The “Microwave Filter” trend is going viral on TikTok, and users are wondering how it got started. It’s one of the latest trends to become popular on the platform and has reportedly been used over 350,000 times. 2025 has already seen a host of notably popular trends appear on the social media app, from the “I Met My Younger Self for Coffee” trend to the “Emergency Contact” trend.
Here is everything TikTok users need to know about the new “Microwave Filter” trend and how to use the filter.
What the is ‘Microwave Filter’ is and how to use it
The “Microwave Filter” is a trend on TikTok that has gone viral. It’s an AI-generated filter that makes a photo rotate like an object inside a microwave.
The filter has spread quickly on social media, with hundreds of thousands of people sharing posts with it. If you are interested in knowing how to use it, here are the details:
- Start by opening the TikTok app.
- Select the magnifying glass icon, which can be found at the top right corner of your device’s screen. This opens the search bar of the platform.
- Look up the “Microsoft Filter” there.
- Click on one of the videos that have appeared as the result of the search.
- Click and tap on the “CapCut ∙ Microwave filter” appearing right above the creator’s username.
- Choose “Use template in CapCut,” which will make the filter accessible through the CapCut app.
- Download the image you want to use the filter on.
- Select Preview to see how the image looks with the filter before posting it on the platform with the Export button.
Notably, the filter comes with distinct microwave sounds such as the one that the door of a microwave makes when it is shut as well as the sound that it makes when it’s active. The filter even has the distinctive beeping sound that microwaves make.
