.

I'm so scared, what if it's over for me and my TikTok account? I'd rather have it suspended but all my data is still accessible to them than have them nuke everything beyond recovery.