Dating Profiles

With the rise of various dating apps, the time has come where you shouldn’t be sticking to Tinder to discover your perfect match. In this article, we will guide you to delete your Tinder account from both your smartphone and computer.

How to delete my Tinder account on mobile?

• Open the Tinder app on your phone.
• Tap on the profile icon at the top right corner.
  
  
• Tap on SETTINGS.
  
  
• Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Delete Account.
  
  
• Tap on Delete My Account at the bottom.
  
  
• Choose a reason for leaving Tinder or tap SKIP at the top right corner.
  
  
• Now, tap on Delete My Account to confirm.
  
  

How to close your Tinder account on desktop?

• Visit tinder.com and sign in to your account.
  
  
• Click on your profile at the top left corner.
   
• Scroll down to the bottom and click on Delete Account.
  
  
•  A popup will appear, select DELETE MY ACCOUNT.
  
  
• Again, click on DELETE MY ACCOUNT to confirm.
  
  

How to Hide Tinder profile?

You can hide your profile in Tinder if you don’t want other people to discover you. It might be helpful if you’re going to take a temporary break from Tinder and wish to return later.

The benefit of hiding your profile instead of deleting it is that all the matches you have found and the conversations you have made will be kept safe.

• Open Tinder App on your phone.
• Tap on profile icon at the upper right corner.
  
• Tap on the Settings icon.
  
• Swipe down and turn off “Show me on Tinder”.
  

Hiding your profile won’t let other people find you on Tinder. However, this won’t stop you from chatting with the current match.

Badoo helps you find people you want to meet and date living near you. However, if you didn’t find your potential match or want to switch to other dating apps, you might want to delete your Badoo account at first. This article will guide you to remove your Badoo account. 

What happens when you close your Badoo account

Your profile will get deleted, including all your information. If someone has previously contacted or connected with you, they will see your profile as a Deleted user.

How to Delete your Badoo Account?

Note: You cannot close your Badoo account from the mobile app.

1. Visit badoo.com and sign in to your account. 
2. Click on your profile picture at the top left corner. 
3. Click on the Settings icon in the upper right corner. 
4. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Delete account. 
5. A popup will appear, choose the Delete your account option and click on Continue. 
6. Now, select a reason for leaving Badoo and click on Continue. 
7. Again, select another reason and click Continue. 
8. Now, enter your password, fill up the captcha code and click on Delete My Account to confirm. 

These days a lot of people are looking forward to finding their match using various online dating apps like OkCupid. However, if you didn’t find your right match yet and want to close your  OkCupid account, here’s how to do it.

Note: Deleting your OkCupid account is permanent. 

How to Close my OkCupid account

You’ll need to perform this procedure on a computer as you cannot close your account from the mobile app. 

1. Visit okcupid.com and login to your account. 
2. Click on your profile at the upper right corner. 
3. A dropdown menu appears, select Settings. 
4. Click on My Account from the left pane. 
5. Scroll down and click on the Go here link.
6. Click on the Delete account button.
   1. If you want to disable your account, click on Disable account. Others will see your account as deleted, but you can re-enable your account in the future. 
7. A confirmation popup appears, enter your password in the Confirm field. 
8. Click on Delete at the bottom of the page. 

What happens to your paid subscription if you disable or delete your account

• If you’ve paid for your subscription through a Credit card or PayPal and disable your account, OkCupid will pause entire billing while your account is in disabled status. Nevertheless, if you activate your account once after your billing expiration date, you’ll be proposed to pay for the subscription. If you delete your account, OkCupid will permanently cancel your subscription.
• If you’ve subscribed through Google Play or iTunes, you’ll require to cancel your subscription manually by going to your respective (Google Play or iTunes) subscription settings. Google Play or iTunes won’t automatically cancel your OkCupid subscription even though it’s disabled, enabled or closed. 

Dating sites have grown a lot, and eHarmony is one of the online dating sites that helps you find your potential match. But no matter what, you don’t know who’s behind the screen and their intentions. 

If you want to delete your eHarmony account, it just a matter of clicks, and here’s how to do it. 

What happens when you delete your eHarmony Account

1. All the matches and contacts will be removed. 
2. Your profile will be permanently closed. 

Note: If you own an eHarmony membership subscription, you need to contact the customer care team to start your account deletion procedure. 

How to Delete your eHarmony Profile

1. Visit eharmony.com and login to your account if you haven’t.
   
   
2. Click on your profile at the top right corner of the page.
   
   
3. A dropdown menu appears, select Data & settings.
   
   
4. In the PROFILE VISIBILITY  section, click on the “To delete your profile permanently, please click here” link.
   
   
5. Enter your password and click on the DELETE PROFILE to confirm your account closure.
   
   

How to hide your eHarmony Profile

If you don’t want to delete your profile, you can take a break from it by hiding your profile. 

