With the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, you can hide games. This feature is helpful if you don’t want other users view certain games you have in your library.
You can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how to hide games, view your hidden games and unhide games on the new Xbox consoles.
How to hide games on the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
In order to hide certain games on the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, you need to do the following:
1. Press the Xbox button on your controller. This button has the Xbox logo and should be lit up.
2. In the Guide menu, select the “My games and apps” option.
3. In the next screen, select the “See all” option.
4. In the Games” menu, select the “Full library” option on the left side and then “All owned games” on the right side.
5. In the “Full library – All owned games” menu, you should see a list of games you currently own and have installed on your system.
Here, you need to hover over the game that you want to hide.
6. With the game in question highlighted, press the Menu button on your controller. This button has the three horizonal lines symbol.
7. In the pop-up menu, select the “Hide from list” option.
8. If you played the hidden game recently, then it may still show up on the Home menu.
You can push the hidden game from the Home menu by opening different apps and games until the hidden game no longer appears.
Alternatively, you can delete the hidden game to remove it from the home screen.
How to hide EA Play and Xbox Game Pass games on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
Because you don’t own any of the videogames you downloaded from the EA Play and/or Xbox Game Pass service, you won’t be able to hide these types games using the aforementioned method. Instead, you need to delete these games in order to “hide” them.
In order to delete a game you downloaded from the EA Play and Xbox Game Pass, you can do the following:
1. Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the Guide menu.
2. Inside the Guide menu, select “My games and apps.”
3. Next, select “See all.”
4. In the next menu, select “Games” on the left side.
5. On the right side, hover over the game you want to delete.
6. Press the Menu button on your controller.
7. In the pop-up menu, select “Uninstall.”
8. In the next screen, select “Uninstall all.”
9. Finally, select “Remove.”
How to view hidden games on Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
In order to view the list of games you previously hidden on the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, you need to take the following steps:
1. Open the guide menu by pressing the Xbox button.
2. Select the “My games and apps” option from the Guide menu.
3. In the next screen, select the “See all” option.
4. Inside the Games menu, select the “Full library” option on the left side and then the “All owned games” option on the right side.
5. In the “Full library – All owned games” menu, select the “All games” drop down menu and then select the “Hidden” option.
How to unhide a game on the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X
To unhide a videogame on your Xbox Series S or Xbox Series X, you need to do the following:
1. Press the Xbox button to open up the Guide menu.
2. Once you are in the Guide menu, select the “My games and apps” option.
3. Next, you need to select the “See all” option.
5. Once you are inside the Games menu, select “Full library” from the list of options on the left side and then the “All owned games” option on the right side.
6. Once you are in the “Full library – All owned games” select the “All games” drop down menu and then select “Hidden” from the list of available options.
7. In the hidden games menu, hover over the game you want to unhide.
8. With the game in question highlighted, press the Menu button on your controller.
9. In the pop-up menu, select the “Unhide from list” option.