My Tinder account is under review – Everything you need to know!

A nerve-wracking notification that says “your account is under review” is enough to ruin a good Saturday.

It’s not the end of the world, but you surely were enjoying the conversations and the experience.

The fact that your account is under review does not mean your experience on Tinder has come to an end.

“Your account is under review” on Tinder means that your account is being checked whether it’s complying with Tinder’s terms of use and community guidelines.

Your account is being looked into, and it will be paused until it’s verified that you’ve done nothing that violates Tinder’s rules.

Or If you are getting a message “your selfie is under review on Tinder”, it's different from the Tinder account under review.

This is Tinder checking if you should stay on the app or get banned.

An important distinction: A warning from Tinder is different from your account being under review.

A warning is a notification that warns you to behave. A review, on the other hand, puts your account on pause until your account is fully reviewed.

How long does it take for Tinder to review your account?

A Tinder account review can take minutes to days.

Tinder says you have time for a snack, but the snack might not be the only thing you’ll have time for. This process can take long, and things might stay still for a while.

According to Tinder, it doesn’t take them too long to review your account: it takes a few minutes.

But according to the users, this takes more than just “a few” minutes. It takes hours, and sometimes even days to get your account reviewed.

To clarify, just because Tinder is taking days to review your account it does not mean that the review will result in a ban!

• If you’ve just registered on Tinder and you’re doing a photo/age/photo+ID verification process then the review will only take a couple of minutes.
• If you’ve been using Tinder and you got this notification out of nowhere, then chances are it’ll take a few hours or even days for your profile to be reviewed.
• If you got banned on Tinder and now you’re trying to get back in, then Tinder might take a few days as well to review your new account.

There are 5 reasons why Tinder puts your account under review!

Tinder has the right to put your account under review with or without a warning beforehand.

Although there’s no official explanation as to why, there are logical explanations taking Tinder’s terms into account.

Here is why your Tinder account is under review:

• You violated Tinder’s terms of use and community guidelines. Tinder claims to prioritize user safety therefore being rigid about their rules.
  If there’s suspicion that you’re not respecting the terms of use and community guidelines, it’s very likely for your account to be put under review, this way Tinder confirms whether your actions are proper to Tinder’s etiquette or not.
• You got reported. When you get reported by other Tinder users, your account rings the safety alarms of Tinder.
  Tinder takes its time to review that account, to see whether that person is violating its rules and whether there’s something inappropriate about their profile.
• You’re using information from a banned account or device. When Tinder bans you, it bans and retains data about your device, phone number, IP address, and a lot of other information about you.
  Getting back on Tinder with information or device from a previously banned account, can lead Tinder to suspect you’re a banned user trying to sneak back into the app, hence – if not banned – your account will be put under review.
• Your activity on Tinder was similar to a robot’s. Your behavior might’ve sparked a red-flag behavior on Tinder.
  You might’ve mindlessly swiped right on every profile, sent the same message to a lot of your matches, sent a link to a lot of your matches, and the like.
• You did a photo or age verification. If your pictures look like they’re stolen from the internet, you might be required to do a Photo, Age, or Photo + ID verification.
  Whether you voluntarily did a photo/age verification or Tinder required you to, it will take from a few minutes, few hours, to a day(s) to get your account verified.

This is what you can do if the Tinder account reviewing takes too long!

While your account is under review you can’t have access to your account. It’s as if your account is put on hold.

You don't have access to your account: you can’t swipe, delete your account, nor send or receive messages.

Having this little access to your Tinder account, the things you can do about this process are also little. But, that can be helpful, regardless.

Here’s what you can do when the reviewing process on Tinder takes too long:

• See if you’ve got an email from Tinder with a notification regarding your account.

• You can submit a request to Tinder.
• Contact Tinder via facsimile at 214-853-4309.
• Avoid creating a new account: it can lead you to a permanent ban.
• Wait until the reviewing process is over.

What happens after your account gets reviewed on Tinder?

Regardless of how long the reviewing process takes, the question remains: What does Tinder do with your account?

After the review is done, you’ll either end up feeling excited to get back to your matches or agitated that you’ve waited for so long just to get banned.

However, there’s a variety of endings between the “Your account has been verified” and “Your account has been banned”

Here’s what happens after your account is reviewed on Tinder:

– Your account gets banned.

If after reviewing your account Tinder finds violations of the terms of use and community guidelines, your account will get banned.

Seeing your behavior as disturbing to the other users of Tinder or seeing your behavior as a risk to users’ safety will lead to a permanent ban from the app.

In simpler terms, your account is likely to end up banned if:

• You used information from a previous banned account (e.g. phone number, device, IP address, etc).
• Tinder concluded that you didn’t respect the rules (e.g. your bio was offensive, you didn’t use your own pictures, etc).
• The people who reported you had good reasons to do so (e.g your pictures were offensive, your behavior was disrespectful, etc).

Note: If you’re attempting to get back on Tinder after you’ve been banned before, you’ll need entirely new information, a new phone number from DatingZest service, device, everything new!

Tinder will recognize you through the information (be it social media, email, phone number, etc) if it’s been previously used on your banned account.

– Your account gets shadowbanned by Tinder.

Good news! You’ve got back on the app! But that bubble will burst within hours when you face loneliness while using the app. You’re shadowbanned.

If you get shadowbanned, Tinder can feel very off, dusty, and lonely: it’s as if you’re all alone in a large room filled with pictures.

This is speculated to be Tinder’s tactic to keep their ‘problematic’ users from reentering the app, but have them pay for the premium features.

– Your account gets verified: You get allowed to proceed using the app.

If Tinder doesn’t find anything wrong in your profile while reviewing, you’ll be back on the app with a blue sticker with a checkmark on your profile.

That checkmark will let other users know that your profile is verified, you’re a real person, and that you’re not a catfish.

There’s not much to this one. The review gets done, you get back on the app, and you’re good to go.

– Your account gets verified to then get banned after a short period.

A large number of people have been reporting that very shortly after their account got verified on Tinder their account got banned from the app.

This could be a result of your behavior after your account gets verified, or simply Tinder changing its mind regarding your account on the app.

You might or might not get another notification that your account is put under review before you get banned.

Relax, the review won’t take forever…

The review is not eternal, your account will be reviewed sooner or later, and you will either get back on the app or get banned from it.

However, here are a few things to keep in mind,

• You’re likely to get banned if you’ve been banned on Tinder before.
• Avoid creating a new account before the reviewing process is done.
• You can always contact Tinder before and after the reviewing process is done.
• You can hop on other dating apps until your account is reviewed!

Best of luck,

Liam