(Pocket-Lint) – Tinder makes it easy for you to block exes or avoid friends, relatives, coworkers and others you don’t want to see in the dating app.
Tinder users have long wanted the ability to use the app without having to face someone they don’t want to see for any reason. Now, they are finally fulfilling that desire. The company has announced that it will now allow users to block phone contacts as a precautionary measure.
“Trying to avoid meeting someone on Tinder? With Block Contact, you can do that,” Tinder announced. Its online help center. “Share your device’s contact list with Tinder, select the contacts you want to block, and we’ll do our best not to let you see each other.”
How to block phone contacts on Tinder
To block specific phone contacts, you have two options. See below for details on how to block contacts using both methods.
Share contacts with Tinder to block them
You can share the list of contacts directly from your mobile device to Tinder, and then select the contacts you want to block.
- Open the Tinder app
- Tap the profile icon
- Go to settings “
- Scroll down and select “Block Contacts”
- Allow Tinder to access your contacts
- Under the “Contacts” tab, select the ones you want to avoid from your contacts
- Tap “Blocked Contacts”
Manually add contacts to Tinder to block them
You can manually add contact information if you don’t want to share your contacts with Tinder or if you want to block someone who is not on your contacts list.
- Open the Tinder app
- Tap the profile icon
- Go to settings “
- Scroll down and select “Block Contacts”
- Tap the + icon at the top of the screen
- Input contact information for this person
- Tap “Done”
Note: Tinder says it won’t save everyone’s contacts – only you choose to block. Blocked contacts will not be notified either And if a blocked person later changes their phone number and joins Tinder, their Tinder account may still come to the fore for you.
How to unblock contacts on Tinder
It’s easy if you change your mind later and want to unblock someone.
- Open the Tinder app
- Tap the profile icon
- Go to settings “
- Scroll down and select “Block Contacts”
- Navigate to the “Blocked” tab
- Tap “Unblock” next to each blocked contact you want to unblock,
- Or tap the menu icon in the corner and select “Unblock All”
Want to know more?
Check out our in-depth guide on Tinder to learn more about dating apps. We also have comparisons of alternative dating apps that are worth a try.
Written by Maggie Tillman. Edited by Max Freeman-Mills.