--- title: "How to Hide Tinder on iPhone: 5 Ways (iOS 27)" description: "Hide Tinder on iPhone in 10 seconds: Hide and Require Face ID moves it to a locked Hidden folder. Plus turn off Discovery, alerts and search." url: https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/tinder lang: en published: 2026-10-31 updated: 2026-10-31 author: "VaultForYou Editorial Team" publisher: VaultForYou --- # How to hide Tinder on iPhone > Tinder can disappear from your Home Screen and search in 10 seconds. Its name still turns up in a few places, listed below. Published 2026-10-31 - Updated 2026-10-31 - By VaultForYou Editorial Team - Checked against iOS 27 - Oct 31, 2026 ## Quick answer Touch and hold the Tinder icon, tap Require Face ID, then Hide and Require Face ID, and tap Hide App. It takes about 10 seconds on iOS 18 or later. Tinder moves to a locked Hidden folder in App Library and drops out of search. Tinder also has its own option inside the app: Turn off Discovery. Its name can still appear in Screen Time. - **Fastest way:** Hide and Require Face ID (iOS 18 or later). - **Can it be hidden?:** Yes. It moves to the locked Hidden folder in App Library. - **Own privacy setting:** Turn off Discovery (Tap the profile icon -> Settings -> Enable Discovery (turn the toggle off)). - **Still visible in:** Screen Time, Battery and your App Store purchases. - **iOS version:** iOS 18 or later - **Time needed:** About 10 seconds - **Difficulty:** Easy - **Needs an app?:** No - **Reversible?:** Yes - **Changes backups?:** No Tinder can be hidden in about 10 seconds with the iOS Hidden folder, and Tinder has 4 privacy settings of its own. Below are 5 ways, fastest first, and the places Tinder still shows up afterwards. We checked the iOS steps against Apple's iOS 27 documentation and Tinder's settings against its official help pages in October 2026. ## Method 1: Hide Tinder with Face ID (iOS 18 and later) This is the only built-in way that hides Tinder from your Home Screen, App Library and search at once. 1. **Find Tinder on your Home Screen** Touch and hold the Tinder icon until the quick actions menu opens. 2. **Tap Require Face ID** On iPhones with Touch ID it says Require Touch ID. You can also choose Require Passcode. 3. **Tap Hide and Require Face ID** Authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. 4. **Tap Hide App** Tinder leaves the Home Screen and moves to the locked Hidden folder at the bottom of App Library. Tinder keeps working, and its data is untouched. Open it from the Hidden folder at the bottom of App Library. On iOS 17 or earlier, remove it from the Home Screen instead (see below). **What this does not do:** it doesn't hide Tinder from Screen Time, and it doesn't change iCloud backups. Anyone who knows your iPhone passcode can open the Hidden folder. ## Method 2: Tinder's own privacy settings iOS hides the app icon. Tinder itself can hide what's inside it. These settings work on any iOS version that Tinder supports. ### Turn off Discovery Go to **Tap the profile icon -> Settings -> Enable Discovery (turn the toggle off)**. Hides your profile from new people without deleting your account. People you already liked may still see you, and you can keep chatting with existing matches. ### Incognito A paid feature (Tinder Plus and higher) that hides your profile at any time, so only people you have liked can see you. ### Block Contacts Go to **Tap the profile icon -> Settings -> Block Contacts**. Pick people from your contacts, or add a phone number or email by hand, and Tinder tries to keep you from seeing each other. They are not notified. ### Hide Tinder message previews Go to **Tap the profile icon -> Settings -> Notifications**. Manage push and email notifications for the app. Preview controls are in the iPhone's own Settings -> Notifications -> Tinder. ## Method 3: Move Tinder photos into a vault Hiding the app doesn't hide photos you've saved from it. Those sit in your camera roll, where anyone scrolling Photos can see them. Move them into a vault, then delete the originals from Photos and empty Recently Deleted. > **Lock this in VaultForYou.** Keep Tinder photos in an encrypted vault that opens only with a pattern you draw. [Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/vaultforyou/id0000000000) See [how to hide photos in Tinder](/hide-photos/tinder) for the in-app options. ## Other ways to hide Tinder - **Remove it from the Home Screen.** Touch and hold Tinder, tap **Remove App**, then **Remove from Home Screen**. It moves to App Library and still shows in search. - **Keep it out of Siri and search.** Go to **Settings -> Siri -> Excluded Apps**, tap **Add Apps** and select Tinder. Apple says excluded apps aren't available to Siri, Search or suggestions. - **Hide its notification previews.** Go to **Settings -> Notifications -> Tinder -> Show Previews** and choose **Never** or **When Unlocked**. - **Hide it from your App Store purchases.