How do I make everything private on Steam?

Can Steam friends see hidden games?

After hiding games from Steam chat, your friends won't be able to see what you are playing now, but this information is visible on your Steam profile.

How do I control what my friends see on Steam?

Can friends see my Steam search history?

If your profile is set to public, everyone can see your Steam searches. You can change your profile to Friends only or private separately to block people from seeing your Steam searches.

Can people see all my Steam games?

Your Steam games are visible, both to you and other users. If you want to hide them, here's how. Steam is the largest digital distribution platform for PC games, with a community of over 100 million users using the platform.

How to Make Your Steam Profile Private

Can friends see your Steam profile if its private?

What happens when you make your Steam profile private? Steam users can now choose who gets to access their profile and information, like hours spent on a game, friends list, and games they own. If a Steam account is private, you cant be able to see the games, and friends they have on their profile.

What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam?

Q: What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam? Steam's offline status logs you out of the chat, and you won't get notifications for new messages. On the other hand, using invisible status on Steam lets you chat with your gaming buddies while appearing offline.

Why do people private their Steam profiles?

Only reason to make it private is if you are doing something fishy and don't want to be banned. All legit people have it Public. Everything fishy you can do will get you banned no matter if your account is private or not. Also, my profile was private for 4 years and I did nothing wrong.

Can people on Steam see your real name?

Even when you make your Steam account private, your real name is still listed on your profile page, along with your location, which, depending on the options you chose, can narrow your location down right to the city you live in.

Does Steam track your activity?

Your Steam activity will show as a list of recently played games, alongside how long you have been playing them. This list normally encompasses the games you have played in the last two weeks. To hide your gameplay activity, you have three options: Set your total playtime to private.

How do I hide my searches on Steam?

Can your Steam friends see what mods you have?

Mods are almost entirely client-side, only you can see your mods. There really is no way to change this, if you want your friends to see your mods, they have to download them themselves.

Can I use a fake name on Steam?

We do not require you to provide or use your real name for the setup of a Steam User Account. In order to make a transaction on Steam (e.g. to purchase Subscriptions for Content and Services or to fund your Steam Wallet), you may need to provide payment data to Valve to enable the transaction.

Is it bad if someone knows my Steam account name?

can you do anything with the steam account name? If you give your account away to someone, that specific account will get permanently restricted in violation of the Steam Subscriber Agreement. Never give your accounts away to somebody.

Does Steam show my email?

Steam NEVER displays your email address to anyone else. Gift messages are the only place email addresses are displayed to other users, which is unexpected and doesn't follow the way that the rest of Steam works.

What happens if you have a NSFW PFP on Steam?

What happens if you have a NSFW PFP on Steam? Yes, you might be banned for having an offensive profile picture.

What do blocked Steam users see?

To specifically answer your question at hand, blocking someone will make it so you appear offline to them. No notifications are sent regarding your status or game-playing. They WILL still be on your friends list (and you'll be on their list), so you have easy access to unblock them at any time.

How do you know if someone is faking offline on Steam?

If your friend is on your friends list and the status is “online” for them they'll show up in your friends list. It will also tell you their status and what game they are playing. If their status is set to “offline” or “invisible” there isn't much you can do to see if the player is online or not.

What is the point of Steam offline mode?

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.

How do I play Steam without appearing online?