Re: Orange Dot Notifications Will Not Clear

This may be a known issue :

The orange dot shows that you have a new unlock but it doesn't show you exactly where it is. If it's a weapon, you'll have to look through all of the attachments to find it.

The orange dot should lead you through the class, the vehicle, the weapon, or the gadget all the way through like breadcrumbs.

Thank you.

And guess what, when you unlocked attachments and didn’t check them to de-mark them and change the gun to a different one you still have these orange markers for the previous gun attachments for your new gun.

The new item alert, orange dot on the top right, for weapon upgrades, items (scope, mags, grips, etc) is somewhat nonsensical. First, they are persistent... even when checked. This happened with the Variable Scope 1-4x that unlocked for all weapons... can't seem to clear it... even after clicking through each one for each weapon. Next, You cannot see exactly which category has the new item... so the dot is on the weapon, but not on the item category... so you have to click through each one to find it. And even then, some dots remain no matter if all items have been looked at. Also, you see the gold dot for categories or weapons OTHER than the weapon that it originally shows up on. Overall, it would be great if you can look at this and make it user friendly and coherent. Great game overall.. thanks!

The orange/red dots that indicates a new attachment has been unlocked are entirely unpredictable. Some weapons you can clear the new attachment icon and it will still show the orange dot on the weapon thumbnail (no, this is not occurring from new weapon blueprints). Some weapons you can clear all new attachments and still have orange dots present on the attachment section. It is virtually impossible to distinguish which guns actually have new attachments and which have faulty icons on them. For reference, I am on PC but my friends on Xbox have also reported this issue. Unsure about PS.

In the above screenshots you can see that it's telling me I have a new item on foregrips. Once I click into the section, there is nothing new available. This isn't the only instance of the problem but context for what I'm referring to. This seems to randomly reset itself as it isn't persistent, presumably on game restart or some other event. This means the problem isn't staying but it is certainly not updating at the times that it should. If I clear the notification of a new attachment it should go away. This is a call of duty problem, c'mon.

Thanks for flagging this — I’ll make sure to report it to the team for review. We really appreciate your support!

Im having the exact same issue. The orange dots are present for now across all guns and attachments at the class screen and general weapon screen, but when you try to go find it to clear it you cant find it. Spent so much time trying to clear them but cant find it. 

DICE: Please add a marked all as read button to clear the orange unlocks! Or fix the orange symbol to take you all the way what you unlocked so you can clear it.

Im having the exact same issue. The orange dots are present for now across all guns and attachments at the class screen and general weapon screen, but when you try to go find it to clear it you cant find it. Spent so much time trying to clear them but cant find it. 

DICE: Please add a marked all as read button to clear the orange unlocks! Or fix the orange symbol to take you all the way what you unlocked so you can clear it.

After purchasing the new CST operator bundle (Peripheral Vision + Covert Trespasser), all of my loadouts across every class now show permanent orange notification dots.

The dots appear next to:

• Loadout 1
• Loadout 2
• Loadout 3
• All classes (Recon, Engineer, etc.)

I have opened every item in every loadout, checked every weapon, gadget, skin, and attachment, yet the dots stay. This began immediately after the latest update and the bundle purchase.

Troubleshooting attempted:

• Restarted game
• Restarted system
• Logged out/in EA account
• Cleared every item marked “new”
• Reset loadouts
• Switched operators
• Reinstalled game
  None of these clear the dots.

Impact:

The UI constantly indicates false “new items,” making the loadout screen unusable and confusing. This affects every class and every loadout slot.

Expected result:

Loadout tabs should not display notification dots when no new items exist. A “Mark All As Viewed” option or a fix to clear the notification state is needed.

Reproducible:

Yes, happens every time the game is launched.

Request:

Please acknowledge this UI bug and provide a fix in the next update or hotfix.

