Marvel Rivals thrives on fast-paced, team-based action, where coordination can be key to victory. However, the in-game chat isn’t always a conduit for helpful strategy.
Whether you’re looking to escape toxicity, minimize distractions, or simply immerse yourself fully in the gameplay without constant messages or voice comms, Marvel Rivals offers players several ways to manage or completely disable chat features. Taking control of your communication settings is straightforward, regardless of the platform you’re playing on.
Here’s your guide to finding some peace and quiet (or just focus) on the battlefield.
Disabling All In-Game Chat
For players seeking the most comprehensive solution to silence all player-generated text and voice messages, enabling Content Protection via the Streaming Mode settings is the way to go.
Here’s how to do it:
- Open the Settings menu from the main screen.
- Navigate to the Social tab.
- Look for the Streaming Mode option and toggle it On.
- Within the Streaming Mode settings, enable Content Protection.
This setting is designed to hide all user messages in chat, leaving only important system notifications visible. It’s a powerful tool for minimizing external distractions. A point to note: you might consider temporarily disabling Content Protection during the hero selection phase to coordinate team composition, then re-enable it before the match officially begins.
Hiding the Text Chat Box
If you don’t want to fully disable text chat but simply want to hide the chat box from your screen during gameplay, you can assign a toggle key.
Follow these steps:
- Go to Settings from the main menu.
- Select the Keyboard tab (even console players may see this for keybind options).
- Open the Communication sub-tab.
- Scroll down until you find the Hide Chat option.
- Assign a convenient key combination (like
Ctrl+Shift+C) to this function.
During a match, pressing this assigned key will hide or reveal the text chat box as needed. Be aware that this is a visibility toggle, not a permanent disable, and the chat box might reappear under certain game events or screen transitions.
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Turning Off Voice Chat
Sometimes it’s the voice communication that proves most distracting. If you want to mute all incoming voice chat from other players:
- Access the Settings menu.
- Find the Audio tab.
- Locate the Voice Chat option.
- Toggle it Off.
For a more granular approach, you can also mute individual players. Most platforms offer an in-game voice chat menu (often accessed by a default key like ‘P’ on PC). Within this menu, you can find a button next to each player’s name to specifically mute their voice communications.
Blocking Specific Players
If a single player’s chat (text or voice) is the issue, you can choose to block them. While in the in-game voice chat menu (default ‘P’), you can typically select a player and choose a “Block Chat” option. This will mute that specific player’s communications for your current game session. Keep in mind that this block is usually session-based, and you might need to repeat the process if you start a new Marvel Rivals match with the same player.
Available Across Platforms
These chat management options are not limited to PC players. Users on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S can access the same settings through the in-game menus, typically found under the Communication, Social, or Audio tabs within the Settings menu, navigable with a controller.
Summary: Tailoring Your Experience
Marvel Rivals provides players with flexible tools to control their in-game communication environment. From completely disabling all player chat via Content Protection in Streaming Mode to simply hiding the text box with a keybind, or muting voice chat entirely or on an individual basis, players can customize their experience.
Whether you prefer complete silence to focus on the high-stakes gameplay or just need to filter out distractions, these settings allow you to tailor Marvel Rivals to your preferred level of communication.
Written by:
Christian