Raya is a membership based private community for dating, networking and social connections. People must apply before they can join, and Raya reviews applications before granting membership.
Privacy forms a central part of the platform’s approach. Raya expects members to respect other users, protect their privacy and follow its community rules.
The app also provides several controls that allow members to manage location sharing, profile visibility, notifications and account status.
This guide explains the main Raya safety settings, privacy controls and membership protections that users should understand. Raya
Table of contents
- Raya Age Requirement
- Quick Safety Overview
- Raya Safety Settings and Privacy Controls
- Review Location Sharing
- Review Social Mode
- Use the Hide Feature
- Pause Your Raya Account
- Review Push Notifications
- Review Your Phone Contacts Permission
- Review Instagram Information
- Protect Your Profile Information
- Understand Raya’s Screenshot Rules
- Report a Raya Member
- Review Your Account Information
- Delete Your Raya Account
- Essential Safety Advice
- Why These Tools and Habits Matter
- Review Your Raya Privacy Settings
- What Raya Membership Does Not Confirm
- Wider Online Dating Safety
- Raya Safety Settings Checklist
- Further Reading
- About Children of the Digital Age
- Send us a message
Raya Age Requirement
Raya restricts membership to adults aged 18 years and over. Applicants must confirm that they meet the age requirement when they apply. Raya states that it removes users when it becomes aware that they are under 18. Raya
Meeting the minimum age requirement does not confirm another person’s intentions or behaviour. Therefore, users should still review the platform’s privacy and safety controls.
Quick Safety Overview
Raya provides several controls and membership rules that can help protect privacy.
Hide prevents new members from seeing your profile while preserving existing conversations.
Paused Account allows members to step away without immediately deleting their profile.
Social Mode controls certain social and location based functions.
Location Controls allow users to decide whether Raya can access or display their location.
Push Notification Controls allow users to manage app alerts through their device settings.
Reporting allows members to raise concerns about people who breach Raya’s community standards.
Account Deletion allows members to permanently remove their account through Raya’s account controls.
Raya also prohibits members from taking screenshots, copying or sharing content from the app. Raya
Raya Safety Settings and Privacy Controls
Review Location Sharing
Raya can collect geographical location information when users grant permission. Members can choose whether Raya accesses location data at all times, only while using the app or not at all.
Raya also allows members to decide whether other users can see their specific location. Users can change this setting through the app. Raya
Why it matters
Location information can reveal where someone lives, works or spends time. Users should therefore review both Raya’s internal controls and the location permissions available through their phone.
Review Social Mode
Raya includes a feature called Social Mode. The platform states that members can switch Social Mode on or off. This setting relates to social and location based features within Raya.
Review Social Mode whenever you change how you want to use the service.
Why it matters
Social and location based features can increase the number of people who can discover or interact with you. Turning these features off when you do not need them can reduce unnecessary exposure.
Use the Hide Feature
Raya provides a Hide feature for members who want greater privacy. When you hide your profile, new members cannot see it. However, Raya preserves conversations you already have with existing members.
Why it matters
Hide provides a middle ground between remaining fully visible and leaving Raya entirely. It can help when you want to reduce new contact without losing existing conversations.
Pause Your Raya Account
Raya also provides a Paused Account option. The platform encourages members to use this feature whenever they no longer feel comfortable remaining fully active.
A paused account prevents new members from seeing the profile while preserving previous conversations.
Why it matters
Pause gives users a way to step away from the service without immediately deleting their account. This can also help when someone wants time away from online dating or social interaction.
Review Push Notifications
Raya can send push notifications, alerts, emails and text messages related to the service.
Users can allow or refuse push notifications when they first install the app. They can also change notification permissions later through their device settings.
Why it matters
Notification privacy can matter when other people have access to your phone or can see your screen. Turning off unnecessary notifications can reduce the amount of personal information visible outside the app.
Review Your Phone Contacts Permission
Raya may request access to phone contacts during the application and membership process. Its Privacy Policy states that the service can use contact information to evaluate connections between applicants and existing members.
Review Raya under your phone’s app permissions and decide whether you want to continue allowing contact access.
Why it matters
A contacts list contains information about other people as well as you. Users should understand what permissions they grant and review them periodically.
Review Instagram Information
Raya may request access to information connected with an applicant’s Instagram account. This can include a username, profile picture, biography, website, followers and accounts the applicant follows.
Raya states that it uses this information as part of its membership and identity assessment process. Raya
Why it matters
Connecting another service can increase the amount of personal information available to a platform. Review your Instagram privacy settings and consider what information you make publicly available.
Protect Your Profile Information
Raya profiles can include a first name, age, city, hometown, photographs, biography, music choices and other information. Other Raya members may see the details that you choose to share through your profile. Raya
Review each item and remove information that you no longer want to display.
Why it matters
Several small pieces of information can reveal much more when combined. For example, a hometown, current city, Instagram account and photograph may make someone easier to identify elsewhere online.
Understand Raya’s Screenshot Rules
Raya places unusually strong restrictions on screenshots and sharing member content.
Its Terms prohibit users from taking screenshots, copying, disclosing or sharing content from the app. Raya also prohibits users from disclosing another member’s identity.
