Match.com is one of the best paid Internet dating sites that I can think of. I don't represent Match or anything like that, nor am I acting as a marketing arm for this site nor am I bashing it. I just happen to think it is a pretty decent site for the money you pay but it would be nice if they would let you name the users you want to block from checking out your photos and information.
As with any Internet dating site, you can run into situations where there are people you simply do not want looking at your profile. Maybe it is a a coworker, or ex-boyfriend or ex-girl friend, or maybe just a psycho ?
There are ways to completely remove your profile from view on Match.com. I wrote an article on how to do this and it is easy to do but 'completely' removing your profile keeps everyone (even the good people) from contacting you.
If you just want to block a specific, certain, person from seeing your Match profile it can not be done but you can keep them from emailing you. This is the next best thing and can really send a message to that person to leave you alone.
1. Log in to you Match.com account
2. Find the person you want to hide your profile from. Open their profile
3. Look on their profile page for the link "Block from Contact"
4. Click on this and they are now blocked from contact. You won't hear from them via email on this site again.
Of course, if you already gave them your cell phone number or personal email, you're stuck for a while. I can't help you on the home email thing but if you gave them your cell number you might be able to block through your wireless provider real quick and simple.
Here's How I Blocked a Stalker Once From Calling My Cell Phone
The site Plenty of Fish also has an option block specific people from emailing you (but they can still view your profile if it is public). I posted an article on how save yourself some aggravation and keep that person from messaging you. I linked it here.
But they can still see your pics. My ex doesn't even deserve that fun.
ReplyDeleteSo, if someone's profile is hidden, it means they are hidden from everyone (even though it seems I can still email them if so chose, so they've not blocked me specifically)? I'm trying to judge how serious someone I've been seeing is about us after like, 5 dates, and it seems they might be more serious than am I. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi! Thanks for asking. As of todays date You still can not hide your profile from a specific person on Match. If you hide it, it is hidden from the entire match.com community. In short, your date can not hide his or her profile from you specifically.
ReplyDeleteHi. If i block someone from contacting me on match.com does it also hide me from them in any searches?
ReplyDeleteThis is good info to know! Thanks for your post on this. It's so hard to figure out this dating stuff, let alone getting around the Match settings! I thought someone I was communicating with had blocked (just) me, but I guess I won't take it personally...
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous (on Sept 12th) You can not hide your profile from someone in your searches. You can only block from contact
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DeleteWhat about search results? can we block someone from seeing us in their search results on match?
ReplyDeleteYou can block any user from them seeing you in their searches and/ or contacting you. To block someone, simply go to their profile and click the appropriate link on the lower left side of the screen.
DeleteIn response to anonymous January 6, that is not correct. The 'Block from Search' function does not block that individual from seeing you in search results, it allows you to filter out profiles that you do not wish to see.
DeleteHi Silver girl! Thanks for stopping by. No you can not block a certain person from seeing you in the search results unless you take your whole profile down (in which case nobody can see you)
ReplyDeleteTHanks again
Thank you for the info. That is what I thought.
ReplyDeleteI have a guy friend on Match and we have communicated by their email, he said I show up on his "Synapse" area that he had communicated with me recently but when he was doing his regular search I didn't show up in his search and he thought I had blocked him from seeing me in his search. I told him I wasn't aware I could block someone like that. So was wondering why I wasn't showing up in his search area but he could see me in the "Synapse" area. Strange? Any thought? Thank you for your time.
As an addendum to my last answer, you can block another user from seeing your profile in their search results, however if they log out of their account and go the main match.com page and do a search while not logged in they will still be able to see your main profile picture and last activity date but cannot go into your profile without logging in. There is also a way to disable the log in/ sign up window that pops up in the middle of the screen by deleting the "floatingreg%2findex%2" from the URL. Hope that helps.
DeleteHow I can open somebody else Hide profile
ReplyDelete@Silvergirl. Yes, you can not block someone like that. He was likely making too narrow a search parameter and wasn't aware of it, whereas (and I'm guessing a little here) his synapse has a broader search to draw more results.
