How to Use Hinge

Whether you want more matches, to see who already likes you, to pause your profile, cancel a subscription or delete your account, this guide covers it in plain steps. The key thing to know first: if you pay for Hinge through the App Store or Google Play, deleting the app or your profile does NOT stop billing — you must cancel the subscription separately in your store account.

How to get more matches on Hinge

Hinge rewards effort on your prompts more than almost any app. Answer prompts with specific, story-worthy details rather than one-word replies, because they give people a real reason to comment and start a conversation. Use varied photos that show your face clearly and your life honestly, send likes with a comment attached (commented likes get far higher response than a plain like), and prioritise the daily "Most Compatible" pick. Quality of engagement, not volume of swipes, is what moves results on Hinge.

How much Hinge costs and whether premium is worth it

Hinge is free to use, but the free tier caps you at eight likes a day. Paid tiers — Hinge+ and HingeX — lift that cap and add advanced filters and priority likes, typically running from around $20 to $50 a month depending on plan length and promotions. The upgrade is worth it mainly if the eight-likes cap is your real bottleneck and your profile is already converting; if you're not getting matches at all, stronger prompts and photos will help more than paying.

How to see who likes you on Hinge

This is where Hinge is unusually generous: you can see everyone who likes you in the "Likes You" tab for free, without a subscription — a big advantage over Tinder and Bumble, which paywall this. Tap the heart/Likes You tab to view incoming likes and the comments people left, then match back with the ones you're interested in. Paid tiers add who-liked-you sorting and filters, but the core "see who likes you" feature costs nothing on Hinge.

How to pause your Hinge profile

If you need a break without losing your matches and conversations, pause instead of deleting. Go to Settings and toggle "Pause my account" — while paused, your profile is hidden from new people and you won't appear in anyone's stack, but your existing matches and chats remain. Unpause any time to become visible again. Pausing is the right choice if you're seeing someone, going on holiday, or simply need to step back without starting over.

How to cancel a Hinge subscription

1. 1 On iPhone: open Settings → tap your name → Subscriptions, select Hinge, and tap Cancel Subscription.
2. 2 On Android: open the Google Play Store → tap your profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions, select Hinge, and tap Cancel.
3. 3 Confirm the cancellation — your paid features stay active until the end of the current billing period.
4. 4 Cancelling the subscription does not delete your account; do that separately if you also want your profile removed.

How to delete your Hinge account

1. 1 Open Hinge and go to Settings (the gear icon on your profile).
2. 2 Tap Account, then Delete Account.
3. 3 Choose a reason if prompted and confirm.
4. 4 Remember that removing the app from your phone does NOT delete your account or stop billing — delete the account in-app and cancel the subscription in your app store.

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