{
  "slug": "hinge",
  "name": "Hinge",
  "maker": "Match Group",
  "category": "dating",
  "verdict": "n",
  "answer": "No. Hinge chats aren't end-to-end encrypted. Hinge scans them with automated tools, and its moderators can review them.",
  "title": "Is Hinge encrypted? Messages, voice notes and video calls",
  "description": "Hinge chats and voice notes aren't end-to-end encrypted. Hinge scans them, its moderators can read them, and it no longer offers video calls.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "msg",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Hinge can read it",
      "note": "Hinge scans chats with automated tools, and its moderators can review them.",
      "sources": [
        1
      ],
      "label": "Messages"
    },
    {
      "key": "photo",
      "status": "na",
      "words": "Not offered",
      "note": "Hinge's help pages describe messages, emoji, likes and voice notes in chat, not photos, as of 25 October 2026.",
      "sources": [
        6,
        3
      ],
      "label": "Photos you send"
    },
    {
      "key": "video",
      "status": "na",
      "words": "Not offered",
      "note": "Hinge says it removed its voice and video calling feature.",
      "sources": [
        2
      ],
      "label": "Video dates"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [
    {
      "key": "voice",
      "label": "Voice notes",
      "icon": "mic",
      "status": "n",
      "words": "Hinge can read it",
      "note": "Voice notes go through the same automated and human moderation as other content.",
      "sources": [
        3,
        7
      ]
    }
  ],
  "keys": "Hinge. No end-to-end encryption for Hinge chats was announced as of 25 October 2026.",
  "can_see": "Your messages and voice notes, who you like, skip and match with, and your precise location if you allow it; it keeps messages for two years.",
  "business": null,
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": "For anything private, move the chat to an app that seals messages by default, like Signal, WhatsApp or iMessage.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "are-hinge-messages-encrypted",
      "q": "Are Hinge messages encrypted?",
      "a": "Not end to end. Hinge's privacy policy doesn't describe end-to-end encryption for chats, and none was announced as of 25 October 2026 [5]. Hinge says it uses automated tools to scan interactions, and trained moderators review them when something is flagged [1]."
    },
    {
      "id": "does-hinge-read-messages",
      "q": "Does Hinge read my messages?",
      "a": "Its tools do, and its moderators can. Hinge says it scans interactions to find harmful or illegal behavior, and may remove content, ban accounts or notify law enforcement. It also uses interactions to improve its safety tools [1]. Its Are You Sure? feature checks messages for harmful language before you send them [8].\n\nHinge keeps messages for two years, then removes older ones automatically. If you ask for your data, you get your own half of each chat [4]."
    },
    {
      "id": "can-you-video-call-on-hinge",
      "q": "Can you video call on Hinge?",
      "a": "No. Hinge says it has removed its voice and video calling feature, and points people to voice notes and messages instead [2]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Safe Message Filters",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360060794853-Safe-Message-Filters",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "What happened to the Voice and Video Calling feature?",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/20650526717971-What-happened-to-the-Voice-and-Video-Calling-feature",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "What are Voice Notes?",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/4412997923475-What-are-Voice-Notes",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "We Deleted Hinge, Can We Get a Copy of Our Initial Chat?",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360039511613-We-Deleted-Hinge-Can-We-Get-a-Copy-of-Our-Initial-Chat",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Privacy Policy",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://hinge.co/privacy",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "How Do I Match with Someone and Start Chatting?",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360011090134-How-Do-I-Match-with-Someone-and-Start-Chatting",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Prohibited Content & Behavior",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/42464295207187-Prohibited-Content-Behavior",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "What is Are You Sure?",
      "publisher": "Hinge",
      "url": "https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/29975672282899-What-is-Are-You-Sure",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "tinder",
    "bumble",
    "signal"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/hinge/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}