How to make PlayStation 5 your primary console in easy way?

Just like the PS4, PS5 also has the option to make it a primary console. But how to make PlayStation 5 your primary console? This option has changed slightly from the previous generation of PlayStation, and it is now hidden under the feature of Console Sharing and Offline Play. Follow the below steps to make your PlayStation 5 your primary console:

Open the ‘Settings’ menu using your DualSense controller.
Go to the ‘Users and Accounts’ menu.
Then choose the ‘Other’ option from the menu.
Select ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ from the options.
Finally, select Enable.

After setting up one of your PlayStation 5 as your primary console, can you deactivate the option to make any other PS5 as primary? Also, would it be possible to make PS4 and PS5 primary with the same account simultaneously? We will answer all this but first, let’s discuss in detail how to make PlayStation 5 your primary console.

How to make PlayStation 5 your primary console?

When you sign in to your PSN account for the first time on a PlayStation 5, ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ are automatically enabled. Now, if you log in to any other PS5 console in the future, those would be treated like your other PS5 console. You can also manually make PlayStation 5 your primary console, follow the below steps:

Open the ‘Settings‘ menu using your DualSense controller.
Then, go to the ‘Users and Accounts‘ menu.
Afterwards choose the ‘Other‘ option from the menu.
Select ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play‘ from the options.

After that, select Enable.

You will see a message that you’ve enabled ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play,’ which means that you made your current PS5 your primary PlayStation 5 console.

Console Sharing and Offline Play enabled

Please note that if you enable the setting on a new PS5 console, the ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ setting on all your other PS5 console will be disabled. In a different scenario, if you mark any other PS5 as your primary console by enabling the ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play.’ In that case, all the other PS5 consoles in which you had logged in will be marked as secondary/other, and Console Sharing and Offline Play options will be disabled on those other consoles.

Pro Tip: We would also recommend changing your PS5 console’s name in the system settings. The default name is “PS5-XXX,” which makes it hard to identify your console. Rename your PlayStation 5 consoles so that you don’t get confused in the future while using the game share feature of PS5 to share games with your friends.

How do you deactivate PS5 as your primary console?

You may also want to deactivate the primary account on your PS5. But how do you change the primary account on PS5, and how do you turn off console sharing on PS5? It’s pretty simple, follow the below steps to deactivate PS5 as your primary console:

Use the DualSense controller to access the Settings menu.
Select ‘Users and Accounts.’
From the menu, select ‘Other.’
Choose ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play.’

Now, you will see a message that ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play is enabled for you on this PS5.’ Choose the ‘Disable’ option to deactivate the PS5 as the primary console.

Disable Console Sharing and Offline Play

That’s it; you have successfully disabled the ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ on your PS5, which also means that your current PS5 is not your primary PS5 anyone. You can now enable your PS5 as primary on another PS5 console of your choice.

Console Sharing and Offline Play disabled

Frequently Asked Questions on how to make PlayStation 5 your primary console

How to change the primary account on PS5?

As soon as you mark any other PS5 as your primary console by enabling Console Sharing or Offline Play, all other PS5s in which you were logged in will be marked as secondary, and the options for Console Sharing and Offline Play will be disabled.

Can you activate PS5 as primary?

As already discussed in detail above, you can make one of your PS5 primary by enabling the ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ option in your console.

How to set your PS5 as secondary?

You have two options to make your PS5 secondary. The first is to disable the ‘Console Sharing and Offline Play’ option manually, described in detail above. The second is to mark your PS5 primary on any other PS5 consoles(also described above in detail); this will automatically set all other PS5 as secondary.

Does PS5 have a primary account by default?

On a PlayStation 5, Console Sharing and Offline Play are automatically enabled when you sign in to your PSN account for the first time. In the future, if you log in to another PS5 console, it will be treated as one of your secondary PS5 consoles.

Can PS4 and PS5 use the same PSN account?

You can log in and play with your same PSN account on both PS4 and PS5.

Can you be primary on PS4 and PS5 simultaneously?

If you happen to have both PS4 and PS5, you can sign in each one with the same account and mark both as primary as these consoles belong to different generations. Therefore you won’t be having a problem keeping them as primary simultaneously. You can follow the guide at How to activate a primary PlayStation 4 console?