Friends keep getting notifications that I get on a game? (can someone please close this.)

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h Jun 24, 2018 @ 9:29am

Friends keep getting notifications that I get on a game? (can someone please close this.)

Whenever I play with friends on games, it keeps telling them that I am currently getting onto a game, as in the notification keeps popping up for them every few seconds, is there anyway to stop this from happening?

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funkymusique Jun 24, 2018 @ 9:33am

Originally posted by ᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌:
Whenever I play with friends on games, it keeps telling them that I am currently getting onto a game, as in the notification keeps popping up for them every few seconds, is there anyway to stop this from happening?

He can dissable it by clicking on Steam on the upper left coner > Settings > Notification and unchecking the boxes;

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jun 24, 2018 @ 9:35am

It is a known bug.

For the Chat beta users, the settings are no longer in that location. They are here...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1412722523

funkymusique Jun 24, 2018 @ 9:48am

Originally posted by ᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌:
Originally posted by funkymusique:
He can dissable it by clicking on Steam on the upper left coner > Settings > Notification and unchecking the boxes;
No I mean all my friends get a message saying im in a game as im already on it so an example would be that if im in a match on csgo with a friend of mine, they will keep receiving the notification that im now on csgo but this will happen with all my friends. Im guessing they wouldn't want to turn off their notifications just cause of me so is there no way to fix this and ill just have to let it happen?

I see, does it happen only in CS:GO? No you have anything to monitor your conections? Maybe you get offline a micro second for Steam then come online again, causing a notification. You can also fix it by hiding your in game status, just go to Profile > Edit Profile > My Privacy Settings > Game details.

funkymusique Jun 24, 2018 @ 9:59am

Originally posted by ᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌᠌:
Originally posted by funkymusique:
I see, does it happen only in CS:GO? No you have anything to monitor your conections? Maybe you get offline a micro second for Steam then come online again, causing a notification. You can also fix it by hiding your in game status, just go to Profile > Edit Profile > My Privacy Settings > Game details.
Im not sure if it only happens on csgo since its the only game I really play with friends. I don't think I have anything monitoring my connections and im pretty sure steam doesnt close while I play. My game status is on private already so im guessing its not that.

I don't mean that Steam closes itself, I mean losing conection to Steam.

Hoboparty Aug 14, 2018 @ 10:42pm

I'm getting the same thing it sounds like, my friend says he keeps getting notifications I am playing Monster Hunter World while we are still playing online.

neutral knahv Aug 29, 2018 @ 1:08am

Same here.
Its been around more than a year i think. Hoped the new chat UI update would fix it. But no

AdamsCzech Dec 10, 2018 @ 10:36am

"Hey there,

Thanks for reaching out to Steam Support, given that the issue does not carry over to another account on the same PC it sounds like a change to your privacy settings could resolve this issue for you.

To do this, open your Steam Community profile. This can be done either in the Steam client or on the Community webpage. Select 'Edit my profile' from the right hand side of your profile, then select 'My Privacy Settings'.

From here you can choose the privacy levels you'd like to set for your profile.

Steam Support
Luna"

This is what Steam support replied. So i changed all privacy settings and then changed them back and it worked.

Big Jim Arnett Jan 23, 2019 @ 1:39pm

Myself and several friends are having this issue, but steam is acting like this is our issue or non existent. Non of us have bad connections either. Seems very related to CSGO. I've reinstalled steam and had no luck. Pretty crappy CSR's from my experience. One of them told me to wait for it to fix itself or bring it to a local pc repair shop for them to examine and fix.... lol

Last edited by Big Jim Arnett; Jan 23, 2019 @ 1:43pm

alexander.i May 8, 2019 @ 3:29am

Weird. I have been having the exact same issue. Going to try the privacy thing, like the steam support reply. Hopefully this helps.

HiTTeR ReturnAgainNovamente? May 8, 2019 @ 3:45am

hmmmmm yes ?

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alexander.i May 19, 2019 @ 4:10am

I still haven't managed to fix it. Tried the solution posted in this thread.

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alexander.i May 27, 2019 @ 2:42pm

Originally posted by kaz:
Originally posted by alexander.i:
I still haven't managed to fix it. Tried the solution posted in this thread.
if your games set to private, make them public/friends only, fixes it

Yeah, this didn't work for me.

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