ReplyDelete@anonymous 10/5 You can not open someone else's hid profile. If they hide it, no one at all can see it. Once hid, the whole Match community can not see a profile
ReplyDeleteIf your profile is hidden on Match.com but you "favorite" some one; do they know who favored them?
ReplyDeleteIf your profile is "hidden" on Match.com if you log on will people you've previously spoken to know you have logged on?
ReplyDeleteCan anyone confirm what it means if I 'blacklist' someone on match? Does this mean I will show up in their search? I know that my ex, who lives close by is on match - I am not too bothered by this, however I am worried that she may over react if she knows that I am and I want to keep things amicable!
ReplyDeleteWill a persons profile NOT show up when I run a mutual match search if that person as blocked me from their search...even if their profile does come up when I run a regular Search?
ReplyDeleteDoes it show that I've viewed someone if I just chose the "quick view" and not the "fullprofile" view?
ReplyDeletedoes anyone know what a person sees if you've blocked them and they try to contact you? I want to be sure it's clear to them that it was an intentional block and not just a web site glitch.
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ReplyDeleteIf you block someone from email you, will they know? What kind of message will they get on their end if they attempt to email you?
ReplyDeleteHi! Catching up here... sorry for the delay
ReplyDelete- Update Anonymous 11/19, 11/25 and others....If you favorite someone you can view who Favorited you under connections, so, yes, if you favorited someone they can see the same thing. If you have hidden your profile from everyone's view (you've taken your profile down) however, I am not sure but have to think that they will not know. Good question.
-From what I understand regarding sending emails to members you have blocked 1) you can still see each other's profiles 2) The member you blocked can try to send emails to you but you will not receive them. There is no mention of a notification that they have been blocked.
-Pumpkin if you block someone you can see them in your seach and they can see you. You can not block a specific profile on match from seeing you. You CAN block them from appearing in YOUR search results but they will still be able to see you.
I just want the people I email to see my profile, no one else. Is this possible by "hiding" profile?
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous January 6 ...... What you are saying is not entirely correct... you can not prevent someone from seeing your profile even if you 'block' them. They can still see your profile and they can still email you... HOWEVER, as I mention in the post above you will not see any email from this person. For clarity on this log into match then under SETTINGS click HELP then click BLOCKING then read the "Can They Still See My Profile" section. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymus January 1 ... this is not possible to do though I have heard of people contacting others without a picture then offering to send some in a separate email,etc. creative things like that.
ReplyDeleteHi there- What does it mean when you can see that a member has a profile and when they were last active, but when you try to actually go to their profile it says the profile information can not be found?
ReplyDeleteSo I think someone has blocked me from contact, but yesterday I got an email from match saying that they liked my photo (I suspect it was under that whole "who do you like?" thing on the home page.). Match, naturally, encouraged me to email this person. I have a question in to match's helpdesk, but is that possible that match has it set up that if I have been blocked by someone I still show up in the "who do you like?" thing for them? Will their blocking me remove them from my mutual match section?
ReplyDeleteGood question. I see the logic in what you are saying. Maybe it is possible. As of today's date, the match site states that emails will not be received from the blocked person. It does not mention eliminating likes. That said, you wrote above that you 'think someone has blocked' you from contact. Maybe they didn't block you after all?
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
Thanks T-dog for responding. It just seems unfair(?) on match's part for this person to have blocked me, that person liking my photo on the "who do you like?" thing (after suspected blocking), and then match sending me a message saying that the person liked my photo and is waiting for a response...which I obviously did. lol It's just bad form! haha
ReplyDeleteMatch does not allow people to "unlike" photos or people. I have accidentally "liked" people before on people that I would NOT have "liked." I blocked them immediately, however, Match most likely still sends out the "like" notification to the recipient. Unfortunate for all parties involved.
Deletea person doesn't come up on my searches but I can find them on a username search. Does that mean they have blocked me?
ReplyDeleteHi! Even if they blocked you so to speak you would still come up on searches and vice-versa if you blocked them. You can't hide your profile from a specific person. The likely cause is that your search parameters (age, height, wants kids, etc etc etc) might prevent you from seeing them.
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ReplyDeleteHow do I block someone without going into view their profile. As soon as you view someone's profile it will email them and show up on their "people whos viewed you" page.
