There are times when you want play on a console without anyone bothering you… or without anyone knowing. So in this article we are going to tell you what you need to do if you want to play PS4 or PS5 in offline modeso they leave you alone for a while and you can disconnect from everything but the game, which is worth the redundancy.
This will no longer work only if you have a long list of friends to To play online to the console and you do not want to receive notifications with invitations to play, but it will also serve that in your list of friends no one sees you connected and that you are playing, thus 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, be careful, you will only appear offline in your list of friends and contacts) what you need do is, in the main menu of the console, select your profile icon located in the upper right corner, select it and then check “Appear offline”.
You’ll know you’re offline because the little green dot at the bottom of your avatar will appear colorless, and if it appears yellow, it means you’ve 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 into 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 there offline. This will save you from having to go to your avatar each time and select offline mode each time.
You can also do this on PS4.
If you have a PS4 and want to do the same thing, that’s also possible, and it’s also faster. 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.
Despite the fact that the PS4 does not have the Busy mode that the PS5 has so that you do not receive invitations or message notifications, it has an advantage on 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 (Android and iOS) you can do exactly the same thing, and it’s very useful because it will apply the next time you log in on either console. Just log into the smartphone app and go to options (the gear icon in the upper right corner), find the “Online Status” option in the “Console Management” section, and there, you can select whether 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 are doing it…
