1. Make your profile private<\/h2>\n
\nLet\u2019s start with the most important tip: make your profile private. Seriously, right now, go and do it! Otherwise, anyone can find lots of intriguing stuff about your check-ins simply through an internet search \u2014 without even installing the app. An online search will reveal:<\/p>\n
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- Full information about your last five beer check-ins: photos, dates, geotags, tagged friends, likes, comments.<\/li>\n
- Less detailed information about your last 25 check-ins of new beer, including dates.<\/li>\n
- Information about most of your other check-ins (accessible via a keyword search with sorting and filters for all your tags, but not with all details, fortunately).<\/li>\n
- Information about the 25 locations where you most often check in. Again, through sorting and filtering by category, it\u2019s possible to find out much more than your 25 fave places.<\/li>\n
- Your friends list. In theory, this is limited to only 25 of your oldest virtual drinking buddies, but in practice, with search and sorting, many more.<\/li>\n
- Name and approximate location, if given in your profile.<\/li>\n
- Some less private information: wish lists, badges received, breweries liked, and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Again, we emphasize that even someone without an Untappd account can find out all of the above. And if this someone can spare a couple of minutes to register in the app, they\u2019d have access to the most detailed information (photos, geotags, friends\u2019 tags, comments, etc.) about all the check-ins you\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Untappd offers no option to partially hide information. For example, you can\u2019t ask the app not to show photos, comments, and geotags to another user, while letting them view your check-ins. So, no matter how trite it may sound, the only way to protect your privacy is to make your profile private. To do this:<\/p>\n
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- Tap Profile<\/em> in the lower right corner of the app screen.<\/li>\n
- Tap the gear icon in the upper right corner.<\/li>\n
- Choose Account<\/em> \u2192 Privacy<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- In the Account<\/em> section turn on the Make Account Private<\/em> switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>How to make your profile private in Untappd<\/p><\/div>\n
Once your profile is private, all information about you will be available only to your friends. Strangers will see just a message stating that your profile is private:<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Private profile in Untappd<\/p><\/div>\n
In addition, your actions will no longer be visible among the most recent check-ins displayed by Untappd when a beer or location is selected. In general, hats off to the app: Untappd does a pretty good job of hiding the personal information of users who request it.<\/p>\n
2. Be careful with Untappd friends<\/h2>\n
\nEven if you hide your Untappd profile, full information about all your check-ins is still available to your virtual drinking buddies. So think twice before adding someone to your friends list. If you\u2019re not a beer blogger, it\u2019s probably wise to limit your social circle in the app to those folks you\u2019d be happy enjoy a pint with in real life.<\/p>\n
What you should do about this: at least pay close attention to all friend requests you receive, and don\u2019t be afraid to reject ones from strangers. Also, you may consider disabling in-app search for your profile, and enable it only when an acquaintance wants to add you as a friend in Untappd. To do this:<\/p>\n
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- Go back to privacy settings (Profile<\/em> tab \u2192 button with gear icon \u2192 Account<\/em>\u2192 Privacy<\/em>).<\/li>\n
- Under User Search<\/em>, toggle Enable Public Search<\/em> off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>How to turn off profile search in Untappd<\/p><\/div>\n
3. Think about whether to trust breweries<\/h2>\n
\nIt\u2019s worth mentioning that Untappd has a separate account type for breweries. Brewery accounts see check-ins of their beers even from users with private profiles. If you don\u2019t like that, you can hide your profile from them too. Here\u2019s what to do:<\/p>\n
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- Go to privacy settings (Profile<\/em> tab \u2192 button with gear icon \u2192 Account<\/em> \u2192 Privacy<\/em>).<\/li>\n
- Swipe down and turn off the Allow breweries to comment on my check-ins to their beer<\/em> switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>How to hide your Untappd profile from breweries<\/p><\/div>\n
4. How to make your Untappd account even more private<\/h2>\n
Like any social network, when you create a profile, Untappd asks for some personal data. There\u2019s no great need to tell the app and users you add as friends your real name. A pseudonym or initials will do. Also consider whether you want to include your location, real date of birth, and gender in your profile data. There\u2019s no benefit to be had from this, while the risk of your account being identified rises sharply (say, in the event of a data leak).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s very easy to change the username, date of birth, location, and gender displayed in Untappd:\n<\/p>\n
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- Go to app settings (Profile<\/em> tab \u2192 button with gear icon).<\/li>\n
- Tap on Account<\/em>, choose Profile<\/em> and then edit the information that\u2019s indicated on this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Swipe down and turn off the Allow breweries to comment on my check-ins to their beer<\/em> switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Under User Search<\/em>, toggle Enable Public Search<\/em> off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Tap Profile<\/em> in the lower right corner of the app screen.<\/li>\n
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