Use Game Center to play with friends

Send friend requests, manage your contour, earn achievements, and compete on leaderboards across devices using Game Center.

Create a Game Center contour

Larn how to create a profile with a personalized Memoji and customized initials.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open up Settings. Curl to Game Center, and so tap it.
  2. If Game Centre isn't on, plow it on, and then sign in with your Apple ID.*
    iPhone Game Center Settings screen
  3. Tap the Nickname field to enter a proper noun that your friends will meet when y'all play games together. If you can't think of a proper noun, you can choose 1 of the randomly generated suggestions.
  4. To personalize the picture that shows with your nickname, tap Edit in the circumvolve at the pinnacle of the page. From here, you can create a Memoji, use an existing 1, or customize how your nickname'southward initials announced.

On your Mac

  1. Open the App Store app.
  2. If Game Heart isn't on, plow it on, then sign in with your Apple ID.*
  3. Choose Apple tree bill of fare  > System Preferences, then click Internet Accounts.
  4. To enter a name that your friends volition see when y'all play games together, click your Game Center ID, then click Details. If yous can't think of a name, yous can choose one of the randomly generated suggestions.
    macOS System Preferences Game Center details screen
  5. To personalize the moving picture that shows with your nickname, become back to Settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it. From here, y'all tin can create a Memoji, use an existing one, or customize how your nickname's initials appear.

Acquire how your Game Eye profile is used

Add friends

You can add friends in Game Center.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Open Settings. Whorl to Game Middle, then tap it.
  2. Tap Friends.
  3. Tap Add together Friends.
  4. Enter the telephone number or email of the person that you lot want to invite to be friends in Game Center, or tap the Add together push to invite one of your contacts. In one case that person accepts the request through the Messages app, you'll be able to see them on your listing of friends.

On your Mac

  1. Cull Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Internet Accounts.
  2. Click your Game Eye ID.
  3. Click Add Friends.
  4. Enter the phone number or electronic mail of the person that you want to invite to exist friends in Game Eye, or click the Add together button to invite one of your contacts. Once that person accepts the request through the Letters app, you'll exist able to see them on your list of friends.

Remove friends or report Game Centre users

Learn how to stop beingness friends with someone in Game Center.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.
  2. Tap Friends to see a list of users who you're friends with and users who you've recently played with.
  3. Swipe left over the user's proper name to reveal more options.
    iPhone Game Center Friends screen with Report and Remove options shown

Tap Remove to stop being friends with someone in Game Heart. This removes you lot from their listing of friends equally well.To report a contour for adulterous, inappropriate content, or some other issue, tap Study and follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple tree menu  > Organization Preferences, and so click Internet Accounts.
  2. Click your Game Center ID to run across a list of users who you're friends with and users who yous've recently played with.
  3. Click the user name of the user who you desire to remove.
  4. Click Remove to cease being friends with someone in Game Center. This removes you from their list of friends likewise. To written report a profile for cheating, inappropriate content, or another issue, click Study and follow the onscreen instructions.

* If you come across a nickname or other information already set up, you might already have a Game Center profile. To verify that you're signed in with your Apple ID on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon, go to Settings and expect for your Apple ID. To verify that yous're signed in with your Apple ID on your Mac, choose Apple carte du jour  > System Preferences, so click Internet Accounts and wait for your Apple ID in the sidebar.

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