{
 "id": "tinder",
 "name": "Tinder",
 "category": "dating",
 "website": "https://tinder.com",
 "domains": [
  "tinder.com",
  "gotinder.com"
 ],
 "summary": "Cancel where you pay: order numbers starting MK are Apple, GPA Google Play, TNDR Tinder. For Tinder billing (including Apple Pay or web payments in the iPhone app), use Manage Payment Account on tinder.com or in the Android app. Benefits last until the period ends. Deleting the app doesn't cancel.",
 "routes": [
  {
   "channel": "apple_app_store",
   "applies_to": "Subscriptions bought in the Tinder iPhone app and billed by Apple (order numbers starting with MK). If you paid in the iPhone app with Apple Pay or a web payment option, use the tinder.com route instead",
   "who": "The Apple Account that paid",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": null,
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Open Settings on the iPhone and tap your name at the top",
     "expect": "Subscriptions"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Subscriptions, then the Tinder subscription",
     "expect": "Cancel Subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Cancel Subscription",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": "An expiration message shows on the subscription, and there is no Cancel button",
   "effective": "You keep your subscription benefits until the end of the subscription period",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "Apple handles all refunds for Apple-billed Tinder purchases",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
    "t1",
    "t12",
    "t14",
    "t22",
    "t23",
    "t27"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "google_play",
   "applies_to": "Subscriptions bought in the Tinder Android app and billed by Google Play (order numbers starting with GPA)",
   "who": "The Google Account that paid",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": "https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Open the Google Play app and tap your profile icon in the top right",
     "expect": "Payments & subscriptions"
    },
    {
     "do": "Go to Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions, and select the Tinder subscription",
     "expect": "Cancel subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Cancel subscription, pick a reason and continue",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": "Google Play offers Resubscribe for the subscription",
   "effective": "You can keep using it for the time you've already paid",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "Google handles all refunds for Google Play-billed Tinder purchases",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
    "t2",
    "t4",
    "t13",
    "t24",
    "t25",
    "t26"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "direct_app",
   "applies_to": "Subscriptions paid directly with a credit card or PayPal in the Tinder Android app (order numbers starting with TNDR)",
   "who": "The Tinder account holder",
   "method": "self_serve",
   "start_url": null,
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Open the Tinder app on the Android device and tap your profile icon",
     "expect": "Manage Payment Account"
    },
    {
     "do": "Choose Manage Payment Account and find the subscription",
     "expect": "Cancel Subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Cancel Subscription",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": null,
   "effective": "You keep your subscription benefits until the end of the subscription period",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "Generally non-refundable, but Tinder helps with purchases made in the last 14 days; contact it from the email used to buy, with the TNDR order number. Residents of several US states can cancel without penalty before midnight of the third business day after subscribing. To use that right, request the refund from Tinder Customer Service through the Help Center, or mail or deliver a signed, dated notice that you are cancelling to Tinder, Attn: Cancellations, P.O. Box 25472, Dallas, Texas 75225, USA.",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
    "t3",
    "t5",
    "t6",
    "t11",
    "t14",
    "t16",
    "t17",
    "t18",
    "t28",
    "t29"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "direct_web",
   "applies_to": "Subscriptions bought on tinder.com (order numbers starting with TNDR), and subscriptions paid in the Tinder iPhone app with Apple Pay or a web payment option (rolling out in select markets)",
   "who": "The Tinder account holder",
   "method": "self_serve",
   "start_url": "https://tinder.com",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Go to tinder.com and log in",
     "expect": null
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap your profile icon and select Manage Payment Account",
     "expect": "Cancel Subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Find the subscription and tap Cancel Subscription",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": null,
   "effective": "You keep your subscription benefits until the end of the subscription period",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "Generally non-refundable, but Tinder helps with purchases made in the last 14 days; contact it from the email used to buy, with the TNDR order number. Residents of several US states can cancel without penalty before midnight of the third business day after subscribing. To use that right, request the refund from Tinder Customer Service through the Help Center, or mail or deliver a signed, dated notice that you are cancelling to Tinder, Attn: Cancellations, P.O. Box 25472, Dallas, Texas 75225, USA.",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
