How to Delete a FB Dating Profile
Deleting your Facebook Dating profile will remove the answers you’ve filled out, any likes you’ve gathered, your matches, and the conversations you’ve made with other users. This is permanent, so none of that will return even if you activate Facebook Dating again later to start a new profile.
How to Use ‘Take a Break’
You can take a break from Facebook Dating to stop matching with new people. Doing this will prevent potential new matches from seeing you in the app, but you’ll still be able to message people who have already liked or matched with you, and you can resume your profile at any time.
FB Dating Profile: Delete vs Take a Break
Which is the better option—delete your profile or just take a break? The answer depends on what you want to happen. To resume your account, return to the menu > Dating page from the Facebook app, and select Start matching again. You should delete your profile if you want to stop using it completely, maybe because you’ve met someone, or you’re more interested in investing your time in other dating apps. Closing your profile is as if you didn’t even make an account to begin with. It severs the ties you have with matches, so you won’t be able to contact them through your Dating profile, and all conversations you’ve made will be purged from your account. Alternatively, the “take a break” option is great if you want to do just that. Your conversations and matches won’t go away, and you can even still message people that you’ve already connected with. The only thing that you can’t do is see or be seen by other FB Dating users until you unpause your profile.
What Happens When I Delete Facebook Dating?
When you delete your Dating profile, it will remove any answers, likes, matches, and conversations you have. What it won’t delete are items on your regular FB profile. This is because a FB Dating profile is different. This means you can completely erase it without affecting anything on your regular profile. The photos you’ve uploaded on Facebook won’t be affected, and neither will other things like Messenger messages and friends, since those are unrelated to Facebook Dating. However, since Dating is built-in to your Facebook account, deleting your Facebook account will also delete your Dating profile.
