How to Hide Your Plenty of Fish Profile

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Last Updated: September 16, 2021

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to hide or delete your Plenty of Fish online dating profile. Fortunately, this is quite easy to do by following some straightforward instructions. If you choose to simply hide your profile, your profile will still be visible to some users, but you can unhide your profile at any time. On the other hand, if you delete your Plenty of Fish profile, it will no longer be visible to anyone. But deleting your profile is permanent; you will not be able to reactivate it.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Hiding Your Profile

1
Login to your POF account. Before you can make any changes to your profile, you need to login to your POF account. Enter your email/username and password.
- If you have forgotten your login info, click the link provided and follow the steps.
2
Select "Edit Profile." Once you have logged into the site, click the link that says, "Edit Profile." This will be located at the top of the screen, toward the right, next to the link for "My Profile."

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Click the link. After you select the "Edit Profile" link, at the top of the page you will see a line of text that reads, "To hide your profile from others, click here." Go ahead and click this link. This will hide your profile, and you will no longer appear in the search results of other POF users.
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Unhide your profile. Whenever you are ready to unhide your POF profile, simply follow these same steps. After you login to your account, click "Edit profile." This time you will see a line of text that reads, "In order to unhide your profile from others, click here." Click this link and your profile will be unhidden.
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Recognize the limits of hiding your profile. Hiding your profile on POF means that you will no longer appear in any bar of images or search results. However, there are some users that will still be able to access your profile. These include:
- People you make contact with after hiding your profile.
- People who currently have messages in your inbox.
- People listed on your "favorites list."
- People who have you listed on their "favorites list."
- People who search your username using the "Username Search" function.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Deleting Your Profile

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Visit the "Help" menu. You may prefer to permanently remove your Plenty of Fish profile (rather than merely hiding it). Begin by logging into your POF account, then click on the "Help" menu, near the top right of the page.
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Click "Delete Account." After you reach the help menu, you will notice a link near the top center of the page that reads "Delete Account." Despite being near the top center of the page, this link can be easy to miss. This link will not appear in the list of help topics on the left side of the page.
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Scroll down and click the link. On the next page, POF will try to convince you to stay a member of their site by providing some testimonials. You'll want to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click where it says, "To delete your account, click here."
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Input your username, password, and reason for leaving. Once again, you'll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page. Here you will see a series of questions for you to answer. You will enter your account info and select your reason for leaving from a drop down menu. Then you can choose to answer a series of optional questions. Finally, you will click where it says, "Delete Account."
- Optional questions include how many dates you went on through POF and whether or not you would recommend the site to a friend.
- You must have had your POF account for at least 24 hours before you are able to delete it.