Is there anyway to hide badges from profile?

[Orgazmo]

The one on the left side?
I wouldn't mind to hide whole right pane though (with groups and content)

Ideal is to make right pane visible only to friends.

Or the only option is to go completely private?

[Шабит Хапаев]

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[IFIYGD]

Set your profile privacy to Friends Only.
Your profile will appear as Private to anyone not on your Friends List, but people on your Friends List will be able to see your profile and anything on it- like showcases, background, badges, comments, etc.
Those are the options we have right now, there is no other way to hide the badges shown on the right pane. It would be nice if we could toggle the community Patron and Community contributor badges on or off, and it has been asked for multiple times in the Suggestions & Ideas subforum. But for now, we cannot move or hide them other than by using Profile Privacy settings. (At least not without writing custom scripts for the webpage, which is what your profile is. And you are on your own to search for guides or instructions on whether that is possible or not.)

[Orgazmo]

Thanks for the answer. Yeah, it's bad, because badges shows how many games you have and how old your account, and Content reveal which games do you have. All could be an incentive to hijack your account.

[IFIYGD]

Eh, most likely it is inventory that gets hijackers' attention. You can make your inventory Private, but it become a pain if you actively trade items or cards. Don't click links in chat or in profile comments, and stay away from third party trading/selling/"voting" website, and keep it all on Steam Market only. Best thing you can do.
Best luck to you in all you do.

[wuddih]

Originally posted by Orgazmo:

Thanks for the answer. Yeah, it's bad, because badges shows how many games you have and how old your account, and Content reveal which games do you have. All could be an incentive to hijack your account.

these days accounts are rarely overtaken because of their "value" itself since selling stolen accounts is rarely working ... but for what you can extract from an account.

items/wallet funds on the account or to temporarily using it to scam others.
inventory value and "social grading" are the major factors to land on a possible victim lists.

badges are not any factor, also not needed. not even a public account is needed.
lets assume you have a private account and just for your examples...

how many games you have:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998737214/recommended/
mentioned there too and of course in every review itself.
this can only be prevented if you never have any public review.

account creation date:
your id 76561197998737214, this is always public info since it is your profile identifier. it was designed to be incremental.
you just have to check accounts around it and you will also get may 19th 2008 ± 1 day.
you can not prevent that at all.