Is there a way to remove the persistent on-screen Xbox tab when playing gamepass?

just_another_person , 6 months ago

I assume this means you have installed Windows on your Deck. Disable the startup services for the Xbox game bar. This is not a Deck related question, btw.

Wussy OP , 6 months ago

No Windows installed. This is an original OG Deck docked to an OLED TV. Game pass is running via edge. I haven’t tried a different browser but I don’t believe this is a browser specific issue. I could be wrong of course.

just_another_person , 6 months ago

So if streaming, then nothing you can do about it except use inspector to remove the element. Guess you could script that for the future? Still…not a Deck issue. This is a Game Pass on Edge issue. I’d maybe search for that.

Katana314 , 6 months ago

There are some browser addons that let you manually apply a certain CSS stylesheet to particular websites. With some work (likely in desktop mode) that could be a way to handle this. However, how would you quit a cloud game in that instance?

bjoern_tantau , 6 months ago

Supposedly the display in the SD is resistant to burn-in. Of course, I wouldn’t want to put that to the test. But considering that you’d get the same problem with many old school games where a bright HUD is always at the same position I think you can trust Valve on that.

Wussy OP , 6 months ago

I hear ya. I don’t want to test my luck. My SD is docked to an OLED TV. I wouldn’t be too concerned but the tab is black with bright white dots. An opacity toggle would be helpful in this scenario.