Guide · Privacy
Dating that stays your business
Maybe your family is not ready to hear about it. Maybe you share a flat, or your phone sits on your desk at work. Wanting to keep dating to yourself is normal, and MuteMate is built for it. Here is what keeps it quiet — and what you should set up yourself.
Nobody is told you joined
Some apps announce you to everyone in your contacts, or link your profile to your social accounts. MuteMate does neither. It never asks for your phone contacts, there is nothing to connect to Instagram or Facebook, and nothing is ever posted anywhere on your behalf.
You sign in with Google, but your Google name and email are never shown to other members. They only see the anonymous display name MuteMate gives you.
When someone glances at your phone
- You do not need a photo at all: you can create a profile and start without one.
- Profile photos are blurred until you tap them, and blur again when you move on.
- Chat messages disappear on their own after a while, so old conversations do not pile up. If you both want to keep one, either of you asks to keep the chat and the other accepts.
- On Android, MuteMate’s preview in the recent-apps list is blanked, so switching apps does not reveal a chat.
- Photos in chat are view-once: they disappear about ten seconds after they are opened.
Set up your notifications
A chat notification shows the sender’s display name and a preview of the message, like most messaging apps. If other people see your phone, change this before you start:
- In MuteMate, open Settings, then Security & Notifications, and turn off New likes or Chat messages.
- Or, in your phone’s own settings, set Android to hide sensitive notification content on the lock screen.
- Turn off “Share when I’m online” so your matches are not alerted when you open the app.
- On selected plans, MuteMate can notify you when a match comes online. These alerts can be turned off too.
Inside your chats
On Android, screenshots and screen recordings are blocked everywhere in the app, including chats and profiles. The intro on every profile is checked for phone numbers, emails, links and social handles, which keeps contact details from being shared before anyone is ready.
The honest limits
- The MuteMate icon and name appear on your home screen and in your app list. The app has no disguise mode, so use your phone’s own app-hiding or app-lock feature if you need one.
- Notifications show the sender’s display name and a preview unless you change the settings above.
- Screenshot blocking is Android-only, and nobody can stop a photo taken with a second phone.
If you want to stop
You can delete your account from Settings at any time. Your profile disappears straight away and your photos, messages and matches are erased. Indian law requires basic registration records to be kept for 180 days after an account is closed, after which they are deleted too.
Questions people ask
Will my contacts know I use MuteMate?
Not from MuteMate. The app never accesses your phone contacts, has no contact matching and does not link to social accounts.
Do MuteMate notifications show my messages?
By default a chat notification shows the sender’s display name and a message preview. You can turn chat and like notifications off in Settings, under Security & Notifications, or hide notification content on your lock screen in Android settings.
Can I hide the MuteMate app icon?
MuteMate does not have a disguise mode. Many Android phones can hide or lock apps from their own settings.
Can my matches see when I am online?
Turn off “Share when I’m online” in Settings, under Security & Notifications, and your matches will not be alerted when you come online.
Do my chats stay in the app forever?
No. Chat messages disappear on their own after a while. A chat is kept only if one of you asks to keep it and the other accepts.
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