Tea App in 2026: where it stands
Updated September 2026 · We refresh this page every month
Still running, on two fronts
- The website is still Tea's main home, open nationwide.
- The Android app got another update on September 15.
- The class-action lawsuits over the 2025 data breach are still in the courts.
How “it's gone” became the story
Most men who think the Tea App is finished heard one headline: Apple pulled it. That's true. What didn't travel nearly as far is what happened three months later.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | The Tea App goes viral and hits No. 1 on Apple's App Store. |
| Jul 2025 | A data breach exposes around 72,000 images, including selfies and IDs women used to verify their accounts. Private messages are exposed soon after. |
| Aug 2025 | Users file class-action lawsuits over the breach. |
| Oct 2025 | Apple removes the Tea App from the App Store, citing content moderation and privacy. |
| Jan 2026 | Tea relaunches on the web, nationwide, and calls the website its main hub. The Android app stays live. |
| Sep 2026 | Website still open, Android app still being updated. |
4 myths men still believe about the Tea App
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“It got shut down.”
It lost one app store. It never stopped running. Today anyone with a browser can reach it, and Android users can still download it.
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“Old posts disappeared with the app.”
Leaving a store doesn't delete a single post. Whatever was written about you in 2025 didn't vanish because an iPhone can't download the app anymore.
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“After the hack, nobody uses it.”
The breach was a scandal, and the lawsuits are real. But the community kept going — hundreds of fresh posts go up every day in the big cities.
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“Now that it's a website, I can just look.”
A website isn't a public page. It's still women-only, still behind a verified sign-in, and still invisible to Google. You're no closer to seeing it than you were before.
What Tea offers women now — and why it matters to you
The relaunch didn't just move the app. According to Tea's own announcement, it now offers women background checks, reverse image search and catfish detection alongside the posts.
In plain terms: the photos on your dating profile are exactly the kind of thing that gets searched, compared and talked about. If you've been dating in the last year, it's fair to wonder whether you've come up.
Nothing about your side changed
You still can't see what's written about you. Posts are still anonymous. And the only way to know is still to have someone look. The good news is the other half hasn't changed either: removal still works, and it's still free.
Want to check? How to check the Tea App without an account walks through every option. And before you pay any search site, read how to spot the scams.
Already found something? What to do in the first 24 hours.
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Find out where you're posted →Sources: Apple's removal as reported by TechCrunch; Tea's relaunch announcement on PR Newswire (January 2026); the data breach as reported by NBC News; the Tea Dating Advice listing on Google Play. Shield Date is not affiliated with the Tea App. This page is updated monthly and is not legal advice.