Appearing offline to Xbox Live Friends

I never thought it was a big deal because I could always join their game & party with no issues but some of my friends complained to me that I always appeared offline. I did check that setting and showed a few that it was indeed set to "Appear Online" but
they still see me as offline and get error messages that they are unable join game/invite to game/party because I am offline.

One friend sent me a link that had some possible fixes for the issue - one was starting a whole new gamer tag and the other was to get in touch with Microsoft Xbox live support. I did see one person mention to disable and re-enable to appear online which
I will try out later today, but I thought I would get the ball rolling here as well.

:)

 

Xbox issue

It might be an issue with xbox live or your friends could be appearing offline.

 

how do i appear offline to everyone but friends on xbox live

how do i appear offline to everyone but friends on xbox live

 

Hi J Perryman,

That seems like an odd issue about your visibility of being offline to your friends when the setting clearly shows you as online.

I suggest a
power cycle to your Xbox and also your router and modem for about 5 minutes. A complete reboot of both your console and internet connection may help with the connectivity to your friends.

If that doesn't help I recommend a
soft factory reset while keeping games and apps. Make sure you have your account login information available since you will need to re-download your profile during the set up.

Let us know the results!

 

I frequently use Appear Offline and haven't heard of this type of problem.

Starting a whole new gamer tag isn't really a solution, I for one would not be willing to give up the 13 years of purchases etc that are associated with my account.

Let us know if changing the status one or more times helps to fix the issue for you.

Good luck!

 

Doing that should work but if not remove your profile and add it back.

Here's how.

 

Logged out and logged back in seems to have fixed it. Thanks!

 

Hey there J Perryman!



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