You may have found someone special from POF (Plenty of Fish) so that you want to delete your POF account permanently. Or, you may just want to delete it because you may find other dating apps that you like. Well, whatever your reason is, you are able to delete your POF account. However, before you delete your POF account, it is important for you to note that you are not able to recover your account and if you delete your account, it can delete all your connections, conversations, and other data in POF.
The Steps to Delete A POF Account
According to the Business Insider site, here are the steps to delete your POF account.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to open the Plenty Of Fish website in your browser. Then, you need to sign in to your POF account.
- After you sign in, at the top of the page, you have to click on My Profile and then in the drop-down menu, you have to click on My Profile.
- The next thing that you have to do is to click on the Settings tab.
- Now, in the Delete Account section, you have to click on the Delete Account.
- And then, you have to complete the short questionnaire about why you are deleting your account.
As explained on the Plenty Of Fish site, if you only remove, uninstall, or delete the POF app from your phone, it will not stop your account entirely. If you want to delete your POF account, you have to follow the steps above and note that you cannot delete your account via the apps for now.
Also, if you subscribed to a paid membership, you will have to take the steps with the App Store or Google Play Store to make sure that you are not charged an auto-renewal subscription fee.
The Way to Hide Your POF Profile
Instead of deleting your POF profile, you may just want to hide your POF profile. It can be done and if you only hide your POF profile, you will still be able to access your account, but your public profile will be removed from the app and the website. It means that others will not be able to see or connect with you.
So, how to hide a POF profile? Here are the steps to hide your POF profile according to the Business Insider.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to open POF in a web browser and then you have to sign in to your account.
- After you sign in to your POF account, the next thing that you have to do is to click on My Profile which can be found at the top of the page and then in the drop-down menu, you have to click on My Profile.
- In the Profile Visibility section on the right side of the page, you need to click on the Hide Profile.
The Way to Cancel A POF Subscription
Do you know that you are able to cancel your POF subscription at any time? As you know that POF offers subscriptions so that you are able to enjoy more features in the platform. If you have subscribed and now you want to cancel your subscription, you are able to do that at any time. However, it is important for you to note that the fee of subscription is not prorated. It means that you will have access to the subscription benefits through the end of the subscription period that you have paid for as explained on the Business Insider, and you are not able to get a refund for unused time.
Here are the steps to cancel your POF subscription according to the Business Insider.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to open the Plenty of Fish page and then you have to sign in.
- After that, you need to click on the Premium which is able to be found at the top of the page.
- And then, you need to click on the Click Here To Let Your Upgrade Expire.
Did you subscribe to Plenty of Fish using your iPhone or Android? If so, you have to cancel the subscription using that same device.
If you subscribed to POF using your iTunes on the App Store, then if you want to change or cancel your POF iTunes membership, you have to do that on the App Store as you can read below according to the POF site.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to access your phone Settings and then choose iTunes & App Store.
- After that, you have to tap your Apple ID which is able to be found at the top of the screen.
- Now, you have to tap on Media & Purchases.
- In this step, you have to tap View Account.
- Now, you need to tap Subscriptions.
- And then, you have to tap the subscription that you want to manage (POF).
- In this step, you need to tap ‘Cancel Subscription’ to cancel your subscription.
Did you subscribe using Google Play? If so, you are able to cancel your POF subscription and it must be done through your Google Play Store by following the steps below according to the Business Insider.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to open the Google Play Store app.
- After you open it, then you have to tap on your profile picture which can be found in the upper-right corner.
- And now, you need to choose Payment & Subscriptions and then you have to tap Subscriptions.
- In this step, you have to tap your Plenty Of Fish subscription and then you have to scroll to the bottom and you have to choose Cancel Subscription.
On the Plenty of Fish site, it is also explained that you are able to cancel a subscription on play.google.com where it can be done by following the steps below.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to access play.google.com.
- After that, you need to click sign in and then you have to enter your account details.
- Then, you need to click on My Subscription which can be found on the left side of the screen.
- In this step, you have to click on the subscription that you want to cancel.
- And then, you need to click Cancel Subscription.
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