How to Protect Your Privacy on OkCupid
Incognito allows you to hide your profile from everyone until you swipe right on them – so you'll only be seen by people you're actually interested in meeting. If limiting your visibility on dating apps is a priority for reasons like having a high profile in your community, Bumble Premium is worth it. Incognito allows you to hide your profile from everyone until you swipe right on them – so you'll only be seen by people you're actually interested in meeting. If limiting your visibility on dating apps is a priority for reasons like having a high profile in your community, Bumble Premium is worth it just for this feature alone.
Don't want users on OkCupid to see you viewed their profile? Don't want Google to index yours?
What options do you have as a free user? What paid options are worth the money?
We'll be breaking it all down here, including details on OkCupid's often-misunderstood Incognito Mode.
What Can You Do for Free?
Free users of OkCupid can do the following to protect their privacy without paying anything at all.
These are either default or available online on your Settings page. On the app, tap the gear icon at the top of your profile page, then tap Privacy.
Hide Your Real Name & Email
By default. OkCupid doesn't even collect real names.
Hide Your Profile from The Public
Using this setting means that only logged-in OkCupid users can view your profile.
Hide or Block Specific Users
Hiding is reciprocal, so it stops you from showing up in the other person's search, doubletake, welcome and sidebar matches, and visitors list.
To additionally prevent someone from messaging you, you need to block them.
Block Your Profile From Google
How this works is not straight-forward. Basically, if you block any user, your profile won't be indexed by Google going forward.
Browse Profiles Anonymously
Users can typically see who viewed their profile. If you don't want to show up in profile visitors lists, you can shut this off. The downside is you won't be able to see who visited your profile either.
Hide Your A-List or Incognito Status
OkCupid always displays profiles the same way whether they're paying subscribers or not.
Note, however, that there is no OkCupid feature (free or paid) which lets you hide your 'Online Now' or 'Last Online' status.
What Privacy Options Come With An A-List Subscription?
A-List's 'Invisible Browsing' feature makes it so you can browse profiles without showing up on visitors lists BUT you can see who visited your profile at the same time.
What Is OkCupid's Incognito Mode?
Incognito is a separate subscription from A-list, so they don't share any features.
With an Incognito subscription, you can be 100% hidden to anyone on OkCupid who you haven't already messaged or liked. That means you won't show up in searches, double take, recent activity, etc. If you go to the profile directly, it says 'Profile does not exist.'
However, if you have liked or messaged someone, your profile will display to them as normal.
You can turn Incognito on or off anytime. If you decide you don't want someone you liked or messaged to see you anymore, you can hide or un-like them and disappear.
Overall, it seems like a good option if you don't want to be seen by or interact with anyone you haven't picked yourself.
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When you Boost, we show your profile in more results than it would otherwise be shown in. It's like an extra burst of popularity. The lightning bolt icon on OkCupid relates to Boosting. If you see a match highlighted with a lightning bolt icon, that means they Liked you while you were running a Boost.
We can't guarantee that anyone will like your profile or message you as a result of purchasing a Boost (that's entirely up to them!) but usually, you will see more activity. If you're subscribed to Incognito, please keep in mind that you cannot activate a Boost if your Incognito feature is turned on. You can read more about Incognito here.
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Why didn't I get any new Likes or messages after my Boost?
Again, we can't guarantee that anyone will Like or message you when you purchase a Boost. It could be a timing issue, or there could be something lacking in your photos or profile. Check out our articles about how to make an awesome profile, and how to choose great photos.
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