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Play PS4 or PS5 without anyone finding out and bothering you

There are times when you feel like play console without anyone bothering you… or without anyone knowing. So, in this article we are going to tell you what you have to do if you want to play PS4 or PS5 in offline modeso that they leave you quiet for a while and you can disconnect from everything except the game, worth the redundancy.

This will no longer only work if you have a large list of friends to To play online to the console and you don’t want to get notifications with invitations to play, but it will also serve so that in your friends list nobody sees you connected and that you are playing, thereby giving you a certain level of privacy.

How to appear offline on the PS5

To appear offline on the PS5 (this does not mean that you cannot use the online functions of the console, beware, you will only appear offline to your list of friends and contacts) what you must do is, in the main menu of the console, select the icon of your profile located in the upper right corner, select it and then check “Appear offline”.

PS5 appear offline

You will know that you are in offline mode because the little green dot at the bottom of your avatar will appear without color, and if it appears yellow, it means that you have selected the option to appear busy. In this alternative option, your friends and contacts will see that you are online and playing something, but you will prevent notifications from appearing when they invite you to games or write you messages.

Normally when you turn on the console you will also be logged in to your friends list and they will see you online, but you can prevent this in the console’s login menu by pressing the Options button and selecting the option to appear offline there. This will avoid having to go to your avatar each time and select offline mode each time.

You can do it on PS4 too.

If you have a PS4 and want to do the same thing, it’s also possible, and it’s faster too. Press and hold the Home button on your remote to open the quick access menu, select your profile and check the option to appear offline. With this, you will have already done the same process as before, and your friends and contacts will not know if you are playing something.

Offline PS4

Despite the fact that the PS4 does not have the Busy mode that PS5 does have so that you do not get notifications of invitations or messages, it does have an advantage over the new console and that is that this mode will remain active the next time you turn on the console, which means that if you want, you can be hidden from your friends forever.

By the way, whether you have a PS4 or a PS5 and use the PS App on mobile (both Android and iOS) you can do exactly the same thing, and it’s very useful because it will apply for the next time you log in on either console. Simply log in to the smartphone app and go to the options (the gear icon in the upper right corner), look for the “Online Status” option under the “Console Management” section, and there you can select if you want to appear as Online, Busy or Appear offline.

Clever. Now you know what you have to do if you want to play without being disturbed by the console, or if it’s because you don’t want anyone to know that you’re doing it…

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