    "t3",
    "t6",
    "t7",
    "t11",
    "t14",
    "t16",
    "t17",
    "t18",
    "t27",
    "t28",
    "t29"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "pay_less": [
  {
   "type": "free_plan",
   "what": "Tinder works without a subscription: cancelling keeps your profile on the free version",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "t15"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "downgrade",
   "what": "Move down to Tinder Gold or Tinder Plus. With Apple billing the change applies when the current subscription expires; Google Play and tinder.com don't support downgrades, so cancel, let it expire, then subscribe to the cheaper plan",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "t19",
    "t20",
    "t21"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "export": [],
 "after_cancel": {
  "access_until": "The end of the subscription period",
  "data_kept": "Your profile stays on Tinder; cancelling a subscription doesn't delete the account",
  "you_lose": [
   "Your paid subscription benefits (Tinder Plus, Gold or Platinum)"
  ]
 },
 "agent_notes": {
  "sign_in_needed": true,
  "phone_or_chat_only": false,
  "retention_step": null,
  "tips": [
   "Uninstalling or deleting the app doesn't cancel the subscription",
   "The order number shows who bills you: MK = Apple, GPA = Google Play, TNDR = Tinder",
   "If you switched phones (for example iOS to Android), cancel on the old platform; subscriptions don't transfer",
   "Purchases made through a third party are refunded by that merchant, not Tinder"
  ]
 },
 "sources": [
  {
   "id": "t1",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If your order number starts with MK, it means you made your purchase on the Tinder app for iOS and are being billed by Apple.",
   "supports": "the Apple route and how to spot it"
  },
  {
   "id": "t2",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If your order number starts with GPA, you signed up through the Tinder app on Android and are billed by the Google Play Store.",
   "supports": "the Google Play route and how to spot it"
  },
  {
   "id": "t3",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If your order number starts with TNDR, you purchased on Tinder.com or through the Android app using a credit card.",
   "supports": "the Tinder-billed routes and how to spot them"
  },
  {
   "id": "t4",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Go to Payments & Subscriptions > Subscriptions",
   "supports": "the Google Play step"
  },
  {
   "id": "t5",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Alternatively, if you paid directly with a credit card or PayPal through the Android app:",
   "supports": "the Android direct-billing route"
  },
  {
   "id": "t6",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Choose Manage Payment Account",
   "supports": "the Manage Payment Account step"
  },
  {
   "id": "t7",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Go to tinder.com and log in",
   "supports": "where to start on the web"
  },
  {
   "id": "t8",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Uninstalling or deleting the app won't cancel your subscription.",
   "supports": "the agent tip"
  },
  {
   "id": "t9",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you've changed devices (such as from iOS to Android), you must cancel your subscription on your old device as subscriptions don't transfer between platforms.",
   "supports": "the device-change tip"
  },
  {
   "id": "t10",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "To request a refund: You'll need to contact the merchant directly.",
   "supports": "refunds for third-party purchases"
  },
  {
   "id": "t11",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003521343-Refund-Requests",
   "title": "Refund Requests",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "While most in-app purchases are nonrefundable, some exceptions apply. If you need help with a purchase made in the last 14 days, we're here to help.",
   "supports": "the 14-day help window"
  },
  {
   "id": "t12",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003521343-Refund-Requests",
   "title": "Refund Requests",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Apple handles all refunds and cancellations for Tinder subscriptions and consumables (like Boosts and Super Likes).",
   "supports": "Apple refunds"
  },
  {
   "id": "t13",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003521343-Refund-Requests",
   "title": "Refund Requests",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Google handles all refunds and cancellations for Tinder subscriptions and consumables (like Boosts and Super Likes).",
   "supports": "Google Play refunds"
  },
  {
   "id": "t14",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you cancel your subscription, you will continue to have access to your subscription benefits until the end of your subscription period, at which point it will expire.",
   "supports": "when access ends"
  },
  {
   "id": "t15",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "canceling your subscription does not remove your profile from our Services.",
   "supports": "the profile stays; free use continues"
  },
  {
   "id": "t16",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed.",
