Yes, as long as it was the last thing you did. Luxy lets you undo your last action, such as a left swipe you did not mean, for a small fee in Luxy Coins. It only goes back one step, so if you have already swiped on someone else since, the earlier pass stands. Likes are a different story: Luxy does not let you undo a Like or unlike someone.
The undo only covers your last action
Think of the undo as a single step backwards. It exists for the moment right after a slip of the thumb.
That makes speed the whole game. The second you realize you passed on a woman you wanted, stop. Do not swipe on the next face to see who comes up. Undo first, then carry on. Any swipe you make after the slip becomes your last action instead, and the pass you wanted back is out of reach.
What an undo costs, and when to spend it
Each undo costs a small fee in Luxy Coins. That is a trivial price for a woman who genuinely caught your eye.
It is not worth paying for vague doubt. If you glanced at someone for half a second, passed, and now wonder whether you should have looked longer, let it go. You were not sure, and there are plenty of women still to see. Keep the Coins for the clear cases, where you know you wanted to like her and your thumb went the wrong way.
Watch how often you reach for it, too. Using the undo once in a while is normal. Using it several times a week tells you something more useful than any Coin balance: you are deciding too fast. The fix for that is free, and it is in the next few sections.
A Like is permanent
Luxy has no way to undo a Like and no way to unlike someone. Once you like a woman, that decision stays.
That matters less than you might think, because a Like does not commit you to anything. If she matches with you after you have gone off the idea, you are free not to write. Still, every lukewarm Like adds a name you will not do much with. A long list of half-interested matches makes it harder to give real attention to the women you are keen on. So like on purpose.
Why men pass by accident
Accidental passes nearly always come from swiping fast without really looking.
Picture the usual scene. A man is on the sofa with the television on, or standing in a queue with his phone in one hand, racing through the day's swipes just to use them up. He reacts to a face in a fraction of a second instead of looking at a person, and sooner or later his thumb goes left on someone he would have liked.
A habit that makes the undo rare
The fix is to look properly before deciding. Swipe when you can pay attention, in one short sitting rather than in scattered moments through the day.
For each woman, go past her first photo and read what she wrote. Between the pictures and the words you can usually tell how she spends her weekends, what she cares about, and what kind of message might make her smile. Then decide on two things. Could you picture an easy conversation over a drink with her? And is there something on her page you could open with? If both answers are yes, like her. If neither is, pass and move on with no regrets.
This takes longer per woman. It also means you pass on far fewer women you would have liked, and every Like you send is someone you already know what to say to.
Making the second chance count
If the undo brings her back and she later matches with you, do not mention the near miss. It is not interesting to her, and it turns a small thing into an awkward one.
Write to her within a day, exactly as you would to a woman you liked on purpose. Choose one detail from her page, give your own take on it, and close with a question that needs only a short reply. Keep it to two or three sentences. The undo only saved the match. The message is what gets you a reply, and the reply is what gets you a date.
And if she never matches with you, let it go. Undoing the pass gave you a second chance to like her. It could not make her like you back, and a woman who passes on you has done nothing worse than the women you pass on yourself every day.
Written by Matthew Stevens, Co-Founder & Head Coach. More than half a decade coaching men across the US and worldwide.
Everything here comes out of real coaching work: the approaches, dates, texts and profiles we go through with the men we coach.