Stream Avatars allows viewers to appear as animated characters during a livestream. Although this can make a stream more interactive, there may be times when you want to remove your own avatar without affecting everyone else.

The easiest method is the built-in hide command.

Hide Your Avatar Using Chat

Open the livestream chat connected to Stream Avatars and enter:

!hideavatar

This command hides your avatar and places it into what Stream Avatars calls lurk mode. It affects only your character, so the other viewers’ avatars can remain visible.

To make your avatar appear again, enter the same command:

!hideavatar

The command acts as a toggle. Entering it once hides the avatar, while entering it again restores it.

What to Do If the Command Does Not Work

Make sure the command is entered into the same chat account that owns the avatar you want to hide. Check the spelling carefully and do not include any spaces before the exclamation mark.

The correct command is:

!hideavatar

Not:

hideavatar

or:

!hide avatar

The streamer may also have disabled certain chat commands. In that situation, the broadcaster or a moderator may need to review the command permissions inside Stream Avatars.

Turn Off the Streamer’s Own Avatar

If you are the broadcaster and do not want your own account to spawn an avatar, open the Stream Avatars application and look under:

General > Viewer Spawning

This section controls which viewers are allowed to spawn, whether users must be actively chatting, the maximum number of visible avatars and how long inactive avatars remain on screen. The exact names and arrangement of these settings may vary between versions.

Look for a broadcaster or streamer spawning option and disable it when available. After changing the setting, reconnect Stream Avatars or restart the application if your existing avatar remains visible.

Using the !hideavatar command is usually the safer choice when you only need to hide yourself temporarily.

Should You Blacklist Your Own Account?

Stream Avatars also includes the moderator command:

!blacklist add username

Replace username with the exact account name. However, this is not simply another hiding command. According to the official documentation, blacklisting prevents the selected user from having an avatar and from running Stream Avatars commands. Only moderators can use the command under the default permission settings.

Because of that, blacklisting your own account may not be appropriate when you still want to control Stream Avatars through chat. Use !hideavatar instead when you want to remain able to participate normally.

Hide a Bot or Another Account

A streamer may want to remove a bot account, inactive account or unwanted avatar from the display. In that case, a moderator can use:

!blacklist add username

Some versions of Stream Avatars also allow the broadcaster to right-click or select an avatar and add that user to the blacklist through the application interface. The blacklist should be reserved for accounts that should not spawn or use Stream Avatars commands.

Hide All Viewer Avatars

If you want to stop every avatar from appearing, do not blacklist viewers individually. Instead, disconnect Stream Avatars, hide its OBS source or change the Viewer Spawning settings inside the application.

Hiding the Stream Avatars source in OBS removes the avatars from the broadcast without changing individual viewer accounts. Disconnecting the application stops the active Stream Avatars session entirely.

How to Bring Your Avatar Back

When your avatar was hidden with the standard command, type:

!hideavatar

again.

If your account was blacklisted, a streamer or moderator will need to remove it from the blacklist through the Stream Avatars application before it can spawn normally. You may also need to send a new chat message or wait for Stream Avatars to refresh its active viewer list.

The Simplest Method

For most viewers and streamers, the correct way to turn off only their own avatar is:

!hideavatar

Use the same command again whenever you are ready to return. This keeps the rest of the Stream Avatars experience running while removing your character from the screen.