How can I stop Game Center from logging in?

ge center has an annoying habit of logging in automatically, even if I have signed out. How can I stop this? I don’t want Game Center and it’s annoying pop ups. How can I totally, permanently disable it and stop it from logging in when I so not want it?


this seems to be a mage old problem apple does nothing to solve.

iPhone 6s

Posted on Dec 26, 2022 11:59 AM

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Dec 27, 2022 7:09 PM in response to JR22222222222

Hey there JR22222222222,


That's a strange issue to occur, especially since you already confirmed you signed out of Game Center. Upon looking in our own iPhone within the Game Center settings, we did not find an option to 'permanently disable' an Apple ID from signing into Game Center, nor did we find an option for it to not prompt you to sign into it.


With the above details in mind, let's confirm more details to better understand what's happening, along with ruling out some possible causes:


  1. When did the issues first start with Game Center?
  2. Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a restart: Restart your iPhone
  3. We see you're using an iPhone 6s, and the latest version for your model would be iOS 15.7.2. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. In case you needed it, this link shows how to first back up, then Update your iPhone or iPad.


Cheers!

Dec 29, 2022 1:22 AM in response to bruno75

hi, thanks for the reply.


this has been happening for a long time - a year or more. Have restarted many times. I am on 15.6.1 but this has happened over multiple updates. I think it happens when I do an update or maybe other IOS changes. I log out of Game Center again, and at a later time it just logs me back in without me going anywhere near the Game Center settings or login.


I also keep getting the “welcome to Game Center” pop ups over and over again even though I keep logging out of Game Center. that also happens on my iPad and I see years and years of complaints about that.


it seems Game Center is designed to be intrusive. Is there a way to just disable or uninstall it?



Dec 29, 2022 6:30 AM in response to JR22222222222

Hey there JR22222222222, 


Let's take a look at Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud. You may then have to tap "Show All" to see Game Center. Ensure Game Center is toggled off here. Then, let's tap Settings > Game Center and sign out.


If you are signed in again after disabling Game Center in iCloud and Settings, you'll want to Contact Apple Support for help.  


Have a good one!

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