When trying to delete your account, you may run into the message of “Failed to delete account” or maybe “there was a problem deleting your tinder account”. This may be happening because you broke Tinder guidelines, your internet is connected, or maybe Tinder is just not working for anyone at the moment.
While the reasoning may not matter, problems with deleting your account can be a very time sensitive issue that you want to get solved as quickly as possible.
Some resolutions are as simple are restarting your Wi-Fi router while others may be as time consuming as waiting for the app creators to fx a bug that has taken Tinder ofine for a while.
How to Delete Tinder Account
- Instead of using your phone. Go to Tinder.com and log in.
- Click on your profile in the upper left corner
- Select Delete Tinder
- Select Delete my account
Why Can’t I Delete My Tinder Account?
1. You’re Shadowbanned
The reason you are unable to delete your Tinder account might be due to your past actions on the app. If you have been breaking any of the community guidelines you agreed to when you first made your account, this can result in your account being shadowbanned.
This just means that your account is being penalized for the actions you have committed that broke Tinder’s rules. Some reasons might be you were spamming right swipes, were posting nude photos, bullying others in your chats, or maybe even not responding to any matches for a longer period of time.
Because of this essentially time-out on your account, it will not be working correctly and your attempts to delete your profle will be futile until your account is no longer shadow banned by Tinder.
You can attempt to contact Tinder as well and ask why you were shadow banned so you can get to deleting your account a little quicker.
2. Bug
One reason you might be struggling to delete your Tinder account is because there is a bug in the software. In the United States alone, there are over seven million users which sadly means there is going to be some bumps along the road for many of these users.
These types of problems can be very frustrating when you are trying to get something done in an efcient manner, but bugs are sometimes just unavoidable. Various industries and apps alike fall prey to the vicious bugs that circulate the technology systems. Your
frustration is heard and understood, but all you can do is sit tight until the bug works its way out and system developers are able to tackle the issue for you.
You’ve Deleted Your Account Before and Made A New One So Tinder Doesn’t Want You to Delete Again
If you have previously deleted Tinder before and already made a new account, Tinder may be prohibiting you from deleting another account again. Deleting your account more than once and then making new ones registers as spam in the Tinder system.
Much like shadow banning, these actions sometimes result in some holds on your account. Tinder may be not letting you delete your profile because the app believes you will just be making another one in the near future, so Tinder just wants you to keep your same profle so that they do not have to go through the work of maybe making you another account in time to come.
There are also fake accounts that people like to create to impersonate celebrities or maybe try to fnd their friends a new date. Because of this, Tinder does try and stop users who have had an account deleted before from deleting an account once again out of fear you may be impersonating people with your multiple accounts.
3. Tinder Server Down
Tinder’s internal server might also be down which can be the cause of your problems. You can check to see if this is the case by going to DownDetector.com. Once you have accessed the website, you will be met with a search bar.
Type Tinder into said bar and click the magnifying glass to check. You will then either see if there are problems being reported with Tinder’s servers and that can help explain your inability to delete your account, or you will see a message saying there are no current problems with Tinder’s servers so this is not the technological fault you are dealing with.
4. Bad Internet Connection
If you keep trying to delete your account and it just is not working, your internet connection may be to blame. It is very common for Wi-Fi’s to go out for a couple minutes every once and a while, so do not fret.
There are quite a few ways to try and get it back up and starting, or you may not even be connected.
Additionally, if you are not using Wi-Fi and are instead using your cellular data, that may also be malfunctioning. Sometimes a quick reset is all your connection may need to get back up and running.
How to Fix Can’t Delete Tinder Account
Post Something in Your Bio or Picture That Violates Their Terms of Service
If you went against the guidelines that Tinder makes you agree to when you create your account, they may be prohibiting you from deleting your account because you have been reported by other users.
The following actions are against the rules of Tinder which are nudity, sexual harrassment, spam, impersonation, promoting prostituion or trafcking, hate speech, bullying, threats, being a minor, and scamming other accounts.
Additionally, sending the same message to multiple matches or even not responding to any of your matches can get your account in trouble. To fx this, you simply have to stop committing these violations whether it be directly on your profle through pictures or your bio, or through the messages you send to your matches.
Once your account stops doing said prohibited actions and you stop getting reported, you can try again to delete your account.
1. Cancel Your Tinder Subscription
Tinder offers more services if you pay a monthly fee for an added on subscription. These different services may offer features such as undoing a wrong swipe, extra super likes, placing more requirements for who appears on your feed and other more specifc choices.
If you have paid for a Tinder subscription, whether that be Tinder Platinum, Tinder Plus, or Tinder Gold, you will have to send these subscriptions before you can actually delete your account.
To delete your subscriptions, go to the app and click on your messages and matches in the bottom right. Now, access your profle by clicking on your profle picture in the top left corner.
Scroll down until you see Payment Account and tap on Cancel Subscription. This will hopefully allow you to now be able to delete your account.
2. Delete it on Tinder.com
If the app just keeps malfunctioning and your account is not deleting, you can also use whatever device you are on to access Tinder.com.
Once you get to the website on your device, Tinder will try and get you to use the app, but just tap ignore so that you can stay on the website version.
Now, you will have to log into Tinder which can be done using your email, phone number, or Facebook. Having all of these options makes it very easy to get quickly logged in and attempt deleting your profle through the website instead of the app.
3. Just Remove Your Name, Bio and Images
You can also remove all of the information you have put into your account if you are unable to delete it. While this will not delete your account fully, your information will no longer be seen by other profiles.
To do this:
1. Open up the app and going to your matches and messages in the bottom right corner.
2. Your profle will be in the top left corner.
3. Click on your profle picture and then
4. Tap Edit Profle which will be below your picture.
All of your pictures will pop up frst and you will have to click on the red X on each photo. Then, scroll down to your About Me and delete all of the information there as well as any passions and lifestyles you have added.
