Send and accept a friend request in Game Center

Learn how to find your friends, accept requests, report users and more in Game Center.

Before you get started

Make sure you update to the most recent version of the software.

Update your iPhone or iPad

Update your Mac

Add a friend

Find your friends in Game Center to share your achievements, high scores, and more.

On your iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings, scroll to Game Center, then tap it.

  2. Tap Invite Friends.

  3. Search for the person you want to invite, or look through the list of suggestions.

  4. Tap Invite next to the person's name.

    On an iPhone, the list of people someone can invite is showing. In the bottom left of their photo, they have a Messages icon. To the left, it says "Invite".

  5. Game Center sends an invitation notification to their devices. If they have the Messages icon next to their photo, they're on a previous version of the software and you can send them an invitation in Messages.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Game Center.

  2. Click Invite Friends.

  3. Search for the person you want to invite, or look through the list of suggestions.

  4. Click Invite next to the person's name.

  5. Game Center sends an invitation notification to their devices. If they have the Messages icon next to their photo, they're on a previous version of the software and you can send them an invitation in Messages.

Accept a friend request

To accept a notification invitation, tap or click it, then select Accept. If you tap or click Ignore, the notification will disappear and the user who sent it won't be alerted that you ignored it.

Find your requests

If you missed a notification, you can find it later on your devices with iOS 18.1 or later, iPadOS 18.1 or later, and macOS 15.1 or later.

On your iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings, scroll to Game Center, then tap it.

  2. Tap Friends Requests.

  3. Find the request and tap Accept.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Game Center.

  2. Click Friends Requests.

  3. Find the request and click Accept.

Remove friends or report Game Center users

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

On your iPhone or iPad

  1. Open Settings. Scroll to Game Center, then tap it.

  2. Tap All Friends to see a list of users who you're friends with and who you've recently played with.

  3. Tap the user you'd like to remove or report, then tap the More button.

  4. Tap Remove Friend to stop being friends with someone in Game Center. This removes you from their list of friends as well. To report a profile for cheating, inappropriate content, or another issue, tap Report User and follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Game Center.

  2. Click All Friends to see a list of users who you're friends with and who you've recently played with.

  3. Select the user you'd like to remove or report, then click View.

  4. On the user's profile, click the More button.

    On a Mac, a user's Game Center profile is open. The More menu in the top-right has been opened and the two options are Report User and Remove Friend.

  5. Click Remove Friend to stop being friends with someone in Game Center. This removes you from their list of friends as well. To report a profile for cheating, inappropriate content, or another issue, click Report User and follow the onscreen instructions.

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