Fortnite guide: tips for appearing offline in the game

Fortnite is by far one of the most popular games in the world with an active player base. The game is insanely popular because it allows players to team up with their friends and take on the battlefield. But this also causes a lot of problems as players often want to play alone and are not interested in joining parties. Refusing a party invitation can seem rude or even create fights between friends, to prevent players from now using offline status in Fortnite. In addition to online / offline status even players can configure the privacy of the parties common friends, passes and matchmaking region from the menu.

How to set your status to Offline in Fortnite

• Launch Fortnite and click three points on the left side of the screen.
• Click on your profile picture to access your profile.
• Find the Status online bar and activate it disconnected to appear offline.
• Change the Privacy of the parties setting a Private.

How to change your status using the Epic Games launcher

Using the Epic game launcher players can disable their Fortnite status offline and this will also apply to all games using the Epic Games Launcher.

• Open Epic Games Launcher and go to your profile on the right side.
• Click on settings and find your preferences.
• To enable offline mode in the preferences section.
• Confirm by clicking on check box in the Epic Games Launcher.

This is how players can change their Online / Offline status and appear as offline in Fortnite. As for Android and iOS users, there is no explicit way on how to change your status and appear offline in the game.