I have the exact same issue, I also went through great lengths to rid myself of the notification dots, and found that even if they disappear from the menu screen, or specific items, they always stay on the "Loadout 1", etc. just like in the post above. I am playing on PC, and did not purchase any bundles or additional content, in case anyone could theorize that to be the cause of the issue.

I also implore you to acknowledge this bug, and fix it!

Same issue, won't go away.

Experiencing the same issue PLEASE 🙏 PLEASE PLEASE MAKE A CLEAR ALL NOTIFICATIONS BUTTON FOR THE LOADOUT. 

these notification dots are truly an annoying UI design. so u unlocked something if u skip the match end report, then u are blessed with the opportunity to guess wtf u just unlocked. after the update i unlocked something on the M123K n i went and clicked every attachment, skin, sticker, charm and the orange dot won't go away. it  went away after a restart but i spent 5 minutes trying to find something that didn't exist. bf6 has a lot of bugs. it's a great game if they fix them but right now it is a 5/10

Just wanted to confirm this is still occuring on Xbox. I have unlocked new attachments and gone through them all to check what was new, and I still have the notification dot on the main weapon thumbnails.

Can confirm still an issue to this day. I'm on PS5 and I cannot remove the thumbnail notification for one of my weapons (Kord assault rifle) despite me already having gone through all attachments. This results in all my classes having the notification.

whatever bit needs to be flipped to remove the orange dot after you click on the new skin, decal, or charm does not seem to happen until you restart the game.

And for Gods sake either limit characters we can enter into the Post title to 80 or give us a character count  e.g. 103/80, The  "Post Title must be less than 80 characters" is annoying as hell, I do not think anyone counts the characters as they type them.

Plus some post tiles need to be more than 80 characts to be accurate 

Thanks for the additional reports, everyone — we’re still tracking this with the team, but we don’t have a fresh update to share yet.

Same issue on PC. The orange notification dots are broken because they trigger for every single weapon at once. Even if I clear it on one gun, the dot stays because the attachment is technically "new" for other weapons I haven't even unlocked yet. There really needs to be a "Mark all as read" button or a fix for this progression UI bug.

Just remove the orange dot from the game. If it's never going to work, then why have it in the game?

Description: The USG-90 is showing that optical accessorys has a new unlocked, but theres is nothing that is new, nor an orange notification bubble. Im assuming that this also happens with some other guns but for now im going to put down for just the USG-90, Will update this post as I observe more weapons

Expected Results: If there is a new attachment unlocked that the attachment is properly labeled with an orange notification buble
Acutal Results: USG-90 is showing that something is unlocked, but nothing actually is.

Reproduction Steps: 
1. Launch BF6.EXE
2. Level up USG-90 to ( I think 30)
3. Observe Optics Attachment saying something unlocked but nothing is.

Platform: PC
Version: 1.2.1.0

Readers: If you are experincing a similar bug, please post your weapons below with video or photo so its easier to document.

Sorry but it happens every playsession with every first two weapons I unlock attachments with. Without exception. Every time I unlock something, the "dot" gets locked and does not go away. Same for the second weapon I unlock something for. This bug has happened on every single Battlefield game since ever and I dont get why there is no "clear notifications" button to begin with. How many franchise entrys are needed to learn from this?

Same here. So very f*¤%&ing annoying. I have no idea where to find a new unlocked item. It flashes up for 0.5 seconds and then impossible to find in the loadout amidst all the false orange dots. Please improve or just at least just make it work.

i have an Orange dot on my Player Card Icon category that won't go away.

I have click on every icon
Closed game out and come back several times
Looked at "hidden" icons (I own them all)

How do I fix this bug?

I have the exact same problem. Reported it to EA. Seems to be a new bug.

I have it as well and done what you did Astr0 and still have the orange dot

If I log into the EA app version of BF6  the orange dot is gone, correctly. It's only on the Steam version of the game, which is where I actually play the game.

Is there some kind of "sync" file that is corrupted,  any way to fix this?