How to Hide Activity in Steam

Steam is an awesome platform for gaming. It lets you play, chat, and share your gaming victories with friends. But sometimes, you may want a little privacy. Maybe you’re trying out a weird game, or just don’t want your friends asking you to join a match while you’re chilling in single-player mode. No worries — we’ve got your back.

Here’s a fun and simple guide to hiding your activity on Steam. You’ll learn how to go stealth mode like a ninja. 🥷

1. Set Your Profile to Private or Invisible

First and easiest trick? Change your profile visibility. This hides your recent activity, hours played, and the games you’re diving into.

1. Open Steam.
2. Click on your profile name in the top bar.
3. Select “View My Profile”.
4. Click the “Edit Profile” button.
5. Go to the “Privacy Settings” tab.
6. Set “Game details” to Private.

Easy peasy! Now, no one can see what you’re playing or how many hours you’ve sunk into that game you swore you wouldn’t like.

2. Go Invisible While Online

Sometimes, you want to keep playing but stay hidden. Like Batman.

Here’s how to go invisible:

1. Open Steam.
2. Click “Friends & Chat” in the lower-right corner.
3. Click the arrow next to your username.
4. Select “Invisible” from the dropdown.

Now you can play your heart out without anyone bugging you. You’re online, but undercover.

3. Remove a Game from Your Library

This one’s for when you just really want a game gone. So gone, no one will even know it was there.

Just remember: this deletes it permanently. You’d need to buy it again to play later.

1. Go to Help > Steam Support.
2. Search for the game.
3. Click it, then choose “I want to permanently remove this game from my account.”
4. Confirm your choice.

Poof. Vanished. Like it never happened.

4. Play Games in Offline Mode

Don’t want to mess with privacy settings? Just go full ninja and play offline!

• Open Steam.
• Click “Steam” in the top-left corner.
• Select “Go Offline”.

This way, Steam won’t show anything you’re doing. It’s like going camping — but with shooters and dragons instead of tents and bugs.

5. Hide Games From Your Library

So you don’t want to delete a game, but also don’t want it staring back at you every time you open Steam? Hide it!

1. Right-click the game in your library.
2. Choose “Manage”, then click “Hide this game”.

To see hidden games later, click your library dropdown and select “Hidden”.

Great for that game you got in a bundle but never actually played. 👀

6. Clear Your Recent Activity (Sort of)

Steam doesn’t let you outright delete recent activity. But here’s a clever trick:

1. Open a random free game — something browser-based or tiny.
2. Play it for 15-30 minutes.
3. Do this a few more times with different games.

Why? Because Steam shows the five most recent games in your activity. If you play new ones, the old ones get pushed down and disappear from view.

It’s like sweeping your tracks in the sand.

Final Tips

• Always log out or go invisible if you don’t want people seeing you’re online.
• Use Steam Family View to hide certain games behind a PIN.
• Check your Steam Profile from another account to double-check what’s visible.

And that’s it! Now you’re a Steam ninja — invisible, undetectable, and 100% in control of your digital footprints.

Just don’t forget where you hid all those games! 😄