How to hide “Confrontational” emotes in Fortnite

The latest update for Fortnite now gives players the ability to hide ‘Confrontational’ emotes in order to reduce toxicity. Here is everything you need to know about this new settings feature.

The developers of Fortnite announced on April 22 that the upcoming update, v29.30, will include a new settings feature. This feature will give players the option to hide emotes that are considered “confrontational”in an effort to reduce toxicity.

Despite facing criticism from some members of the community, the new settings may prove beneficial for players. This article contains all the necessary information on how to enable the setting and which emotes it conceals.

How to Hide Confrontational Fortnite Emotes

The Social Privacy group in the Account and Privacy section contains the new setting. This setting allows you to conceal the emote from a specific group.

You will have a selection of three options available to you:

From Anyone: You will see these emotes from all players
From Friends in Party: You will only see these emotes from friends in your party.
Never: You will not see these emotes for other players

Depending on your tolerance of receiving “confrontational”emotes, you will have three options based on the person sending them.

Which emotes will be blocked in Fortnite?

According to the blog post from Fortnite, the filter will restrict access to four specific emotes.

The emotes known as Laugh It Up, Take the L, Whipcrack, and Make It Plantain are all included in the four available options.

If a user turns on the emote filter, any use of the four emotes by another player will result in them appearing motionless without any accompanying sound effects.

Currently, there are no plans to add any more emotes to the filter, and Epic has not made any announcements regarding additional emotes being added. However, this may change with future updates.