Matches appear when both you and another person swipe right or like each other. It has to be a mutual like in order for a match to occur.

You’ll also see matches in the “Match Queue” that you’ve matched with.

To avoid reporting them when you unmatch, select I’m just not interested. If you want to report them, select an option here and Bumble will receive a report for that profile. When you unmatch someone, they can still access your chat, which is greyed out for them. If you want to prevent them from seeing you or contacting you, you can block them. [1] X Research source