The last time I was on Bumble, I was exhilarated to find someone who ticks all the right boxes…until I accidentally got my right and left wrong.

The Backtrack Bumble feature was specifically designed for these types of situations, but how else can you actually backtrack?

No. The people you swipe left on aren’t gone forever.

People make mistakes.

Whether it be accidentally swiping left on a cutie you’re interested in or abruptly changing your mind after rejecting someone.

Bumble seems to get this, which is why they say swiping left on someone won’t immediately send them down the magician’s hat.

You will most likely find again the Bumble user you skip. To speed up the process, here are some tricks to try out:

1. Use the “Backtrack” feature…it was made for this!

This Bumble Premium feature is one of the perks subscribers get which allows them to have a look back at their left swipes.

If you have Bumble Premium, you should see the Backtrack button at the top left of the page.

It’s the little, yellow arrow you can click on to take your skip back!

2. Use the Advanced Filters to find them again.

Bumble Premium has many features that allow you to indirectly search for Bumble users.

At the top of your feed screen, on the right, you should see two bars—this is the Advanced Filters feature.

Press on it, and set the preferences according to anything you might remember about the person you skipped.

After a while, when you’ve exhausted the left-swipe button, the profile you mistakenly rejected could show up.

3. Adjust your basic Date Filters.

Alternatively, you don’t need to pay for Bumble to fix your basic preferences, just go to your Settings!

Again, utilize what you remember about this person by tweaking your Date Filters.

Set your preferred age range based on their age; under ‘Who You Want to Date’, pick the gender they identify with.

• Perhaps the most important part of this process is setting your distance—you must do so with that person in mind.

And remember! The more specific you are, the better.

4. Check with your Beeline users.

On the pixelated square, to the left of your Match Queue, you’ll see the users in your Beeline—people who like you.

Right now, you should gamble on the possibility of them swiping right first (which I’m assuming they did, considering you were recommended to each other).

If you’re already paying for Bumble Premium, then don’t forget to check this.

5. Search them by name or image on online tools.

If you remember their name or saved their image, there are 2 ways to find a lost Bumble match again.

If you happened to take a screenshot of their image, you can use SwindlerBuster’s Face Search! Once you put it in, SB will find their social media and Bumble profiles.

• This is one of the least tiring methods, as you won’t be required to swipe through a sea of people in the hopes of POTENTIALLY finding the person you swiped left on.

6. Make yourself seen by more people by using the Spotlight feature.

So, this is all theoretical. If you like this person so much to the point you want to find them at all costs, you can use the Spotlight feature.

This feature bumps your profile up to the top of people’s Stacks, and you can purchase it independently or through Bumble Boost/Premium.

After activating Spotlight, wait for about 30 minutes to see if that same person is active and reaches out to you.

It’s not guaranteed they will, but it’s worth a try.

7. Swipe left on literally everyone.

Once you swipe left on tens and hundreds of people, hopefully, Bumble will give you that person back…fingers crossed.

If nothing else is working (not even Backtrack), this is the last step before closing your account and opening a new one.

• In theory, this should work because Bumble says it’s possible to see the same person on your Stack for a second time. By rejecting every Bumble user, you’re left with the ones you’re compatible with on paper.

It’s going to make your fingers cramp up for sure, but do try this out after exhausting every other possibility.

8. Make a completely new account.

One thing’s for certain: if you swipe left on someone, it’s going to be a while until you see them again.

This is because Bumble already deems you two not compatible until further notice.

If you don’t want to wait to come across their Bumble profile again, you can delete your current Bumble account and make a new one.

Make sure everything is the same as it was when you met them in terms of Filters because you want Bumble to put them on your Stack once more.

– Bumble Premium will help you quite a bit!

Going for $30-$40 a month depending on where you live, Bumble Premium will help you find certain users on the platform.

Bumble doesn’t claim this, but we can pretty much guess it’s implied with the multiple features.

Backtrack is the prime example, whose literal function is bringing back the people you accidentally kicked to the curb!

How to prevent losing the Bumble users you’re interested in?

Losing someone you’re genuinely interested in sucks in this economy, but it’s something many online daters have to get used to.

But, here are a few pieces of advice that’ll help you keep your Bumble matches, despite your clumsiness!

– Enable your Bumble notifications.

Life gets busy at times, and I highly doubt Bumble is a priority for you every single day.

If you want to stay in the loop with matches and messages, turn on your Bumble notifications like so:

Phone Setting > Apps > Bumble > Notifications.

– Be careful with your right and left!

When you get overly excited over meeting someone you like, you might sometimes get your right and left mixed up.

Remember this the next time you’re on Bumble so that you keep your emotions (and fingers) in check.

– Use the Extended Bumble feature.

Extended gives you an additional 24 hours to text your match before they’re gone for good.

If you happen to be occupied on the very same day you found the person of your dreams, this will come in handy for sure.

– Utilize the Bumble Extend perk.

Extend is one of Bumble’s many perks—it allows you to restart those 24 hours you have to reach out to your match.

An excellent way to re-connect with expired matches.

But most importantly, be careful with who you swipe left and right on. So long!