One of my friends messaged me on Xbox Live, and he's offline

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I was just playing a game when on of my friends messaged me about playing a game. My friend was marked as offline. If didn't say when he was last online. my friend was never online. it simply was marked offline. is there an explanation for a user messaging me and he's offline?



Best Answer

I'm not sure how to enable it, but it is possible to be logged in to Xbox Live and appear offline. This will hide your current activity from anyone on your friends list. Since you are connected to Xbox Live, this lets you do anything that requires Xbox Live as usual (playing multiplayer, sending messages, etc.).




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Why does it say my Xbox friend is offline?

Since your friends list is tied to your Xbox profile my suggestion would be to remove and then re-add the profile and let the data re-sync from Xbox Live. First remove the profile and then go ahead and do a hard reset and power cycle.

What does appearing offline on Xbox Live do?

In the online status dropdown on the Xbox Series X|S, select \u201cAppear Offline.\u201d This will hide your online status on the Xbox Series X|S. After that, exit your profile page.

How do I fix offline friends on Xbox one?

If your friends are still appearing offline please contact us back and we will do further troubleshooting. While the console is on, press and hold the console's Xbox button for 5 seconds. The console will power down. Wait 30 seconds, and then turn your console back on by again pressing the Xbox button.



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