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.

[DulangaDasanayake]

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. Uncheck "Keep my activity private": This keeps your contributions public but hides things like starring repos and following users.
2. Private Contributions Graph: You can keep your contribution graph public but hide the specific details of private repo contributions.

Try these steps if you like to!!

[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!