Thanks,
Lot of great tips...just an FYI (and everyone else may know this already): when my relationship with my ex was imploding, I logged onto Match, only to discover said-soon-to-be-ex was still in my connections-- (as a favorite, or he favorited me, or something), BUT, he had hidden his profile--however, it showed him "active within the last 24 hours", which, told me all I needed to know.
ReplyDeleteI basically dumped his ass on through a Match email--ironically, where we met.
How did I know he received/read the email?
I have the "notification when email is read" option.
Just an FYI from my experience.
David
But you were active too...?
DeleteMy match profile is hidden but i still sometimes log in to check my ex's profile. Can he see that I saw his profile even if my profile is hidden?
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymus March 6, you can not block someone from seeing your profile but you can prevent them from emailing, winking and IM by following instructions above or you can go to your account settings, click 'blocking' (even though blocking does not technically exist) then enter their username.
ReplyDeleteIf they stop u from emailing them does that mean u can't see their profile picture? but i can see the profile page,
DeleteHi Anonymus March 9..... As far as I know the profile will not appear since it is hidden
ReplyDeleteIf I log in and view someone I am dating. Can they see that I have viewed their profile even if my profile is hidden?
DeleteYes, it still shows a grayed out version of your profile pic and says "profile hidden" or whatever - Or maybe that is just people that viewed and then hid their profile... not sure, but I see grayed our versions of profile pics in my "viewed me" as the profiles are hidden.
DeleteI don't think they can.
ReplyDeleteLet's say I view someone's profile then I block them. Will they still be able to see that I viewed them?
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymus April 4... you can not block someone from seeing your profile on match. You only block the emails they send you
ReplyDeleteI need help reading into my problem. I was messaging someone on match iphone app and he made a unexpected and slightly abrasive comment and I responded. He then seemed to get pissy about my response and the last message received was odd. It had his message plus broken up portions of my profile and in addition to that there were numbers and symbols replacing some letters and words. What the heck is that? Did he block me?
ReplyDeleteSounds like the app didn't interface properly with the site... just a guess though, I have no idea.
ReplyDeleteI had to got through a lot of repetitive comments but oh well. Here is the scenario.
ReplyDeleteIf they block me. I can still see in search, but no longer in mutual match search right?
That would be the same if I blocked someone and I would no longer be a mutual match for them.
But both would still populate in Search for the party that didn't block. Anyone got answers for this one.
Hi ! You can not block someone from seeing you on Match, nor can they block you from seeing them. Blocking only 'blocks' someone from contacting you ( blocks the email to you ). You would still see them in Ultra Match and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteWhat about in Private mode? Isn't that supposed to be like being invisible to everyone except who you choose to be?
ReplyDeleteI also have an ex that I don't want to be able to see me on match. Or rather, I don't want them to see my activity.
When I view his profile, can he see that I have if I'm in private mode? And a few days ago his showed that he was active within 3 days, but now.... the little box that shows his activity has disappeared. How did that happen?
Anonymous 10/27/14 I'll be honest I don't see a specific "private mode" on Match though when I checked again in case something changed I was able to verify any kind of blocking or hiding of profile can not be done selectively. Your profile is either hidden (private?) to everyone or no one..... THAT SAID.... IF you are in hidden mode and look at people's profiles then unhide your profile intentionally or by accident everyone you viewed will suddenly come into view. That is the one possibility I can think of.
ReplyDeletei'm still not sure of this how do i tell if i have been blocked.
DeleteTwo people viewed me and then disappeared from my viewed page, what happened?
ReplyDeleteIf a connection was in my "Mutual Matches" for some time, I did not remove them from the matched results. And now they are not listed in my "Mutual Matches", what could have happened? Did they block me? I can still access their full profile, see them as a connection, and I am listed as a "favorite" to them. Just can't figure out why they are no longer showing in "mutual".
ReplyDeleteWhat is the significance of the grayed-out "hidden profile" under the photos of some users? I thought we were either visible or invisible. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIf someone that had previously emailed me now shows up as 'Hidden Profile" and I can't email them, does that mean that they blocked me specifically, or that no one can email them?