The only two things you will not be able to remove are your name and age, but there will be no other information attached to your Tinder now.
4. Use Tinder.com on PC to Delete It
If the app and the website on your device are still not letting you delete your account, you can once again try by accessing the website on your personal computer now instead. You will just have to go to Tinder.com on your computer and then log into your account using your email, phone number, or Facebook.
Once you are logged in, click on your profle picture in the upper left corner. All of your settings will appear on the left side of your screen. Scroll all the way to the bottom and Delete Account will be the very last option. Click on that and hopefully this will allow you to fnally delete your account.
5. Keep Trying to Delete Your Account
The app just may be malfunctioning for a couple minutes as well. Your internet might just need to fully connect, or you have not used the app in a while so it needs a couple moments to be truly online.
The solution to your problem might be that you need to just keep retrying to delete it.
Not everything is always functioning properly the second you try to delete it, so your account may actually delete the fourth or ffth time you try because it just needs to process your actions and this sometimes just takes a couple of tries.
6. Clear Cache
There may also just be some extra saved data that is causing your Tinder app to malfunction and not let you delete your account. This means you will have to clear the cache on your device.
Tinder does not have an option to do it on the app, so you will have to clear the cache on your device. If you are using an IOS device such as an iPhone:
1. Go to your settings.
2. Go to General and then select iPhone Storage.
3. Once you have done this, you will see a list of apps. Scroll until you fnd Tinder and choose that.
4. Next, you will see Ofoad App Choose that and any unneeded data will be cleared from your Tinder app and you can try to delete your account once again.
5. If you are using an android device, open up Settings and then go to Storage. A list will appear,
6. Select Apps and then scroll down until you can fnd Tinder. Once you get to Tinder’s page in your setting, tap on Clear Cache and then try again to delete your account.
7. Delete and Reinstall App
Delete and reinstalling the app may also help it refresh and allow you to fnally delete your account for once and all. To do so, delete the app from your phone, tablet, or any other device you are using Tinder on. Then head to the app store and reinstall Tinder.
You will then have to log back into your Tinder account and now, you potentially will be able to delete your account. Also, if you are worried about not remembering your account information, there are plenty of options to use to log back in and no password is needed.
Tinder will instead send a verifcation code either your email or your phone. This makes logging back in a whole lot easier.
8. Keep Trying to Delete Your Account
The app just may be malfunctioning for a couple minutes as well. Your internet might just need to fully connect, or you have not used the app in a while so it needs a couple moments to be truly online.
The solution to your problem might be that you need to just keep retrying to delete it.
Not everything is always functioning properly the second you try to delete it, so your account may actually delete the fourth or ffth time you try because it just needs to process your actions and this sometimes just takes a couple of tries.
9. Wait For Tinder Server to Resolve
If you went to DownDetector.com and were able to discover that the Tinder server is in fact down, the only way to solve this is wait for the server to come back online.
This problem is on Tinder’s end, so there is nothing that you can do to try and remedy the problem. Your own solution is to have patience and once workers are able to get the server functioning once again, you can try and delete your account.
You can also keep checking DownDetector.com and refreshing Tinder’s status on this website so you can quickly act once the server is back up.
10. Make Your Account Undiscoverable so No One Can Find It
If you really just can not fgure out how to take your Tinder account down for good but you really want to make sure no one is seeing your profle, you also have the option of just making your account undiscoverable so no other Tinder users can see you.
To do this:
- Go to your messages and matches in the bottom right corner.
2. Now, access your profle in the top left corner and go to the settings option below your account picture.
3. Once you are in your settings, scroll on down until you see Show me on Tinder.
4. This will currently show the toggle turned to red.
5. You will want to select that toggle so the color turns to gray.
This means your account still exists but is just no longer viewable to others. Doing this is also an option if you just want to take a quick break from Tinder, but not completely delete your profle.
11. Contact Tinder
Another way to try and solve your issues with not being able to delete your account on Tinder is to contact Tinder for help and support. This can be done a couple of different ways.
1. Go to Help.Tinder.com. There, you will be able to select your problem from a drop down list.
2. Choose the option that says A Tinder Feature is not Working.
3. You will then have to explain your problem of your account not deleting as well as provide some contact information so they can get in touch with you to solve the problem.
You can also use the app to contact Tinder as well. To do this,
1. Go to your messages and matches in the bottom right corner.
2. Now, access your profle in the top left corner and go to the settings option below your account picture.
3. Scroll down until you see Contact Us and select Help and Support.
4. Now, click on Safety and Reporting and then Additional Resources.
5. You will now see the option of Does Tinder have a support phone number. Select this option and you will see a link in red coloring that says help center.
6. By clicking that, you can get help from Tinder and they will become aware of your issues with deleting your profle.
Did your ex just join Tinder and you do not want them to see that you are back on the market?
Has a family member seen your profle and will not stop making fun of you at the family dinners?
Final Thoughts
Is your addiction to swiping right over taking your life and causing you to be unproductive. Or, were you able to be one in a billion and fnd your soulmate through
Tinder, which we all hope to be able to do one day? Whatever your reason may be, sometimes our accounts just need to be deleted.
While this should be a simple and easy task to complete, technology very rarely likes to work in our favor.
Thankfully, there are a lot of quick and effortless hacks to overcome these constant hurdles that apps such as Tinder like to throw our way.
From a simple deletion of the app or a long road of trying to get into contact with a worker at Tinder so they can solve their own issue for you, there are a lot of different ways to try and resolve the account deletion problems you are facing.
So if down the road, you fnd yourself back on Tinder but needing to delete the app once again, remember all of these quick tips that can help you in the future as well.