Dating app guides
How-to pages for the parts of using these apps that the apps themselves explain badly.
The guides cover the steps that apply to most apps and point to each app's own page where the steps differ. For terms such as FWB and ENM, see the glossary.
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How hookup apps work
How do hookup apps work? Profiles, four ways of matching (mutual like, tags, personal ads, nearby grid), chat limits, location and verification, app by app.
Cancel a subscription
Cancel a dating app subscription where it is billed: Apple, Google Play or the app's own site. What cancelling does, who refunds, and each app's route.
Delete an account
Deleting, deactivating and uninstalling a dating app compared: what deletion removes, what apps say they keep, and why a store subscription keeps billing.
Write a hookup profile
How to write a hookup profile: the fields Feeld, HUD, Pure and Grindr offer, how photo verification and private photos work, and what to keep out for privacy.