The age field is among the first to appear when creating a Tinder profile. To create an account, you must provide your date of birth, after which the relevant page will automatically close. However, you may have noticed that the option to change your account’s age is no longer in the profile editing section. Let’s go over how to change your age on Tinder.
Quick Summary
When you sign up for Tinder, your name and age are the only permanent details.
To change your age on Tinder, if you signed up using your phone number, you’ll need to delete your account and create a new one. If you link your Tinder and Facebook accounts, updating your Facebook profile will also update your Tinder age.
Can You Change Your Tinder Age?
You cannot change your age if you create your Tinder account by tapping LOG IN WITH PHONE NUMBER. You can only change your age when you enter your date of birth during the account creation process. After that, you will no longer be able to access the age customization options.
Tinder will integrate with your Facebook account if you create your account using the LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK button. Because Tinder details mirror your Facebook details, updating your age on Facebook will also update your age on Tinder.
How to Change Your Tinder Age Using Facebook
You must have a Tinder account that is linked to your Facebook account in order to change your Tinder age using Facebook. Tinder pulls information from your Facebook account, including your name and age, once linked. If you update these details on your Facebook profile, they will also be updated on Tinder.
- If you already have a Tinder account with your phone number, delete it. While this will clear out all matches and other account information, it is best to start over.
- Open Tinder and then select LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK.
- Complete the account creation process and connect your Facebook account.
- After you’ve linked your Tinder account to Facebook, go to Facebook and update your age. This will update your Tinder age.
What if I Didn’t Link My Facebook Profile to Tinder?
As previously stated, you are out of luck if you did not create your Tinder account through Facebook. You cannot change your name or age after creating your Tinder account with a phone number.
There are, however, a few ways to try to achieve the same effect.
Indicate your actual age in your bio.
Tap EDIT PROFILE on your Tinder profile. You can include your actual age in the About Me section.
Create a new account.
When you create a new account, you must enter your date of birth and age. If you can’t stand the age displayed on your profile, delete your account and create a new one.
Why Can’t You Change Your Age on Tinder?
Tinder secures your name and age after you create an account. If you created it with a phone number, you can never change it again. If you created it through Facebook, your Facebook age will be reflected on your Tinder profile.
While there are workarounds, as mentioned in the preceding article, Tinder does not want you to tamper with your name and age. In fact, contacting Tinder customer service will result in them telling you that there is no way to change your name or age.
This is for security reasons. Because of how the platform is set up, connecting random people, they already expect some deception to occur. Nobody—and I mean nobody—is completely honest when looking for a date. The more they can “spice up the bait,” so to speak, the more likely it is that they will be swiped right on.
However, catfishing, ghosting, and other negative interactions can occur quickly when people go too far. If everyone were allowed to change their name and age at will, they could deceive an increasing number of people. Imagine what bots and other Tinder automation could do with constant access to key information.
By generalizing the inability to change one’s name and age, users can be confident that, while they cannot change their name or age, no one else can either. That is something people should have faith in.
Can I Change My Date Of Birth On Tinder?
As earlier mentioned, Tinder only allows you to change your date of birth if it is linked to your Facebook account.
There is no other option but to delete your account.
You cannot change your date of birth if you registered on Tinder using your email or mobile number.
The only solution in these two cases is to delete your account.
You’ll lose all matches and messages and have to create a new Tinder profile with the correct age.
If you want to keep it simple, create a profile linked to your Facebook account.
As a result, you will be able to change your birth date as often as you want.
How Does Tinder Determine My Age?
Tinder knows your age because you typed it in when you registered with your email or mobile number.
Or because you linked your Tinder account to your Facebook account.
Tinder, in this case, takes all information from it, including your age.
As a result, your age is known and displayed on your profile.
Unless you hide your age on Tinder or change it on Facebook, Tinder has complete control over your profile, including what information appears.
On the one hand, this is beneficial for preventing fake accounts and bots.
But you don’t have much freedom.
How to Hide Your Age on Tinder
Want to hide your age from your Tinder profile altogether? You can do all this and more if you upgrade to a Tinder Plus account. Open the Tinder app and select Edit Info—the Control Your Profile panel is at the bottom of your information page.
Toggle the Don’t Show My Age option from here, and you can hide your age by purchasing a Tinder Plus account. Unfortunately, anonymity comes at a cost. Tinder Plus costs $4.58 per month for a year, $5.83 for six months, and $9.99 for a single month.
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