   "supports": "the 3-business-day right to cancel"
  },
  {
   "id": "t17",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Special terms for refunds also apply in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.",
   "supports": "which US states have special refund terms"
  },
  {
   "id": "t18",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Generally, all purchases are final and nonrefundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods, except if the laws applicable in your jurisdiction provide for refunds.",
   "supports": "the general refund rule"
  },
  {
   "id": "t19",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005167066-Can-I-downgrade-to-Tinder-Gold-or-Tinder-Plus",
   "title": "Can I downgrade to Tinder Gold or Tinder Plus?",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Changes to your subscription will occur once your existing subscription expires. You'll be charged at your new rate at that time.",
   "supports": "downgrading with Apple billing"
  },
  {
   "id": "t20",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005167066-Can-I-downgrade-to-Tinder-Gold-or-Tinder-Plus",
   "title": "Can I downgrade to Tinder Gold or Tinder Plus?",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you subscribed using your Google Play Store account, Google Play doesn't support downgrading subscriptions.",
   "supports": "no downgrade on Google Play"
  },
  {
   "id": "t21",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005167066-Can-I-downgrade-to-Tinder-Gold-or-Tinder-Plus",
   "title": "Can I downgrade to Tinder Gold or Tinder Plus?",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "We do not support downgrading subscriptions. If you have an existing Tinder subscription, you can cancel the subscription, wait for the subscription to expire, and then subscribe again.",
   "supports": "no downgrade on tinder.com"
  },
  {
   "id": "t22",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "In Settings, tap your name. Tap Subscriptions. Tap the subscription. Tap Cancel Subscription.",
   "supports": "the Apple steps"
  },
  {
   "id": "t23",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled.",
   "supports": "how to confirm with Apple"
  },
  {
   "id": "t24",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
   "title": "Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "Within the confirmation pop-up, select a reason. Click Continue.",
   "supports": "Google Play's reason step"
  },
  {
   "id": "t25",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
   "title": "Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "When you cancel a subscription, you'll still be able to use your subscription for the time you've already paid.",
   "supports": "when a Google Play cancellation takes effect"
  },
  {
   "id": "t26",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
   "title": "Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "For the subscription you want to restart, click Resubscribe.",
   "supports": "how to confirm on Google Play (Resubscribe appears)"
  },
  {
   "id": "t27",
   "url": "https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003554466-Cancel-your-subscription",
   "title": "Cancel your subscription",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Apple Pay and Web payment options are rolling out in select markets. If you subscribed with 1 of these methods, please refer to the instructions under Tinder.com purchases.",
   "supports": "iPhone-app subscriptions paid with Apple Pay or a web payment are cancelled with the Tinder.com steps"
  },
  {
   "id": "t28",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "All other users may request a refund by contacting Tinder Customer Service via our Help Center, or by mailing or delivering a signed and dated notice",
   "supports": "how to request a refund (including under the 3-business-day right) when Apple doesn't bill you"
  },
  {
   "id": "t29",
   "url": "https://policies.tinder.com/terms/intl/en/",
   "title": "Tinder Terms of Use",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Tinder, Attn: Cancellations, P.O. Box 25472, Dallas, Texas 75225, USA.",
   "supports": "where to mail a cancellation notice"
  }
 ],
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  "level": "docs",
  "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
  "by": "stackcut-research",
  "unverified": [
   "Tinder's US terms page (policies.tinder.com/terms/us/en) couldn't be checked, so the international terms are quoted instead; they include the US state rules",
   "How Tinder confirms a cancellation made on tinder.com or in the Android app (email or on-screen status) is not described",
   "Tinder's plan prices are not on these pages, so the savings from downgrading could not be quoted"
  ],
  "review": {
   "by": "stackcut-review",
   "on": "2026-09-29",
   "result": "fixed",
   "notes": [
    "iPhone-app purchases paid with Apple Pay or a web payment now point to the tinder.com route; summary updated (t27)",
    "Refunds on Tinder-billed routes now say how to use the 3-business-day right: Help Center or signed notice by mail (t28, t29)"
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  }
 },
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  "url": "https://tinder.com/app/profile",
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  "source": "JustDeleteMe (MIT), https://github.com/jdm-contrib/jdm"
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