What Is Match Note on Hinge?

Match Note is a short note you can write that Hinge shows to your matches before a conversation can start. Hinge describes it as a way to share something important up front, like a personal value, a relationship intention or a fun fact. It says the note helps daters get a better sense of compatibility before anyone types a word. It appears only after you and she have both liked each other.

The note sits between the like and the chat. When two people have liked each other and one of them has a Match Note, the other must view it before the match is complete.

At that point she has two choices. She can acknowledge the note, which starts the conversation. Or she can unmatch, if what you wrote affects whether she thinks the two of you are compatible.

You also decide who sees it. Hinge lets you mark whether your note is always visible to matches. Once it is marked visible, it is shown automatically to every new match before they can start a conversation. Hinge adds that existing matches should not see a note you add after the match was made.

Hinge's help page gives the route:

1. Tap your profile photo in the lower right corner of the app.
2. Tap the pencil icon to edit your profile.
3. Scroll down and tap Match Note.
4. Write your note in the space provided, and use the icon below it to mark whether it is always visible to matches.

Not long. Hinge sets a character limit that leaves room for two or three short sentences, no more. That is room for one or two things that matter, not a second version of your page.

If you find yourself cutting words to squeeze in a fourth point, that is the sign you are writing the wrong kind of note.

Hinge's announcement says the feature was built with feedback from daters in underrepresented groups. It names LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent users in particular. They wanted a way to share important personal topics without putting them on their profile or repeating them in every chat.

The examples Hinge gives are useful because they are so practical. People used Match Note to mention sobriety, or to explain how a child fits into life as a single parent. Others described their communication style, or said what kind of relationship they wanted.

The test is simple. Put something in the note only if you would say it on the first date anyway, and it would end things for some women the moment they heard it.

That covers a short list. You have kids. You do not drink. You want marriage and a family, or you know you do not. You are looking for something serious rather than casual. Each of these saves both of you a conversation that was never going anywhere, and each one tells the right woman something she was hoping to hear.

Write it plainly and warmly. "I'm a dad to a very opinionated seven-year-old, so my weekends have a co-pilot" is honest and easy to answer. It is not an apology.

Every woman who matches with you has to view the note and acknowledge it before the two of you can start talking. Anything negative in it makes that first step heavier.

So leave out the list of demands. "No drama, no games, don't be boring" reads as a warning about women you have met before, and it tells her more about your last relationship than about you. Leave out jokes that depend on tone of voice. Leave out a sales pitch about your job or your car.

Your photos, your prompts and your first messages already do the work of being interesting. The note has one job, and it is not that one.

No. Match Note is optional, and plenty of men have nothing that genuinely belongs in it. If nothing on the short list above applies to you, leave it empty and let your page and your conversation carry you.

If something does apply, a well-written note filters out the women who would have left anyway and keeps the ones who are glad you said it. That trade is usually worth making.