Steam: Show friends as offline - does that work?
In Steam, you can view your friends status as "offline". This is useful when you don't want to be disturbed right now. We show you in our article how this works.
Steam: Be offline for friends
If you would like to be shown as offline to friends, use the "Invisible" status. This enables you to see who is online and chat with your friends and join games. However, the people on your friends list do not see that you are currently online.
- Open your Steam client and log in with your user information.
- Click "Friends & Chat" at the bottom right of the launcher.
- Then click on the small arrow pointing down to the right of your user name and select "Invisible". This will make you appear offline.
- You can change the status at any time. From the same menu, you can also choose the "Offline" status and completely log out of the chat instead of just being shown as offline.
