How to Hide or Delete Your Hily Account

Both options live in Hily's Settings, under Account and then Manage account. Switch on Hide account to go inactive and come back whenever you like. Or tap Delete account at the bottom, choose a reason and tap Proceed to remove the account for good. Neither one cancels a subscription, so cancel that separately through Google Play, the App Store or Hily support.

1. Go to My Profile.
2. Open Settings.
3. Tap Account, then Manage account.
4. Switch on Hide account.

Your account goes inactive, and you can come back any time. When you are ready, switch the same setting off.

1. Go to My Profile.
2. Open Settings.
3. Tap Account, then Manage account.
4. Scroll to the bottom and tap Delete account.
5. Choose a reason and tap Proceed.

This one is permanent. Hily deletes the account forever, so there is nothing to switch back on later.

Plenty of men forget this part. Hiding your account does not stop a subscription, and neither does deleting it.

If you pay for Premium, cancel it with Google Play on Android or the App Store on iPhone, or contact Hily support. Do it before or right after you hide or delete, so you are not paying for an app you have stopped opening.

Hide is the right call for a pause. You are traveling for a month, work has taken over for a season, or you have started seeing someone and want to see where it goes. Hiding keeps everything as it is, ready for when you return.

Delete is for when you are done with Hily. You have tried it properly, it is not the right app for where you live or what you want, and you do not plan to come back.

If you are unsure, hide. You can always delete a hidden account later. You cannot un-delete one.

Stepping back is fine. Vanishing in the middle of a good conversation is a waste.

If there is a woman you have been chatting with and you would still like to see her, move things off the app before you disappear. a dating coach's own sequence works well here. Get a vague agreement to do something, like grabbing a drink sometime, then offer your number and ask for hers. Once you have it, you can keep talking whether or not your account is visible.

coach adds one thing men often skip. When you move to texting, treat it like a fresh start. Pick up the joke you were sharing on the app, trade a little banter again, and only then set the plan.

If you are deleting, do this first. Deletion is final, and a number or a plan you did not save disappears with the account.

If you hid your account, your return is a chance to fix whatever was not working.

My biggest lesson from over two decades of online dating is constant experimentation. He is always testing new photos and rewriting what he says about himself, and he throws out old versions once they go stale. A break is the perfect moment for that kind of refresh. Come back with a recent photo as your lead, one or two lines rewritten to be more specific, and a first message you are proud of.

Photos are the place to start. coach suggests getting new ones taken every four or five years at the very least, so they stay close to how you look now. If yours are older than that, a break is the ideal time to fix it. You come back looking like yourself, not like a man from years ago.

He also points out that online dating can bring results with very little of your time once it is set up well. A good account keeps working in the background while you get on with your life. That is a strong reason to hide rather than delete if you think you might want it again.

Some men delete an app because it gives them nothing, then sign up to another one and get the same nothing.

If that sounds familiar, the app is rarely the issue. coach puts photos first, then what you write, then your messages. Fix those and most apps start working. Skip them and none of them will, however many times you switch.