REDMOND, Washington, April 9, 2026, 12:06 PM (UTC-07:00)
Xbox users will soon be able to hide games from the Achievement history on their profiles, Microsoft said, with the feature rolling out to everyone later this month. A handful of Xbox Insiders have been testing it since April 8. Achievement pop-ups are also getting a new look, and Microsoft is introducing a more obvious indicator for games that players have finished completely.
This tweak targets a key piece of how Xbox players present themselves online. Achievements make up the backbone of the Gamerscore, that familiar Xbox points total. According to Senior Product Manager Alex Charters, letting users hide games has been “one of the most requested features” from Insiders. Xbox Wire
This arrives as Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma puts a spotlight on user input. Sharma noted the company has “stood up a dedicated team” focused on fan feedback and signaled that further updates are on the way. GameSpot
With this rollout, achievement notifications are picking up fresh icons and animations—standard achievements get a new look, but rare ones, those less-frequent unlocks, stand out even more. The pop-up now “matches your custom color” as well. According to GameSpot, rare achievements are getting their own graphic plus a diamond marker. Xbox Wire
Microsoft now marks games where players hit the full Gamerscore, planting a clear 100% completion badge in the lineup. Extra filters are on the way, letting users sort out finished and hidden games faster. No rollout date yet for the general public—just word that the update lands for everyone down the road.
The privacy tweak stops short of a complete reset. According to Microsoft, hidden games keep adding to a user’s total Gamerscore, and activity in those titles continues to show up across Xbox. In practice, this update changes the look of a profile, not the actual play history.
That change tightens the gap with PlayStation. According to Sony’s support pages, PS5 and PS4 players can hide individual games from others, and on PS4, hidden games stay out of the user’s activities, profile, and trophy list.
Sony now lets players erase trophy data from games where they haven’t picked up any trophies. Xbox didn’t mention anything like that in its latest update. Charters described the update as a “small but meaningful step” in acknowledging both completion and milestone achievements. PlayStation
Xbox users finally get a feature they’ve been asking for, though the update skirts around broader uncertainties about what’s ahead for the system. Microsoft hasn’t committed to a timeline for rolling out the update to everyone, nor has it detailed what’s coming in the next batch of achievement tweaks.
