How to change game-related settings on iPhone

You can customize your gaming experience on iPhone by changing settings for the Apple Games app and Game Center. These settings let you control notifications, friend requests, multiplayer gaming, and content restrictions.

In Game Center, you can choose who sees your profile, achievement progress, and recently played games: Everyone, Friends Only, or Only You. You can also let nearby players in the same game invite you to a multiplayer game over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth®.

Change Apple Games app settings

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Apps and tap Games. Then do any of the following:
   • Show or hide relevant content by combining your gaming activity: Turn on Combine Gaming Activity.
   • Reset the identifier used to report Games usage statistics to Apple: Tap Reset Identifier.

Change Game Center settings

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Game Center, then do any of the following:
   • View friends: Tap All Friends.
   • Accept or decline friend requests: Tap Friend Requests.
   • Allow or disallow apps to access your list of Game Center friends: Tap Share Friends List, then turn Share Friends List on or off.
   • Allow Game Center friends to find you with the email and phone number associated with your Apple Account: Turn on Help Friends Find You.
   • Manage activity sharing: Choose Everyone, Friends Only, or Only You to specify who can see your profile, achievement progress, leaderboard updates, and recently played games.
   • Allow invitations from nearby players: Turn on Nearby Players to allow nearby Game Center players in the same game to invite you to a multiplayer game over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth®.
   • Sign out of Game Center: Tap Sign Out.

Change Game Center restrictions

Game Center restrictions can limit features like in-app purchases, multiplayer games, and friend requests, for a safer, more controlled gaming experience.

1. Start the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Screen Time, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, and turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions.
3. Tap App Store, Media, Web & Games, scroll down to Game Center, and then set any of the following restrictions:
   • Multiplayer Games
   • Adding Friends
   • Connect with Friends
   • Screen Recording
   • Nearby Multiplayer
   • Private Messaging
   • Profile Privacy Changes
   • Avatar & Nickname Changes