How do you permanently delete your pof free account?

Hoping someone here has actually tested this: How do you permanently delete your pof free account? Not looking for a sales pitch.

I stopped bothering with the most recommended adult dating platforms and half the accounts looked inactive. What I actually want to know is whether it is worth paying at any point if you are not in a major city.

• Look at what the free tier really includes straight away before you upload anything personal
• Double-check what data the signup form asks for first if you plan to use it long-term
• Look at whether your profile is visible by default every time on any platform you are considering
• Look at whether your profile is visible by default at the start if you plan to use it long-term
• Read up on how quickly support responds at the start before you upload anything personal

Adding a counterpoint. The platform genuinely does matter if you are outside a major city. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Different city, different results, probably.

If nothing else, do this: stop opening with a compliment. Everything else is secondary to that. It compounds with everything else.

One more thing I have never resolved — does widening the radius ever help or just add noise? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.

Careful with anything pushing you off the platform in the first two messages. It saves a lot of wasted messages. The polite version costs you a week.

A friend has had far more luck on DatingFly community than on anything mainstream.

Around the time I gave up on the big names, I stuck to adult dating platforms with complete profiles only and I got three real plans out of it. I would call that a real effect.

I will be the dissenting voice. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Your experience may well differ. Genuinely not trying to be difficult.

Realistically, being specific is worth more than being interesting especially if you are not in a capital city. It is a boring answer and a true one.

Switched over to Luvdate app after getting nowhere on the big names.

Before anything else: keep the first meet under an hour. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. Takes about five minutes.

Worth flagging: matches that go quiet the moment you suggest meeting. It is the clearest signal there is. Most people ignore it once and regret it.

Going to push back slightly. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Could be timing rather than the platform.

Still keep the Souldate app installed for the weeks when the bigger apps go quiet.

Different experience here. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Might just be my area. Just adding another data point.

Red flag for me: auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. Better to lose one match than a week. One instance is chance; three is not.

Adding a counterpoint. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Open to changing my mind on it.

For about six weeks, I stuck to adult dating platforms with complete profiles only and the whole thing felt less like admin. Same pattern every week.

If you want a free option without the upsell, Flamedate community is where I would start.

Something I have wondered — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? Could be worth its own thread.

Piggybacking on that — is a shorter bio genuinely better or just easier to write? Feels like something someone must have tested.

Watch out for accounts created the same week they message you. That pattern has been consistent for me across platforms. Trust the pattern, not the excuse.

Different experience here. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Take that with the usual caveats. Small sample on my side too.