** In the App Store, tap your photo, tap **Apps & Purchase History**, then swipe left on Tinder and tap **Hide**. ## Does hiding Tinder hide its notifications, Siri suggestions, Spotlight and backups? | Where | Hidden with Face ID | Removed from Home Screen | |---|---|---| | Notification previews | Content hidden | Still shown | | Siri suggestions | Not shown | Still shown | | Spotlight search | App hidden from results | Still shown | | iCloud backup | Unchanged | Unchanged | Apple says information inside a locked or hidden app doesn't appear in places like notification previews, search and Siri suggestions. Hiding never changes what your iPhone backs up. ## How to unhide Tinder 1. **Open App Library.** Swipe left past your last Home Screen page. 2. **Open the Hidden folder.** Scroll to the bottom, tap Hidden and authenticate. 3. **Unhide Tinder.** Touch and hold Tinder, tap Don't Require Face ID and authenticate again. Tinder goes back to App Library. Drag it to your Home Screen from there. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can you hide Tinder on iPhone? Yes. On iOS 18 or later, touch and hold Tinder, tap Require Face ID, then Hide and Require Face ID. Tinder moves to a locked Hidden folder in App Library and disappears from search. On older iOS versions you can only remove it from the Home Screen, which leaves it in App Library. ### Where does Tinder go when you hide it? It goes to the Hidden folder at the very bottom of App Library. Swipe left past your last Home Screen page, scroll down and tap Hidden. The folder opens with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Tinder keeps working from there, with all its data. ### Does hiding Tinder delete it or its data? No. Hiding or removing Tinder from the Home Screen doesn't delete the app or anything in it. Only Delete App removes it from your iPhone. Even then, data stored in your Tinder account online is not deleted. ### Can someone tell that I hid Tinder? Possibly. The Hidden folder itself is visible at the bottom of App Library, though it needs Face ID or your passcode to open. Tinder can also still appear in Screen Time, the Battery list and your App Store purchase history. Anyone who knows your passcode can open everything. ### Does hiding Tinder on iPhone hide it on my iPad? No. Apple says hidden and locked apps don't sync through iCloud, so the setting only applies to the iPhone where you set it. Hide it separately on every device you use. ## Bottom line Hide and Require Face ID is the fastest way to hide Tinder: about 10 seconds, and it's gone from your Home Screen and search. Add Tinder's own settings to hide what's inside it. For photos, a vault is the only option that takes them out of Photos. ## Sources - [Apple Support: Lock or hide an app on iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/lock-or-hide-an-app-iph00f208d05/ios) - [Apple Personal Safety User Guide: Lock or hide apps on your iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/personal-safety/ipsd0be4c185/web) - [Apple Support: Change Siri settings on iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-siri-settings-iphc28624b81abc/ios) - [Apple Support: Change notification settings on iPhone](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-notification-settings-iph7c3d96bab/ios) - [Tinder Help: Hide your Tinder profile](https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/29635636556045-Hide-your-Tinder-profile) - [Tinder Help: Block Contacts](https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039684672-Block-Contacts) - [Tinder Help: Tinder subscriptions](https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115004487406-Tinder-subscriptions) - [Tinder Help: Screenshot and screen recording protection](https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/47768354820621-Screenshot-and-screen-recording-protection) ## More Tinder privacy guides - [How to hide photos in Tinder](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-photos/tinder) - [Tinder privacy on iPhone: every setting](https://www.vaultforyou.app/apps/tinder) ## Hide apps for other apps - [How to hide Bumble on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/bumble) - [How to hide Grindr on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/grindr) - [How to hide Hinge on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/hinge) - [How to hide YouTube on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/youtube) - [How to hide Instagram on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/instagram) - [How to hide Messages on iPhone](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps/messages) - [All hide-app guides](https://www.vaultforyou.app/hide-apps) ## The full guide - [How to hide apps on iPhone, and where hidden apps still show up](https://www.vaultforyou.app/blog/hide-apps-on-iphone) --- Our guides are written and fact-checked by the VaultForYou team against Apple's own documentation. 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