{"id":421087,"date":"2022-03-24T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:00:00","slug":"how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Hide the Games You\u2019re Playing on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e185a2067\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e185a2067\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_Hide_the_Games_Youre_Playing_on_Steam%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to Hide the Games You\u2019re Playing on Steam&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/#Hide_Played_Games_From_Your_Steam_Profile\" >Hide Played Games From Your Steam Profile<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/#Hide_Gameplay_Activity_From_Steam_Chat\" >Hide Gameplay Activity From Steam Chat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-hide-the-games-youre-playing-on-steam\/#Hide_or_Remove_Games_From_Your_Steam_Library\" >Hide or Remove Games From Your Steam Library<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_Hide_the_Games_Youre_Playing_on_Steam%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to Hide the Games You\u2019re Playing on Steam&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-792194 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_1871554237.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_1871554237.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_1871554237.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Steam running on a Windows 10 gaming laptop.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/minsk-belarus-december-11-2020-cyberpunk-1871554237\" data-credittext=\"Velimir Zeland\/Shutterstock.com\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/minsk-belarus-december-11-2020-cyberpunk-1871554237\">Velimir Zeland\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Steam shares your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>play activity by default. If you\u2019re playing\u00a0<em>Hello Kitty: Island Adventure<\/em>\u00a0or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/six-years-later-bad-rats-is-still-known-as-steams-shit-1705908382\"><em>Bad Rats<\/em><\/a>, you might want to keep your gameplay a secret. Here\u2019s how to hide your Steam activity from your friends.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hide_Played_Games_From_Your_Steam_Profile\"><\/span>Hide Played Games From Your Steam Profile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your Steam profile page normally lists all the games you\u2019ve been playing and shows how many hours you\u2019ve spent in all of them, focusing on what you\u2019ve been playing in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Steam profiles used to be public by default, but Valve made them private by default. Still, you may have made it public to work with a third-party service that reads information from your Steam profile, like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/isthereanydeal.com\/\">IsThereAnyDeal<\/a>, which scans your wishlist for games and lets you know if they\u2019re for sale on other game stores.<\/p>\n<p>To access your profile in Steam, hover over your username on the top bar and click \u201cProfile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791831\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-your-name-then-click-profile.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click on your name, then click &quot;Profile.&quot;\" width=\"643\" height=\"299\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Click the \u201cEdit Profile\u201d button at the right side of the page to edit your profile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791832\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-edit-profile.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click &quot;Edit Profile.&quot;\" width=\"527\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Click \u201cPrivacy Settings\u201d at the left side of your page to find Steam\u2019s profile privacy options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791833\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-privacy-settings.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click &quot;Privacy Settings.&quot;\" width=\"221\" height=\"350\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adjust the privacy settings here to control what people can see. To hide gameplay, you have two options.<\/p>\n<p>To hide gameplay information, set \u201cGame details\u201d to \u201cPrivate.\u201d Not even your friends will be able to see the games you\u2019re playing, the games you own, or the games you\u2019ve wishlisted. They can still see your friends list, inventory, comments, and other information, depending on the options you have selected on this page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791834\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-the-drop-down-menu-then-click-private.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click the drop down menu, then select between &quot;Friends Only&quot; and &quot;Private.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"327\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You could also just hide everything by\u00a0setting the \u201cMy Profile\u201d option to Private. If you do, no one can see your entire profile page. You can also select \u201cFriends Only,\u201d and only your Steam friends will be able to see your profile.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hide_Gameplay_Activity_From_Steam_Chat\"><\/span>Hide Gameplay Activity From Steam Chat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re only kind-of embarrassed about the game you\u2019re currently playing\u2014maybe you don\u2019t care if it\u2019s listed on your profile page but you don\u2019t want all your friends getting a notification that you\u2019ve started playing the game or see that you\u2019re playing it on their friends list\u2014you can go offline or become invisible on Steam chat.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, click the \u201cFriends\u201d button near the top left of the Steam window and select \u201cOffline\u201d or \u201cInvisible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791837\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-Friends-then-select-invisible-or-offline.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click &quot;Friends&quot;, then select &quot;Invisible&quot; or &quot;Offline.&quot;\" width=\"465\" height=\"279\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can click \u201cFriends &amp; Chat\u201d in the bottom right-hand corner to bring up the Steam Chat window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-791881 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-friends-and-chat.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click &quot;Friends &amp; Chat.&quot;\" width=\"450\" height=\"257\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Then click the small chevron (like an arrow, without the tail) next to your username. Select \u201cInvisible\u201d or \u201cOffline\u201d from the drop down menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-791880 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/click-the-chevron-then-click-offline-or-invisible.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Click the chevron (arrow without a tail), then click &quot;Offline&quot; or &quot;Invisible.&quot; \" width=\"650\" height=\"276\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hide_or_Remove_Games_From_Your_Steam_Library\"><\/span>Hide or Remove Games From Your Steam Library<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to hide a game from the Steam library on your PC, you can set it to \u201cHidden\u201d or remove it from your Steam library.<\/p>\n<p>Right-click the game, mouse over \u201cManage,\u201d and then click \u201cHide this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-791839\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/right-click-your-game-click-manage-then-click-hide.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Right-click the game you want to hide, click &quot;Manage,&quot; then click &quot;Hide this game.&quot;\" width=\"497\" height=\"318\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People with access to game details on your profile will still be able to see any achievements and playtime you have in that game. However, anyone with access to your PC won\u2019t see the game in your normal Steam library.<\/p>\n<p>With Steam now offering\u00a0adult-only games and other not-safe-for-work (NSFW) material, the ability to hide games you\u2019re playing only becomes more important. But it\u2019s useful even if you\u2019ve been playing other games, like\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/six-years-later-bad-rats-is-still-known-as-steams-shit-1705908382\"><em>Bad Rats<\/em><\/a>, that you don\u2019t want anyone else knowing about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Hide or Remove a Game From Your Steam Library<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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