TikTok is reportedly setting up a plan to shut down in the U.S. as the Supreme Court continues to weigh Sunday's looming ban.

If TikTok is banned on January 19, users in the United States could see their access abruptly shut off, but they'll be able to retrieve their personal data.

TikTok's reported plans include giving users a pop-message directing them to a website with information about the ban.

Social media giant TikTok plans to completely shut down its operations in the United States this Sunday if a ban ordered by legislators goes through as planned, a report said. The apparent shutdown comes as TikTok faces a January 19 legislative deadline to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or cease US operations.

TikTok is preparing to go dark for U.S. users this Sunday if the Supreme Court does not grant it emergency appeal to halt a law that would ban the app unless parent ByteDance divests its stake in TikTok,

TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users from Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, unless the Supreme Court moves to block it, sources familiar with the matter said.

TikTok is reportedly planning a total shutdown of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app when the law requiring a ban or sale of the video-sharing app takes effect on Sunday. The roughly 170 million US users who try to access the app will be greeted with a pop-up message directed them to a website with details about the ban,