Why it matters
Raya’s membership model depends heavily on privacy and discretion. These rules aim to reduce the risk that member profiles, conversations or photographs appear outside the platform without permission.
However, no technical or contractual rule can guarantee that another person will never copy information.
Report a Raya Member
Raya encourages members to report people who behave disrespectfully or breach community rules.
The company says it reviews reports and can suspend or remove members whose behaviour does not meet its community standards. Raya
Raya also accepts serious concerns through its support contact.
Why it matters
Reporting gives Raya an opportunity to investigate behaviour that may affect other members. Raya’s membership model allows the company to remove people who repeatedly breach its expectations of trust, respect and privacy.
Review Your Account Information
Raya allows members to change much of the personal information connected with their account through app settings.
The Privacy Policy states that users can update personal information, although some information such as date of birth may have restrictions.
Review your account details occasionally and correct information that has become outdated.
Why it matters
Accurate account information helps prevent old or unnecessary personal details from remaining attached to the profile.
Delete Your Raya Account
Raya allows users to delete their account through the service.
Its Privacy Policy states that account controls allow users to delete information associated with their account and permanently delete the account itself. Raya may retain some information for a limited period after deletion for safety, legal or fraud prevention reasons.
Why it matters
Deleting the app from an iPhone does not necessarily delete the Raya account. Users who want to leave the service permanently should use the account deletion option rather than simply uninstalling the app.
Essential Safety Advice
Keep conversations within Raya until you establish a reasonable level of trust. Moving immediately to another service can reveal additional contact information.
Meet in a busy public place when meeting someone for the first time. Tell someone you trust where you are going and who you plan to meet.
Where appropriate, share your meeting details or location with a trusted person. Maintain control of your own transport whenever possible.
Pay particular attention to location privacy. Raya allows users to control location disclosure, so review these settings before using location based features.
Watch for warning signs such as rushed emotional closeness, inconsistent information or unexpected requests for money.
Consider using a reverse image search when a photograph raises concerns.
Protect information about your home, workplace, finances and routine until you decide that sharing it feels appropriate.
Finally, pay attention to your wellbeing. If using Raya begins to affect your mood, sleep or mental health, consider using Hide or Pause for a temporary break.
Why These Tools and Habits Matter
Raya places greater emphasis on privacy than many mainstream dating services. However, membership screening and strict community rules cannot remove every risk.
Location controls, Hide, Pause, reporting and careful personal decisions work together to provide stronger privacy.
Raya also reviews community behaviour and can remove members who breach its standards. Nevertheless, platform moderation cannot determine another person’s intentions with certainty.
Users should therefore combine Raya safety settings with judgement, boundaries and awareness of unusual behaviour.
Review Your Raya Privacy Settings
Review your settings occasionally, particularly after app updates.
Check:
- Location permissions
- Location sharing
- Social Mode
- Hide
- Paused Account
- Push notifications
- Contacts permission
- Instagram information
- Profile details
- Existing conversations
- Reporting options
- Account deletion controls
Also review photographs and profile details for information that could identify your home, workplace or regular locations.
What Raya Membership Does Not Confirm
Raya reviews applications before admitting members and expects users to follow strict community standards. However, membership does not guarantee that another person will behave safely, honestly or respectfully.
Users should treat Raya’s membership process as one layer of protection rather than proof of another person’s trustworthiness.
Wider Online Dating Safety
This guide focuses specifically on Raya safety settings and privacy controls.
Our main Dating Apps guide covers risks that apply across dating platforms. These include romance scams, fake profiles, AI generated identities, sextortion, financial manipulation and meeting someone offline.
Keeping those broader risks on one central page avoids repeating the same advice across every individual dating guide.
Raya Safety Settings Checklist
Use this checklist when reviewing your Raya account.
- Review your location permissions.
- Decide whether other members should see your location.
- Review Social Mode.
- Use Hide when you want to reduce new profile visibility.
- Use Pause when you want a temporary break.
- Review push notification settings.
- Review access to your phone contacts.
- Check the Instagram information connected to your account.
- Review all personal information shown on your profile.
- Respect Raya’s restrictions on screenshots and sharing member content.
- Report members who breach community rules.
- Review existing conversations periodically.
- Delete your account through Raya if you want to leave permanently.
Further Reading
Raya Official Help Page – Member rules and safety support
https://www.rayatheapp.com/
FTC Romance Scam Guide (2025) – US guide to recognising and reporting fraud
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/what-you-need-know-about-romance-scams
Online Safety Commissioner Ireland (2025) – Regulatory body for age assurance and platform oversight
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/online-safety-commissioner/
UK Online Safety Act Overview (2025) – Legal guide for digital platform safety standards
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/online-safety-act-2025
Digital Services Act – EU regulation of online platforms
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act-package
About Children of the Digital Age
Children of the Digital Age provides practical guidance on online safety, cybersecurity, cyberpsychology and emerging digital risks. Our guides help people understand technology, recognise risk and make informed decisions about the platforms they use.
Platform features and settings can change. Therefore, always check Raya’s official Terms, Privacy Policy and app settings for the latest information.
Last updated: October 2026
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