How to Report a Profile or Chat on Facebook Dating

To report a conversation, open it in Dating, tap Options in the top right, tap Report this conversation and choose a reason. To report a profile, open the person's Dating profile and tap Options in the top right. Then tap the report option with their name on it and choose a reason. Either way, the whole thing takes less than a minute.

1. Tap Menu, then tap Dating.
2. Tap Matches and select the conversation.
3. Tap Options in the top right.
4. Tap Report this conversation.
5. Choose a reason.

1. Open the person's Dating profile.
2. Tap Options in the top right.
3. Tap Report [their name]'s profile.
4. Choose a reason.

Pick the reason that fits best. You are not writing an essay, and you do not need to prove anything. The reason simply tells Facebook what kind of problem to look for.

Facebook says it reviews a set number of recent messages when you report. The number is smaller for reports made from the European Union than for reports made elsewhere.

That tells you two useful things. First, the review rests on what was actually written, so a report about someone's messages comes with its own evidence. Second, the same review applies to you if anyone ever reports you.

Report anything that is not an honest person looking for a date.

• Scams. Requests for money, gift cards or crypto, an investment tip, or a link to some other site. No woman who wants a drink with you opens with any of these.
• Fake accounts. Photos that look lifted from a model's feed, a story that does not add up, and a rush to get you off Dating before any real conversation has happened.
• Threats and harassment. Anything that makes you uneasy about your safety, or anything sexual you did not invite.
• Anyone who seems underage. Do not argue with it or ask questions. Report it and leave.

Men sometimes hesitate because they are not sure. You do not have to be sure. The review exists to make that call.

Some accounts are not clearly fake, just a little off. The photos look professional, the answers are thin, or she wants to move to another app before saying anything real. You do not need to report those on a hunch. Look at all of her photos, not just the best one. Then suggest a quick coffee or a short video call before anything bigger. A real woman who is interested will usually agree to one or the other. An account that dodges every plan has told you what you need to know.

A woman who did not reply is not misconduct. Neither is a conversation that fizzled, or someone who told you plainly that she was not interested.

Most of the people you talk to on any app will never become dates. That is normal, and it says nothing bad about either of you. Let those conversations go quietly and put your attention on the ones that are working. Reporting honest people only clutters the system that exists to catch the dishonest ones.

A report is about the account. A block is about you.

When someone is running a scam or making threats, do both. The report helps Facebook deal with the account, and the block means you never have to see it again while that happens. The Block option sits in the same Options menu, so it takes a few extra seconds.

If the account has threatened you, take a screenshot before you do either. That way you keep your own record, whatever happens to the account afterwards.

For a conversation that is merely annoying, a block on its own is usually enough.

Since a report brings a review of recent messages, write every message as if a stranger might read it one day. Because one might.

Men get reported for the same few things again and again. A sexual comment in the first line. An angry reply after she turns him down. A third message after she has already said no. Each one feels minor in the moment, and each one is exactly what a reviewer reads.

The fix is simple. Stay light, specific and polite. Ask her about something real in her photos or answers, suggest a plan once the conversation is warm, and let it go when she lets it go. A man who writes like that never has to worry about what a review will find, and he gets more dates for the same reason.