Source-checkedQuality of life & UI

Hide Last User

by StephenB · for Factorio

Hides the "last user" line in object tooltips, to reduce clutter and avoid doxxing yourself in screenshots and streams

509Downloads
24 mo agoLast updated
MITLicense
2.0Latest game version

About Hide Last User

From Factorio Mod Portal

Hides the "last user" line in object tooltips, to reduce clutter and avoid doxxing yourself in screenshots and streams

Removes the "last user" line in the tooltips of buildings etc. The goal is to prevent accidentally showing your username when streaming or sharing screenshots. It also removes clutter from tooltips in single-player.

_This mod hasn't been tested much yet, so don't rely only on this mod for anonymity. Go to Settings->Other to log out and change your LAN player name._ Assume there are situations where your username will still show.

This mod does 2 things:

  • When the game is loaded or started, it looks through all entities on all surfaces and clears their last user field.
  • Every tick, the mod checks the selected entity of every player and clears its last user field. It also does this every time a player selects a different entity.

If you share a savefile, this mod will not help you, your username will still be in there somewhere. If you really need to scrub a savefile, you can try going to the saves folder, opening the zipfile, opening each level.dat file, and replacing every occurrence of your username with some other string with exactly the same number of letters, e.g. replace "JamesBond007" with "XXXXXXXXXXXX". Even after that your username might still be recoverable somehow, I don't know. I haven't tried this but I heard it worked on some old version of the game.

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Factorio 2.0.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under MIT.

Hide Last User on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
1.0.0, released 2024-11-27

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Factorio Mod Portal as “Mods”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Hide Last User as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Factorio
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
2.0

Verified at the source

  • ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorStephenB, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Hide Last User, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Hide Last User?

Factorio Mod Portal lists Hide Last User as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.

Is it free?

Yes. Hide Last User is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

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