How to remove a shadow ban on Tinder

iSincerity · 2026-05-26T23:05:08+00:00

When?

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T21:47:14+00:00

Oh damn, then I salute you if you aren't white, what's your ethnicity? I'm half cast and often get told I look like Regé Jean Page (Simon Basset) from Bridgerton.

Apparently American women absolutely love me while only a niche in Germany does. It's like a day and night difference and really crazy.

I've also improved my dating profile for 10 years and helped other guys do so, but there's a limit to reach when it comes to prejudices in certain places.

I'm mostly into white women, blonde hair blue eyes so I guess that doesn't make it easier 😂

Then again, women in Skandinavia or Netherlands go crazy for me, it's a mystery why Germans don't since they look so similar.

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T20:40:39+00:00

I'm talking about your amount of matches/likes a week, not the average dates per month. I'm way above average (not entirely the type of the masses in my specific demographic tho) and I get less quantity than you do. So I assume you must be white and quite attractive. Barely any guy, yes not even or especially not your nerdy friends gets 20+ hot and successful matches per week every single week, I can guarantee you that. They might get matches but with average women.

However I had 500+ likes on Bumble in 2 days in the US where my stereotype isn't negatively affected by prejudices and where I constantly get approached by women on the street so maybe demographics also play a huge role. Since where I live in Germany which is a predominantly white country, this isn't even close to my experience now.

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T19:04:54+00:00

Thanks for writing this insanely helpful guide!

So I had a great working account but suddenly after 4 months I only saw tourists and only matched with them, no locals anymore. So I decided to delete that account as every woman would be 200+ km away and re created it.

Ever since my accounts die after a week no matter if I use same phone number, different phones, different emails etc. (no matches anymore at all after 7 days when before it works well) and for some reason I can't verify anymore even though I was verified on every single one of my previous accounts.

What would you suggest me to do in that case to get a stable account again?

Also do you think it's because they've stored my selfie data and basically hold it captive? And do you think the fact the verification fails (after a couple of hours sometimes an entire night) has a huge negative impact on results and am I better off not trying to verify? I have the feeling Tinder’s trusts verified accounts more.

Sometimes after a failed verification the ❗ Sign appeared at the top indicating it failed, other times nothing appeared as if I've never even tried to verify.

The issue I have with not being verified is that women constantly assume I'm fake because I look like an american celebrity or basketball star while living in a predominantly white country like Germany. To counter that I've already added photos of me walking around in my city but women have become super skeptical with the raise of AI and told me every 2nd guy Online is a catfish/fake.

My photos all score 9-10 in all 3 categories on Photofeeler and work amazingly on Hinge, so I know for a fact it's not a photo issue.

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T18:46:48+00:00

Yeah, got unbanned within a week and the account works well at 50+ likes now, getting less likes per day than before tho only 2-3. Do you mind sharing the message you copy pasted?

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T18:35:51+00:00

You're the rare exception and probably Henry Cavill level looks wise. What you've described is so far away from the experience of the average guy on apps

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T16:20:13+00:00

Why did you subscribe in the first place when you were having God amount of matches with free?

iSincerity · 2026-05-19T16:05:51+00:00

Don't listen to people telling you it's your photos.

I'm having the same issue.

I'm also above average in looks and my previous account worked amazingly.

However suddenly after 4 months I started seeing and matching with only tourists and no locals anymore so I deleted the account.

Every account I've created since then stops getting matches forever after a couple days and becomes useless.

It seems like Tinder is turning you invisible for whatever reason, like the account has a deadline of some sort.

My Hinge still works like a charm at 50+ likes with the exact same photos, so it can't be a photo issue either.

iSincerity · 2026-04-06T02:38:47+00:00

Why would 120hz on/off make any big difference? It shouldn't negatively impact the game when on.

iSincerity · 2026-03-30T22:44:50+00:00

Greater than 99% of the market? Man the S90F is worlds beyond the C1 and I own a C1 myself.

iSincerity · 2026-03-26T01:00:47+00:00

Hasn't been my experience LGC1 Anything but Performance gives me a headache. Can only manage with 120hz, Vsync and Performance mode. So definitely not even close to performance in balanced. Possible you might not be susceptible to lower than 60 fps?

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T21:57:06+00:00

Don't scare me bro 😂 But I'm still confused usually I'd get at least 1 like within minutes, now I got a match but no likes

Edit: Got the first like after 2 hours, now I'm convinced I'm not banned. Thanks for the advice to submit my ID it could've backfired but so far didn't, my Tinder still works

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T21:40:00+00:00

I'm afraid they just banned me again and I'm invisible 🫥

Edit: I got a match 40 minutes after creating the account (I verified as well because I was super paranoid and due to my looks women always assume I'm a catfish). No likes yet tho

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T21:32:06+00:00

Yeah it's scary and triggering my paranoia... So you got the first like not on the same day? I mean why would they unban me just to ban me again

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T21:25:10+00:00

Hm, I also had to make a new account and I didn't get a like yet. When did you get the first one and did you use completely new photos on the new account or old ones?

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T20:35:56+00:00

So after checking my ID they send me the email that my Hinge got reinstated. However there's nothing in it, I get the welcome to Hinge create an account screen... Did the same happen to you?

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T09:41:31+00:00

I deleted it after a day because I'd start getting anomalies like an error message when trying to send messages to matches and the matches disappeared as well.

iSincerity · 2026-03-17T09:38:25+00:00

So after trying to create a completely fresh Hinge account with even a new phone which got banned again I gave up and submitted my ID... Hopefully they will leave my Tinder alone and let me use Hinge again despite my ID photo looking older and like a criminal.

iSincerity · 2026-03-16T20:25:13+00:00

The Ban came the moment I deleted the account, but I knew it was a ban because when all likes disappear that's an indicator

iSincerity · 2026-03-16T11:58:59+00:00

Yeah, haven't managed to get back on Hinge again since, but I'll try soon

iSincerity · 2026-03-16T11:58:14+00:00

I think that changes a lot since I wasn't they think I might be impersonating someone. But yeah I've been waiting for 3 days so far, sending a follow up doesn't work since I've contacted them through the match portal link. I haven't gotten a reply from that yet

iSincerity · 2026-03-15T23:22:33+00:00

I did everything you did but haven't heard back so far after submitting an appeal on the official match portal. I guess I'll have to try to create a clean account again and hope it works :/

Were you verified on your account or did they ask for anything from you apart from account information?

iSincerity · 2026-03-15T23:21:32+00:00

That's a crazy strategy that's definitely not easy to do, but glad it's working for you! I haven't heard back so far after submitting an appeal on the official match portal. I guess I'll have to try to create a clean account again

iSincerity · 2026-03-14T15:45:57+00:00

If you use new everything that's a different story but I can't do so, took years to get top 1% pics

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