Dating apps like Tinder make it incredibly easy for us to find potential dating partners. All it takes is just a simple swipe right, and you could be instantly matched!

But what if you suspect that someone you’re already dating is active on one of these apps? Regardless of what makes you suspicious, thinking that your partner is potentially looking for someone else can certainly be overwhelming and difficult to process, and it’s definitely normal to feel the need to do some investigation before confronting them.

This post shows a few ways to find out if someone is registered on a dating site.

1. Use a people search engine

A people search engine is basically a search engine that focuses exclusively on providing people-related information, including names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, social media accounts, and more. It may collect data from public forums, social media, county records, state records, and federal records.

People search tools are an excellent resource for digging up information about people. All you need to do is enter the person’s name, phone number, address, or email address, and they will compile data related to the person from various sources, into one report.

For example, you can use TruthFinder to look up someone by name, address or phone number. TruthFinder’s report may contain the person’s contact information, job information, social media/dating profiles, photos, criminal and traffic records, assets, and more.

Another tool you might want to try is Social Catfish. Much like TruthFinder listed above, this site digs up a wealth of information on the person you’re trying to find, leveraging millions of data points and dozens of data sources.

Social Catfish offers more search options than most people search tools – you can search for people by name, phone number, email, address, username, and even photos. And its reports are always impressive, which may include information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, social media profiles, photos, associates, and more when available.

2. Search for their name on dating sites

Most dating sites require users to create a profile with some basic information, such as name, age, and location and they let users search for others based on this information. However, you’ll need to create an account on most sites in order to use their search function. If the person you’re looking for is registered on the site, their profile will come up in the search results.

Note that we don’t condone setting up a fake profile to catfish your partner as a way to catch them in the act. A healthy way to deal with conflict is using open, honest communication to address the real issues.

3. Run an image search

Another way to find someone’s dating profile is with Google Images.

For example, if you’re trying to find someone on Tinder, all you need to do is type the person’s name and site:tinder.com into Google Images. This will bring up search results just from within the Tinder website. Just look through the profile pictures to see if you can recognize the person from the list.

Click on the image and you’ll be able to view the user’s profile pictures, name, age, and occupation on Tinder.

You can either look up the person’s real name or their username if you know it. If you don’t know their Tinder username, try the username they use on other social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok.

4. Try making a profile with their email or phone number

To find out if someone is registered on a dating website, you can also try making a profile with their email or phone number on the site.

You might want to get started with popular dating sites like Tinder, Bumble, OKCupid, Match, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish. Go to the signup page and enter the person’s email or phone number. If the website lets you move on to the next screen successfully, that means the email or phone number has not been used on that site. Otherwise, it might prompt that the email or phone number is already in use.

Wrapping up

There are different ways you can try to find out if someone’s active on dating apps. You can use a third-party people search tool to see if you can find their profiles on any dating site, search for their name on a dating website, or run a reverse image lookup to see if you can spot anything.

If your partner’s dating profiles did pop up in your research, don’t jump to a conclusion yet. It could be that they deleted their profile from their phone but didn’t deactivate it. Try to have a conversation with your partner and address your concerns with your partner.