ReplyDeleteI sent an email to someone by accident on match.com, but want to retract it if possible. I have blocked the user I emailed and hidden their profile in the hope they will not be able to see the email, would this work? I have also emailed match about this but with no reply yet.
ReplyDeleteHow do I block someone on match who has a hidden profile that won't stop messaging me
ReplyDeleteEx-girlfriend and I get into fight and break up.
ReplyDeleteI go into match and have hidden profile and see she is online for a free days.
After not responding to my texts or phone calls for a few days, I put my profile visible to show I'm moving on. (Now I get a response text, just give me time to work things through)
So I wink at her profile and favorite her.
I see when she is online through activity, and under my favorites tab.
Last night, her profile appears hidden in activity search, but my favorite tab says she last logged in 24hrs ago.
My question is: right now by using my favorite tab, I still see her profile and the last logged in 24hrs. Will it always show last logged in 24hrs, meaning she is still active OR let's say a week goes by and it says last logged in a week ago, does that mean she has not used match in a week, or it always shows last log in 24hrs, does that mean she is hidden, but actively using the site OR there's no way to tell. Seems like a back door way to see when they log in. POF has that if you keep their message saved.
Ive been emailing back and forth with someone for a while. 2 weeks ago I sent a reply to his request to take me out, but the email is still showing as "not yet read" - but he is active on the site daily. Thinking my email got lost in the shuffle, I sent a follow up email almost a week ago. That one too shows as "not yet read"
ReplyDeleteIs this an indicator of being blocked?
I saw that someone's profile was hidden as we had a conversation going, that is where I learned it was a hidden profile. This person was listed as a favourite of mine, so they are still there now. It looks like the persons profile picture has been darkened, and when I click on it, match brings me to a page that says this persons profile is not available. But I see that there is account activity (as it states last time person has been on the site). What does this mean; am I blocked from contacting that person?
ReplyDeleteRemove and/or blocking. If I remove a profile from my search list, they still will be able to see my profile? What is
ReplyDeleteI know for sure this person is not subscribing to Match but the profile still comes up activity says last logged in in last 3days other times says logged in in the last 24hrs confused .I also sent an email which so far is still unread
ReplyDeleteHow does "match me with her" work? If someone has blocked me from contact, can I still pay for "match me with her"...and will she see it in her daily matches?
ReplyDeleteIf someone has deleted their profile, does it still show up as "hidden?" Also wouldn't they still show up on under your "connections" list but when you click on their profile, it would say "the profile is unavailable?| Someone I met said they deleted their profile and for a while I was still able to see them under my connections list for a while, now they have completely disappeared from my connections list and I can't search from them. Does this men they lied about deleting their account before?
ReplyDeleteHey I have an issue that seems odd to me. There's a guy I was talking to on Match and we got along very well, but after a week things seemed to have changed. He kept sending me cheesy love quotes that he probably found through google and I teasingly pointed out that those were copy and pasted. I think he may have taken what I have said as an accusation when I was just having some light hearted fun (our conversations often had an element of teasing to them). And then he stopped sending me "good night" and "good morning" texts. He messaged me two days ago asking me how I've been and I said I've been ok and asked him how he's been doing and he replied saying he's been really busy with work. He said "Good night" but before he used to say "good night beautiful" or "sweet dreams". Yesterday I sent him a good morning text and wished him luck at work. He replied with "thanks I will need it" and "have a great day" which appeared very dry to me compared to how we usually texted. I decided not to reply after that because I felt like I was bothering him. I checked Match this morning and noticed that he wasn't in my favourites anymore, but our conversation still shows up. I can't see his profile anymore which means he likely hid it. The weird thing is that in our conversation it states that he was active "over 3 weeks ago" despite sending me a message yesterday. Does this mean he blocked me too? This is so confusing for me because it really looked like things were going somewhere and I'm slightly upset at how it all ended.
ReplyDeleteMatch percent is missing with a particular person. However, I have percentages with everyone else. Am I blocked?
ReplyDeleteIf I have blocked someone and they look at my profile again, will it show up under my "Who's Viewed Me" list?
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