However, the pair - who starred together in EastEnders - refuted recent tabloid reports that they had been rowing due to Swash's alleged flirting with other women.
"They have split up, but they remain friends. Any speculation about Kara being upset due to Joe's flirting is completely untrue," a spokesperson for the couple said today.
Tointon and Swash started dating in 2008, three years after they played siblings Dawn Swann and Mickey Miller respectively on the BBC One soap.
