Tired of people knowing when you're playing Warzone ? Want to stay hidden during your downtime? Don't want to be invited to matches when you'd rather play solo? Don't worry, there's a way to do it, and it's very simple. We'll explain how to do it so you can stay completely anonymous when you log into the battle royale.
PSN, Xbox Live and Warzone
You might think that by being hidden or offline on the PlayStation and Xbox networks you can go unnoticed while playing, however, anyone who has you as a friend or searches for you through the Call of Duty network will be able to know your status immediately.
But luckily, there is a way around it. You just have to select the visibility mode you want to have on your Call of Duty profile, so that is just what we are going to teach you how to configure.
How to hide the connection in Warzone
The first thing you will have to do is enter your Call of Duty account by accessing the Activision website.
- Enter your username and password, and access your profile.
- Once inside, select the option Profile in the upper right corner.
- And in the section "Account Linking” check the field “Sign On Visible".
- Choose "None" so that your profile is no longer visible to your friends.
And from then on you will always be hidden, in the shadows, look down on anyone. Unless you stream on Twitch and let your followers know you're going to play, no one will ever know what you're doing right now.
You must take into account that the visibility of the profile must be selected on each platform, since depending on the platform in which you play, you can define if you want to hide yourself or not. That is, you can hide on the Xbox Live network, but stay visible if you play from PlayStation. You must choose the configuration you want on each of the platforms.
The platforms available to block the visibility of your Call of Duty profile are the following:
- PlayStation
- Battle.net
- Xbox Live
- Steam
- Nintendo
Depending on the platform from which you play, you must choose one option or another and configure the level of visibility you want to show. When choosing the option you can choose "None" or "Friends", so at no time will a stranger be able to see your connection status from your Call of Duty account.
Other customization options are “Searchable”, which will define the possibility that any user can find you by entering your nick; and "Data Visible", which will reveal connection statistics and other values related to your Activision profile. In this last option you can let your data be accessible by your friends and by Activision partners, only by your friends, by everyone or by nobody.
Why hide?
The decision to hide your connection or not is basically due to the privacy you want to maintain. If you stay in sight, your friends and contacts will be able to continually invite you to games, and you probably have times when you feel like playing alone, hence why you want to stay unnoticed and hide in the shadows.
You will also be able to hide so that simply no one can see you playing Warzone, which is perfectly understandable. We understand that you can't stop playing to get the Season Challenges, so if you don't want to hear that “playing Warzone again?” turn on the option.
Connection status on PSN and Activision
This is something that you should take into account, since we are talking about two similar things, but completely independent. When you turn on your console and see your friends connected, what you see is their connection status within the platform's network. That is, you are looking at the friends list on PSN, Xbox Live, Nintendo Switch Online or the platform you are using at the moment.
On the other hand, when you enter Warzone and check your friends list, what the game does is check the list of Activision network users, so you may see a friend offline on your console but you do see it connected within the game.
This is the result of the visibility option within the Activision profile, so if you follow the steps that we have left you with previously, you will be able to define much better how exposed your profile is to onlookers.