IOS 9 - how to get rid of or turn off Game Center

I may have found a solution. I too began getting the Game Center screen each time I logged onto a few of my games since installing iOS9. Before this, all you had to do was sign out of the Game Center, but that's not the case any longer.

I went into General, and then into Restrictions. I enabled restrictions and then went to game center at the bottom of the page and turned off Multiplayer Games and Adding Friends. So far (fingers crossed) I have yet to see the Game Center screen pop up on my games. I hope it sticks! 🙂

Thanks for that tip Babssy. I just did that, though they haven't been popping up for me for a couple of days, since my mickey mouse fix.

When I went into General > Restrictions and turned off Multiplayer Games and Adding Friends, I couldn't access my Scrabble games. That game is played with random players. So that didn't work for me.

I do have Game Center disabled in all the appropriate places. If I do a reboot to test, the Game Center Log-in appears again and I have to cancel 3X or more. So that seems to be it. Rebooting causes the Game Center pop ups and the bug is still there with the recent iOS 9.01 upgrade.

Unfortunately, this did not work for me (on 9.02). Still getting the login screen if the device has an internet connection (I have cellular turned off in the app, but when Wi-Fi is on then it uses that)

That's odd, Crystalship. I have a few multi-player games and they don't seem to be affected. I pulled up my Scrabble and chose a new game with a random player player and it worked fine. 😕

AngusCS, I also 9.02 and keep cellular turned off for my games, and it works fine.

Obviously, though, it certainly is a problem that Apple needs to address.

DIsagree to Apples GC Terms and Conditions, the last recommendation here: Re: Disable Game Center, IOS 9 is so far still working. Not sure if there is a more eloquent way of doing it, but I am a much happier iPad 2 Mini user...

I know. I seriously couldn't log into my Scrabble app to play my games. I tried to numerous times. I was considering uninstalling Scrabble, then I removed the Restriction and I could log in again.

I was logged in okay on my Scrabble app on my iPad 4 running iOS 8.3. Btw, I don't get any Game Center notifications on my iPad at all.

Thank you! So simple, and it worked. Wish Apple would include a list of the updates that aldo included instructions on how to turn things off. Thanks again.

Can you describe the process you used to disable Game Center with more specific details? I'm sick of the pop-ups and they're so random!! No issue during release 9.0 but 9.0.1 killed my phone to the point of rinse restore and repeat just to make a phone call!! Any help to get rid of this bug is appreciated

My grandson is five and loves his IPad. But, with IOS 9 the Game Center pop ups became so irritating that I had to find a solution for him. I didn't want an OS to ruin his tech experience and in this case the design was. Don't struggle against Game Center, folks, you need a work around. Now we split our digital times between a Surface and an Asus Memo and a Nexus 7 - and maybe 20 percent on the good old IPad. In a previous life Grandpa sourced hardware for a picky organization and he knows how to keep the staff happy. Apple decided to move in a particular direction and so did we.

So far this method has worked:

in Settings find Game Centre>Log in as requested (sounds strange I realise)

In my situation I was asked to agree to Apple's T's & C's - and I was offered a Disagree Button - Disagree to the terms

on your next Game play, when the pop up happens, fill in your details; after a period of time I was returned to the fill in your details. My guess is, having declined the T's & C's Apple won't let me sign in. Cancel out of the Pop Up.

Close your game... Re-open the game and Pop-up's are gone

There is a lag in the game where I guess the game is doing a background check on my ID, but the pop-up does not load

Had a fright this morning, as GC said "Welcome Back Me", but think a default load as no Internet Connection. With internet Connection, still no pop-ups

I wonder, if filling in your normal Apple ID, but with a bad password, then keep pressing submit until your account locks has a similar effect?

Good Luck!

My grandson is five and loves his IPad. But, with IOS 9 the Game Center pop ups became so irritating that I had to find a solution for him. I didn't want an OS to ruin his tech experience and in this case the design was. Don't struggle against Game Center, folks, you need a device work around. Now we split our digital times between a Surface and an Asus Memo and a Nexus 7 - and maybe 20 percent on the good old IPad. In a previous life Grandpa sourced hardware for a picky organization and he knows how to keep the staff happy. Apple decided to move in a particular direction and so did we.

This worked for me at the moment, how I wish Apple would embrace allowing their users, allowing them to do what they want with the device.

Have you considered discussing this with Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Great tip Allan, have filled in the feedback form a few times. I have also contacted their legal team, having Disagreed to Apples Terms and Conditions why does Apple deem it neccassary to check on a weekly basis.

Thus far, no-one from Apple has made contact, and we still continue to suffer with Apple's invasive App.

My fix continues to work on a weekly basis, but I have to suffer a badly written app to take 10 minutes to load, and a further 5 minutes to recognise my user details to then serve me the same T's & C's? (Fortunately the Disagree button still exists). Then to kill the pop-up wait another 5 minutes of Apple's spinning incompetence wheel to then remember I am non-compliant!

Boblarrance is correct... There is alternative Tech; today I cancelled my Apple Watch order and have pre-ordered Microsoft's Band 2.... I am also taking a close look at the Surface Pro 4... If the reviews stack up, then it will be considered in preference to Apple

Possibly Allan, Apple will start to listen then, as consumers vote with their feet...