Hide my Name on Xbox Account

aclopez · Jan 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Firstly, I have seen this question before, but it was locked with insufficient answers.

I'd like to press again - how is this not a massive breach of data privacy that new Xbox accounts on Windows default to "Allow Everyone to see my Profile" which includes your real name if you created your Microsoft account that way?

And why is it that there isn't an explicit option to just hide my name and let people see my Profile with just my gamertag? Not to mention, why is no option explicit in that it will hide your name? Does one of the Privacy options do it? The closest option I saw was "Others can see your Xbox profile details - Decide who can see your Xbox profile bio and location." That doesn't even explicitly mention that Xbox reveals your real name. You can't even Ctrl-F for "name" on the entire Privacy Menu and hunt for a "hide my real name" option.

Is it just not possible? Has Microsoft just pulled a Blizzard here?

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SwordofWhedon

Click your profile picture, choose customize, names sharing, settings, stop sharing

ngocphi

That's not a privacy breach

Whoever told you that.needs to give you a refund

In 3 billion people in the world how do you figure someone can find John Doe

personal.info is a combination of things no-one can grab your info based on just your name

In my town there was another person with the same name during a soccer match lots say it was confusing

It's just not recommended that you use your real name as your gamertag

You still need much more info then that like email password address etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data

Google just your own name

See.how many people comes up

I do for.some people I try to find there are dozens on fb when I try and find old friends even with old info

It's not enough to pinpoint people

Smwutches

Try using the console companion app. On the toolbar on the left, click your gamerpic to view your profile. There should be some options to customize your profile, etc. Click "More" and it should give the option for name sharing settings.

JB123_ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

I don’t have the console, just the app.

JB123_ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Is this on the mobile app on iOS, or console?

Hide my Name on Xbox Account