How to Block Your Ex and Co-Workers on Tinder
Dating people on dating apps can be fun, but the last thing most people want to see when swiping is faces from their past. Luckily, avoiding your ex – or someone else you don’t want to see on Tinder – is easy thanks to the app’s new blocked list .
There are two ways to block someone on Tinder: block contacts stored in your phone contacts, or add their phone number or email address to your blocked list.
You can add people to your Tinder blocked list even if they don’t have a Tinder account, and if they do, they won’t be notified when you block them. They just won’t see you in the app, and you won’t see them, unless they sign up with a different phone number or email address than the one you’ve blocked.
How to block contacts stored on your phone
The fastest way to block someone on Tinder is to add their contact information from your phone.
- Open your Tinder profile in the app.
- Tap Settings , then scroll down and select Block Contacts.
- Share your contacts with Tinder when prompted.
- Select the contacts stored on your phone, then tap Block Contacts to add them to the list.
Note that this gives Tinder access to your phone’s contact information (Tinder explains how it uses this information in itsprivacy policy ). However, you can disconnect your contacts at any time without deleting your blocked list.
- Go to Settings> Block Contacts.
- Tap the menu icon in the upper right corner.
- Select Disable Contact List.
Again, disabling phone contacts does not delete blocked contacts. According to the Tinder support page , “For your privacy, we will keep these contacts blocked until you ask to unblock them.”
If you choose to unblock someone, you can remove them from your blocked contacts by going to Settings> Block contacts> Blocked contacts , then select a name and click unblock, or click unblock all to remove all blocked contacts …
How to block names, phone numbers, and email addresses
You can also block someone on Tinder by manually adding their phone numbers or email addresses to your Tinder Blocked Users List. This blocks the person even if they are not saved on your phone, and you can do this without sharing your contacts with Tinder.
- Open your Tinder profile page.
- Go to Settings> Block contacts.
- Click “+” to create a new blocked contact.
- Fill in their contact information, then click Finish to add them to the blocked list.