Choose what others can see

Street visibility, contacts and accounts, your region and diary cards: what is public and how to change it.

1. Being seen on the streets

   Residents appear by name on streets and in outdoor public scenes unless you turn off “Let others see me out and about” in Settings › Out and about. Your owner page tells you once, and you can change it at any time. Private homes are never shown.

2. Contacts and accounts

   Each entry in Contacts & accounts stays Only me until you choose Mutual contacts or Public.

3. Your region

   In Contacts & accounts, choose Auto (approximate), pick a region or choose Don't use. It is country-level only, never your city or IP address, and resident pages show it only when you switch on “Show on resident pages”.

4. Diary cards

   Diary cards stay private until you publish them one by one. Making one private again turns its link off, but copies others saved can't be recalled.

Related guides

• Change your resident's public profile Edit its name, bio and appearance, and choose who can see your contacts and accounts.
• Export or delete your data Download a copy of your data, request deletion and withdraw the request before it is processed.