How Do You Report Someone on Tinder?

In Discovery, open the person you want to report, tap the three dots in the top right corner and tap Report. For someone in your match list, open the chat, tap the three dots in the top right corner of the chat and tap Report. Either way, pick the reason that fits best, because Tinder says that is what routes the report to the right team.

If you have not matched with the person, you report them from Discovery, where people appear for you to like or pass.

1. Open the profile of the person you want to report.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner.
3. Tap Report.

Tinder also puts a report button at the bottom of every profile you view. If you have already scrolled all the way down, it is right there.

If you have already matched, report from the conversation.

1. Open the chat with that person.
2. Tap the three dots in the top right corner of the chat.
3. Tap Report.

If the chat holds the problem, such as a threat or a request for money, report before you do anything else. That way the evidence is still where Tinder can find it.

When you tap Report, Tinder asks you why. Take a moment over this. Tinder says choosing the most appropriate reason routes the report to the right team, so the choice matters.

Report what actually happened, in plain terms. A fake account, a threat, a request for money, someone who looks under age, or someone using another person's photos are all real reasons to report. A woman who was short with you, or who stopped answering, is not. That is ordinary dating, and a report is the wrong tool for it.

If more than one reason seems to fit, pick the most serious one that is true. A fake account that asked you for money is a scam first. And be accurate rather than dramatic. Describing things as worse than they were does not speed anything up, and it makes your report less useful to the people reading it.

Sometimes a man finds his own photos on an account that is not his. A friend spots it, or it turns up in his own recommendations.

The steps are the same. Open the account, tap the three dots, tap Report, and choose the reason that comes closest to describing it. If a friend saw it too, ask him to report it from his own phone.

Before you report, note the name, age and photos the account uses, with a screenshot if your phone allows one. If you need to follow up later, you will want to show exactly which account you meant.

Then look at where the photos came from. If they are pictures you posted publicly elsewhere, anyone could have saved them. It is a good moment to check what you share openly online, and to make sure your real dating account uses recent photos that a friend would instantly recognize as you.

Tinder treats reports as confidential, so whoever runs the fake account will not be told who reported it. That goes for any report you make, not only this kind.

Plenty of disappointing moments on the app need no report at all. A dull chat, a woman who went quiet, or a date that did not click can simply be left behind. Unmatch if you want to, or let it fade.

Report when something crosses a line. Threats, scams, fake accounts and anyone who makes you feel unsafe belong in a report. Unmatching ends your contact with that person. Reporting tells Tinder there is a problem, and that is what protects the next person they talk to.

The report button works in both directions, and the best position is never to give anyone a reason to press it about you.

That mostly comes down to plain manners:

• Take a no the first time. One friendly line, then drop it.
• Keep sexual comments out of early conversation. What is flirting on a third date is crude in a third message.
• Stay courteous on a disappointing date. If she does not look like her photos, stay pleasant for ten or fifteen minutes and leave with a friendly excuse, rather than walking out or telling her what you think.

None of that costs you a single date. Women are far more willing to see a man again when the first date felt easy and safe, and a man who dates that way never has to wonder what Tinder's safety team would make of his chats.