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How to hide game activity on Discord (2022) – Mobile & PC!

We'll show you how you can disable and hide revealing your game activity on Discord!
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Discord is a large platform that allows you to create groups, message others, and keep in touch with your friends. You can use it to chat with people with text messaging, voice, and even video calls. It is a very versatile piece of software that can be used on mobile or computer. If you’re looking to keep your gaming activity private from your friends and people on a Discord server, we’ll show you how to disable it in this guide.

This guide was updated in July 2022 due to Discord changing how their options are displayed!

Discord Game Activity

To hide your game activity on Discord, you will need to go to your User Settings and then to Activity Privacy. Once you are on the page, you can just uncheck the marker labeled as Display current activity as a status message to disable showing your game activity!

The User Settings can be found at the bottom of Discord next to your username. Just click on the Gear button and you will open up the User Settings window.

Discord User Settings Option Image

On the left will be a sidebar with all of the available options. Scroll down until you reach the area labeled, Activity Privacy. Look for the heading under Activity Status. Make sure the option near “Display current activity as a status message” is greyed out and not checked. If it is checked, click it to disable this option.

Discord Activity Privacy Image

Mobile

Discord will not show what game you’re playing when you are using the mobile app, however, it will display if you are attending a public Stage. You can disable this in the exact same way as you would on the PC, it just serves a slightly different function.

That is everything you need to know about how to hide game activity with Discord. Check out the Discord section of our website for more useful information about the messaging software!

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  1. joe smith

    does not work on windows 10 latest everything. Game still shows

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      I use Windows 10 and it seems to be working fine, not sure what to tell you.

  2. Velvet

    “Discord will not show what game you’re playing when you are using the mobile app, however, it will display if you are attending a public Stage.” yeah that’s not true, literally all my friends see what mobile games I’m playing

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      I tried testing this and my mobile game status wasn’t showing. I’ve also never seen a mobile game show up for someone else. What device are you using?

  3. Battlebabe1

    I do not have the feature where i can just not have them know i am on a game help please

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      Follow the instructions!

      1. Irritated Consumer

        Your instructions are wrong though…..

        1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

          They’ve been corrected, apparently Discord changed the location again. I didn’t think that they would.

    2. Tim Timid

      The instructions are incorrect. Go to settings, then scroll down to “Activity Privacy” on the left and uncheck the first option.

      1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

        They’ve been corrected, apparently Discord changed the location again. I didn’t think that they would.

  4. Question

    Does it hide it from friends?

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      I believe so.

  5. oTray

    Thanks!

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      No problem!

  6. Froggy Terrie

    the option are different than what you’re showing here. https://i.imgur.com/uivJsNq.png that is what the options show… not whatever screenshot you linked here.

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      It has been fixed now, thanks!

  7. Disscord is my real name

    does it show on dm ?

  8. MissFanlinz

    This thing don’t work

    1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

      It does work, but okay.

      1. goestin

        it doesn’t work

        1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

          It does work. Maybe you’re referring to it showing your game activity under your username? It might show it there but it doesn’t show in servers.

          1. I won't be back

            It still shows what you’re playing so it’s pointless …

          2. Shaun Savage (Admin)

            It’s not pointless, if it functions for servers which some people might want.

      2. Froggy Terrie

        it used to work, it doesn’t anymore. This is what activity status options on discord looks like now. https://i.imgur.com/eVsKoPc.png

        1. Shaun Savage (Admin)

          Fixed now, sorry about that.