How can I hide my Github activity from others without making my profile private?

[jbwenjoy]

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I think these two are not conflict - you don't always want to show your personal activity (like starring new repos, prs) on other people's dashboard/home page, but you also don't want to make your Github profile completely private. But seems that I have never found such an option - I can only choose to either make both private or public. I also did a quick search and seems that few ever mentioned this.

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[davevad93]

Hi @jbwenjoy ,

Nope, it isn't possible to hide the profile activity without making it completely private. I agree that would be a good feature to implement in the future to give more control over what users want to be visible or not without making the whole thing private.

[iamdulanga]

Hello @jbwenjoy

You're correct GitHub's current privacy settings are pretty simple: your profile is either public or private. There's no granular control to hide specific activities (like stars, PRs, or forks) while keeping your overall profile public.

The closest workaround is to:

1. Keep “Keep my activity private” checked: This hides things like stars and follows, but your public code contributions (commits, PRs) can still show—if the repos are public.
2. Set “Private contributions” visibility: In your profile settings, you can choose to show a contribution graph with private repo activity counted, without revealing repo names.

Try these steps if you like to!!

[HenrikErlandsson]

Are you sure you meant to write UNcheck "Keep my activity private"?

If I UNcheck "Keep my activity private", in normal language this means that my activity such as commenting on posts, bookmarking repos, etc will no longer be kept private.

[iamdulanga]

Yes, I made a mistake there it's now fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.

[shinybrightstar]

Welcome to the GitHub Community, @jbwenjoy, we're happy you're here! You are more likely to get a useful response if you are posting your question(s) in the applicable category and are explicit about what your project entails--giving a few more details might help someone give you a nudge in the right direction. I've gone ahead and moved it for you. Good luck!

[DavinMetoti]

Hi @jbwenjoy, great question!

Currently, GitHub doesn't offer a granular option to hide specific activities (like starring repositories, opening PRs, or following users) without making your entire profile private. However, here are some ways to manage your visibility without fully hiding your profile:

🔒 Ways to Control What Appears on Your Profile:

1. Hide contributions from private repositories
   You can choose not to show contributions from private repos:

   • Go to Settings > Profile > Contributions & Activity.
   • Uncheck “Include private contributions on my profile”.

2. Use a separate account for personal activity
   If you're frequently starring or exploring repos for personal use, consider creating a second GitHub account just for that purpose.

3. Make specific actions private (limited options)
   Some actions like creating a new repository can be marked private, which will hide them from your activity feed — but unfortunately, actions like starring cannot be hidden individually at the moment.

4. Limit visibility of your starred repositories
   While your stars are visible at https://github.com/USERNAME?tab=stars, GitHub doesn't currently provide a way to make your starred repos fully private. You can minimize exposure by being selective about starring, or using an alternate account.

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✳️ Feature Suggestion

Since this level of control (hiding specific public activity) is not available yet, you could suggest this to GitHub via the GitHub Feedback Discussions. It’s a valid privacy concern and could be a useful enhancement!

Hope this helps! ✅

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Use a separate account for personal activity
If you're frequently starring or exploring repos for personal use, consider creating a second GitHub account just for that purpose.

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Please read up on GitHub Terms of Service regarding to have more than one free account:

One person or legal entity may maintain no more than one free Account (if you choose to control a machine account as well, that's fine, but it can only be used for running a machine).

They are already here....

Since this level of control (hiding specific public activity) is not available yet, you could suggest this to GitHub via the GitHub Feedback Discussions. It’s a valid privacy concern and could be a useful enhancement!

[Amin98Hosseini]

Unfortunately, GitHub doesn’t currently offer a granular privacy setting to hide only your activity feed (stars, PRs, follows, etc.) while keeping your profile public. The visibility options today are essentially all-or-nothing:

Public profile → your public activity may appear on others’ dashboards

Private profile → hides both your profile details and activity

There’s no built-in toggle to show your profile but hide actions like stars or PRs from other users’ home feeds.

If you'd like more control over what activity is broadcast, a good next step is to submit (or upvote) a feature request through GitHub Feedback or GitHub Community Discussions so the team can consider adding finer privacy controls. Many users—myself included—would benefit from separating profile visibility from activity visibility.