1. Head into eharmony.com and sign in to your account.
   
   
2. Click on your profile at the upper right corner.
   
   
3. Select Data & settings from the dropdown menu.
   
   
4. In the PROFILE VISIBILITY section, turn off the toggle.
   
   

Now, your profile is invisible. However, users who are in contact with you or those who have added you to their favorites can still view your profile.  

POF (Plenty Of Fish) is one of the most popular online dating services available, but no matter how famous it is, it carries the demerits of online datings services like any other.

Online dating is a risk-taking factor; you don’t know who’s behind the screen, texting you those romantic messages. If you want to live a real-life and find your real love, then you should start off by deleting your POF account. In this article, we will teach you how to close your Plenty Of Fish account with ease.

Steps to Delete POF Account

To close your Plenty of Fish account permanently

1. Visit pof.com  and sign in to your account if you haven’t.
2. Click on the Help button at the top right corner of the page.
3.  Select the Delete account option. It’s under How do I delete my account.
4. Enter your username, password, and select your reason for saying goodbye to POF.
5. Now, click on the Quit/ Give up/Delete Account button.

How To Hide Your Plenty of Fish (POF) Account?

If you want to hide your profile on POF, here’s what you should do.

1. Visit pof.com and log in to your account.
2. Click on the Edit profile option at the top right corner of the page.
3. Now, select the To hide your profile from others, click here option

Once you hide your POF profile, others won’t be able to see your profile/image. If you change up your mind, you can simply remove it by logging in to your account, and you are all set to go again.

Do you need to delete match account because:

1. You found a perfect match.
2. Got a better alternative to like OkCupid, eHarmony, POF, etc.
3. Feel like you are killing too much of your productive time in the virtual world.
4. Don’t want to spend hard-earned money on a worthless subscription.

Whatever be the reason, if you are looking for the simplest way to delete Match.com account and cancel match subscription, then you are at the right place.

Things to consider before you close Match account

1. All your data in Match profile, including the chat history and matches you have found will be lost permanently after a year.
2. Other Match members can’t view your profile and pictures.
3. You can reactivate the account within a year. You just have to sign in to the Match account.
4. Make sure you’ve canceled the auto-renewal of Match subscription.

If you still wish to leave Match account, then follow our simplified and updated procedure to delete Match account in the article below. So, let’s begin.

Delete Match Account Using a Web-browser

You have to log in from a web browser to delete a Match account as there is not an option to do it from the app.

• Go to Match.com from a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc)
  
• If not already logged in, sign in to the account which you want to delete.
  
• Click on the settings icon that lies towards the top right corner of the page and select “Settings” from the dropdown menu that appears.
  
• In the settings page, click on Change/Cancel Membership.
• Since you are accessing the sensitive part Match will ask you to reenter your password. Type the password and then click on Continue Cancellation.
• Don’t forget to cancel the auto-renewal of your subscription before you proceed further. For this click on Subscription Status.
• After you are done checking your subscription status, click on “Cancel Membership and Remove Profile”.
  
• You have successfully deleted your Match account. You will receive a membership cancellation notice.
  

This process will deactivate the Match account, and it will take 365 days to delete it permanently. You can always return to Match.com and then start using it just by logging in with the same username and password.

But remember you can do this only within 365 days after that all your information on the match.com will be permanently removed.

Cancel Match subscription from Android

Though you cannot delete Match account using the application for Match, you can cancel the Match subscription and hide your account from Match search.

• Open the Match app.
• Tap on Menu option (three horizontal lines arranged in a row) that lies towards the top left corner of the page.
• Tap on “Settings” in the menu tab that slides out.
• Now in the Profile Visibility option tap on “Hidden.” It will hide your profile, and you won’t be seen by others.
• Now open Google play store application.
• Tap on menu option at the top left corner of the apps and then tap on “Account” from the menu panel that slides out.
• Tap on Subscription to display all the subscriptions that you have made.
• Find and tap on Match.
• Finally, tap on Cancel and then tap on Yes to confirm your choice.

It will hide your profile and then cancel the automatic payment to Match subscription. This process is almost like deleting your account but don’t rely only on this. We recommend you to remove the Match account entirely by following the procedure stated above.

How to Cancel Match Subscription on iPhone/iPad?

You can easily cancel any subscription on the iPhone.

• Launch the Settings app on your iPhone/iPad.
• Scroll down on the settings page, and tap on iTunes & App Store.
• Tap on your Apple ID.
• A popup menu will appear on your screen, and you have to select the View Apple ID.
  If you are asked to enter your Apple Id’s password, then do so as per the instruction.
• Scroll down on the page and select Subscriptions option
• Select the Match subscription from the list.
• Tap on the Cancel Subscription option and click Confirm it on the pop-up screen.

You have successfully canceled your Match.com subscription, but your profile will still be available on Match. So, you have to follow the further steps from How to Delete a Match Account heading.