SteamTexx Guide
Steam profile privacy: what others can see (and how to hide it)
Steam lets you hide most of your profile — but not all of it. Understanding what is visible and what is not helps you protect your own account and correctly read someone else’s.
What you can set private
Each of these is an independent setting: profile details, friends list, game details and playtime, inventory, comments, and your currently playing status. You can, for example, make your games private while keeping the rest public.
What stays visible regardless
Ban status (VAC, game, trade) and the account’s existence remain visible even on a private profile. Anything that was public while it was crawled may also persist in third-party caches.
How to change your Steam privacy settings
- Open Steam → your profile → Edit Profile → Privacy Settings.
- Set each section’s visibility: Public, Friends Only, or Private.
- To hide playtime specifically, set Game details to Private or use the separate “Always keep my total playtime private” option.
- Save — note that switching to private now does not erase data already public or cached elsewhere.
Reading privacy as a trust signal
- Private by default is common and not suspicious on its own.
- Worth a closer look: a profile that goes private right before or after a trade dispute, or one that hides only playtime while claiming deep experience.
What SteamTexx can and cannot see
SteamTexx only shows data that was public at crawl time or is available through public Steam endpoints. It does not bypass privacy settings or reveal hidden data — and on SteamTexx you can lock down which parts of your linked profile appear in the public frontend.
Frequently asked questions
What can people see on my Steam profile?
By default: your name, avatar, level, games, playtime, friends, groups, comments and ban status. You can make most of these Friends-Only or Private in Privacy Settings, but ban status always stays visible.
How do I make my Steam profile private?
Go to Steam, then Edit Profile and Privacy Settings, and set My profile and individual sections like Game details, Inventory and Friends to Private. Save your changes.
How do I hide my playtime on Steam?
Set Game details to Private in Privacy Settings, or enable “Always keep my total playtime private”. This hides hours while you can keep the rest of the profile visible.
Can people see my games if my profile is private?
No. If Game details is set to Private, your owned games and playtime are hidden. Other sections follow their own separate privacy settings.
Does making my profile private hide my VAC ban?
No. Ban status (VAC, game, trade) stays visible regardless of privacy settings.