How To Use Bumble Filters To Get More Dates

Finding singles on Bumble who meet your “must have” criteria just got a lot easier, thanks to Bumble filters. And if you use Bumble Bizz or Bumble BFF, you can curate your matches there too.

This quick guide has everything you need to know about Bumble filters, including how they work, how many you can use for free and what criteria you can filter for in each Bumble mode!

How Bumble Filters Work

Bumble has two sets of filters, Basic and Advanced. The Basic filters are free, but you'll need a Bumble Premium or Premium+ membership to unlock the rest.

Basic Bumble filters allow you to screen potential matches by gender, age, distance, languages they speak, and whether or not they have a verified profile.

Advanced filters include height, the type of relationship they’re seeking, family plans, kids, religion, education, politics, exercise, smoking, and drinking habits, and star sign.

Premium members can apply as many filters as they want.

If you don’t already have a subscription, here is a quick recap of all the other features you’ll get when you upgrade to Bumble Premium:

• BeeLine - a special match queue composed only of people who have already “liked” your profile. That means swiping right = instant match.
• Incognito - hide your profile, then choose who to reveal it to by swiping right.
• Travel - start swiping in any location you want.

You’ll also be able to access all the Bumble Boost features as well:

• Rematch - women send the initial message on Bumble, and if she doesn’t do it within 24 hours, the match expires. Rematch lets you match with her again, instead of having to wait for her profile to come around again in your queue. If you live in huge city like NY or LA, that could take awhile!
• Unlimited Extends - free users can add an additional 24 hours onto the countdown clock for one match a day. But with Bumble Boost, you can extend as many matches as you want.
• Backtrack - change your mind by undoing your previous swipe.
• No limit on right swipes.
• 1 Spotlight & 5 SuperSwipes each week.

Bumble Premium costs anywhere from around $27.99/week to around $54.99 for 1 month.

Setting up a Bumble filter is simple

1. Go to the “Date Filters” screen by tapping on the icon in the upper right corner.
2. Choose Basic or Advanced filters.
3. Use the toggles, or tap “Add this filter,” which will bring up the criteria.
4. Select which criteria you want to use.
5. Repeat for each filter you want to apply.

There is a catch, though. In order to apply a filter, you must have already answered the question in your own profile. For instance, you can only screen for politics if you’ve specified your affiliation.

Your answers will automatically be incorporated into your Bumble profile, so if you’re looking for a woman who’s at least 5’6”, but you don’t want her to know you’re only 5’7”, don’t apply the height filter.

Each Bumble Mode has its own set of filters.

As with any dating site or app, avoid the temptation to over-filter your matches, as you may miss out on someone you’d actually click with despite a few differences.

If you’re looking for a serious relationship, use the Bumble filters for true deal breakers. For instance, if you don’t drink or smoke and require the same of a partner, then those particular filters will save you a lot of time.

On the other hand, Bumble probably can’t deliver a 5’9” Sagittarius who has a dog but no cats and a graduate degree straight to your doorstep - and you’ll be missing out on a ton of other intriguing matches.

Bumble allows you to temporarily expand the search outside of your filters if no matches can be found who meet your criteria.

If you get that message and you live in a huge city like Los Angeles or New York with a ton of users, you can take that as a sign that you’re being too selective.

The filter settings also allow you to toggle the "see other people if I run out" setting on and off for each one. The date filters have a similar feature. You can elect to see people 2 years older or younger than your age criteria, or "slightly further away" than your distance range.

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