Meetup is an online dating company that connects and matches people using algorithms. Has one of your matches turned out to be a total idiot and do you want to block and delete the Meetup user from your Match queue? Or did you realize that person is not as hot or good-looking as you first thought? You want to know if you can and if yes, this article is on how to block someone on Meetup.
Don’t worry, we are here for you and we are going to show you how you can block someone on Meetup, so the person is blocked from your match queue and the user won’t be able to contact you via Meetup ever again.
We are also going to share some advice on how you can avoid getting blocked on Meetup and how you can get your match back if you have been blocked or your match expired. Last but not least, we are going to explain to you how you can know that you have been blocked or if there are some other reasons that your match might have disappeared.
How to Block Someone on Meetup
If you want to get rid of a match on Meetup and the entire conversation you had with the match, here is what you have to block a Meetup Match:
- Log in to your Meetup account
- Navigate to the match who you would like to block
- Click on the profile of the person
- Tap on the 3 dots in the upper right corner if you’re using the app
- Choose “block”
- You can also add why you are blocking with the person. If you don’t want to report the user, just add “I’m just not interested” Meetup block
- Confirm that you want to block the match
Once you tap on it, the match will be blocked from your Meetup Match Queue and your entire conversation with the person will also disappear. You will also disappear from the user’s match queue and the user won’t be able to check the conversation you had with the person again.
Keep in mind that once you block someone, you can’t continue the conversation you had with the person and you can’t check out the profile anymore.
When the First Move was not made yet which means that you haven’t sent the user the first message, then you can just basically ignore the match, not send the first message and the user will be blocked from your match queue as the 24-hour period expires.
If you let the conversation expire, your expired match can use the Extend feature or you can use the Rematch feature.
However, if you keep ignoring the match and you don’t make the first move, the person will be eventually blocked from your match list.
How to Block All Your Meetup Matches
When you want to get rid of all Meetup matches, you have basically two options.
If you want to keep using Meetup with your current account then unfortunately there is no feature or technique that makes the process of blocking all your Meetup matches at once really easy and simple. In this case, you have to block all of your matches manually, following the steps we have outlined above.
If you don’t want to use Meetup anymore, you can simply just delete your Meetup account and whether you want to reset your account or not, all of your matches will be deleted.
Your matches will still be able to open the conversation you had with them, but they will only see your first name in the conversation, they can’t open your profile, and your profile picture will also get deleted. A label next to your name on the top of the conversation screen will say “blocked Member”.
How to Delete Meetup Chat/Messages
If you want to get rid of the conversation that you had with one of your Meetup matches, you have to do the same things as we have described above to block someone. Once you delete a match on Meetup, the conversation you had with the user will be also deleted permanently.
How to Delete Single Meetup Message
But what if you only want to delete a single message you have sent on Meetup? Is it possible to delete only a single embarrassing message or a message with a typo error or an awkward picture or a message that your friends sent? So your option is to delete the entire conversation you had with the person by blocking or deleting your Meetup account.
What to Do if You Mistakenly Block Someone On Meetup
If you have accidentally blocked someone you don’t really have a feature or technique that will help you get your Meetup match back but you still have some ways you can get your match back.
If you want to get your Meetup match back with who you blocked and the person who blocked you and you live in a smaller neighborhood, you can try and reset your account which means you block them right after restarting your account. In this case, as all of your matches and previous swipes will be reset, you have the chance to match again with the blocked profile again.
If you don’t want a Meetup match, you can also just hope that this dating site will resurface the blocked profile after a certain period of time. You have a better chance of this if you live in a small neighborhood.
Difference Between Reporting and Deleting Meetup Match
When you think that someone made you uncomfortable or was threatening or abusive towards you, you can also report the user on Meetup
Reporting someone is different than just simply deleting a match, as in this case, you also ask the Meetup Support team to review the profile you reported. When someone gets reported multiple times in a short period of time, there is a higher chance that the profile will get blocked.
When you report someone on Meetup, the match and the conversation you had with them will be deleted the same way as it would if you blocked them.
How to Know if Someone Blocked You On Meetup
There are multiple reasons why one of your matches can disappear from your Match Queue. We have a separate blog post where we go over all of the cases of why Meetup matches can disappear, but here we are going to just quickly tell you how you can be sure that you have been blocked or reported on Meetup.
Meetup matches can also disappear when the person has been banned or has deleted the account permanently. In this case, you will still be able to open the conversation with the guy, but you won’t be able to message the user and check the profile. The user’s profile picture will also be deleted and in the conversation, there will be a label saying “Deleted Member”.
However, when you have been blocked or reported and blocked from Meetup by another Meetup user then you can be sure that the entire conversation you had with that person has been deleted as well, so you have no way to check the user’s profile. In this case, you can be sure that it was a deliberate block from the member.
How to Avoid Getting Blocked On Meetup
Before wrapping up this article, we would like to share some general advice about using Meetup in a way that will make sure that you will get blocked infrequently.
It is also important to keep the number of your matches you block low, as users can also report you when they block you. And when you get a lot of users reporting you, you might get your account banned pretty quickly from Meetup. Once you are blocked from Meetup there is no way to get back except resetting your account which is not that simple.
You should read or at least go through Meetup’s Community Guidelines and Terms of Service to learn what behaviors are considered to be violations of guidelines and can lead to the Meetup Support team blocking your account. The most frequent violations for which most users got reported are the following:
- Hate speech
- Being offensive
- Bullying
- Sending unsolicited lewd images.
To be more nuanced, you have to be extremely careful when you are a guy on Meetup as Meetup takes these community guidelines very seriously and you might get easily reported and then blocked if you are using dark humor in your messaging or similar stuff.
At the same time, getting blocked on Meetup is not the worst thing in the world. It might actually be a good thing.
Let’s say that the person who you matched with is using Meetup just simply because of boredom. The user doesn’t want to meet up with anyone, the person is just using the app to have meaningless conversations and to give themselves a nice ego boost from the plenty of matches they get on Meetup.
In this case, we would be really happy if a person like this would just simply block you on Meetup and not waste our precious time.
Meetup is one of the most popular online dating platforms in the world. There are millions of users who would love to have a conversation with you and meet up with you. Just because some people are blocked for any kind of reason, shouldn’t be any of your concern. Just keep swiping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can You Rematch With Someone You Blocked on Meetup?
Yes, you can. Although not with the Meetup Rematch feature that can be used to rematch when you don’t make the first move and your Meetup match expires. However, even if you blocked someone it is possible that the person will appear in your swiping deck later and you can match with the person again.
Why Do Guys Block on Meetup
Once you exchange numbers or social accounts on Meetup, it doesn’t make sense to keep messaging on Meetup. As some people prefer a clean Match Queue with only a couple of matches, it is possible that the user blocked you for this reason. You might still message each other outside of Meetup.
A lot of guys might also do auto-swiping, which means they swipe right on everyone and only check your profile and decide to keep you or block you when they have already matched with you.
What Happens if You Block Someone On Meetup?
Yes, when you block or report someone on Meetup, all your previous messages will be deleted from your account and from the person’s account you blocked.