How to hide Hinge notifications on Android
Hinge sends five kinds of notifications: messages, matches, likes, promotions and announcements. Android can switch them off, but then they’re gone. To keep Hinge off your screen at work or around other people without losing anything, add Hinge to Removication – everything hidden waits in Notification Catcher.
Updated October 2026
Hinge’s notification kinds
On our test phone, Hinge registered these kinds (Android calls them notification categories):
- Messages
- Matches
- Likes
- Promotions
- Announcements
These are Hinge’s English names, checked in October 2026. Your phone shows them in its own language, and Hinge can add or rename kinds with updates.
Messages, matches and likes are the personal ones. Promotions and announcements are Hinge talking to you – easy to drop.
Option 1: Android’s own settings
- Open Settings → Apps → Hinge → Notifications. (Faster: press and hold a Hinge notification and tap the gear icon.)
- Switch off the kinds you don’t want.
Perfect for promotions and announcements. For messages and matches, switching off means they aren’t delivered at all, there’s no quick way to turn them back on, and Android’s lock screen setting applies to every app and stops at unlocking.
Option 2: hide them with Removication
- Install Removication and allow Notification Access. The content stays on your phone.
- In Choose an app, pick Hinge.
- Tap Hinge in your set and choose Everything from this app, Hide only certain ones or Let only certain ones through – then tick the kinds.
- Switch hiding on – in the app, with the home-screen widget or the Quick Settings tile. Or give the set a time window, e.g. weekdays 9 to 5.
- Read what was hidden in Notification Catcher. Tapping an entry opens Hinge.
Kinds appear once Hinge has used them. Removication learns each kind from its first notification. To be covered from the start, choose Let only certain ones through: everything is hidden – including kinds not seen yet – except what you tick.
Setups that work well
| You want … | Set Hinge to … |
|---|---|
| Nothing from Hinge on your screen | Everything from this app |
| No dating hints at work | Everything from this app, with a time window for your working hours |
| Personal ones hidden, promotions gone for good | Hide only certain ones – tick Messages, Matches, Likes; switch off Promotions in Android’s settings |
With Censor instead of Hide, a neutral “1 new notification” replaces it – no Hinge name, no sender, no text.
Good to know
- Calls always ring through, including internet calls.
- The censored stand-in says “Removication”, because Android always names the app that posts a notification.
- Anyone who opens Removication can read the Catcher – unless you set the four-digit app lock (Premium).
More on keeping dating apps private: Dating app privacy on Android.
Questions
Will I miss messages if Hinge notifications are hidden?
No. Hidden notifications wait in Notification Catcher (24 hours in the free version, up to three months with Premium), and everything is still in Hinge itself.
Does Hinge notice that its notifications are hidden?
Removication doesn’t connect to Hinge or your account. It only removes the notification on your phone.
Do hidden notifications come back when I switch hiding off?
No. Only new notifications come through again. What was already hidden stays in the Catcher.
Is it free?
Yes – one set with as many apps as you like, all kinds and rules, time windows, widget and Quick Settings tile. Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Android 8+ · Free to start · Premium is a one-time purchase
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