diff --git a/launcher/Launcher.cpp b/launcher/Launcher.cpp
index 9a1d1ca32..e5deb7913 100644
--- a/launcher/Launcher.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Launcher.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ Launcher::Launcher(int &argc, char **argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
 
         // Game time
         m_settings->registerSetting("ShowGameTime", true);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("ShowGlobalGameTime", true);
         m_settings->registerSetting("RecordGameTime", true);
 
         // Minecraft launch method
diff --git a/launcher/MainWindow.cpp b/launcher/MainWindow.cpp
index 33d9c7f4a..0c414285a 100644
--- a/launcher/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/launcher/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1610,6 +1610,7 @@ void MainWindow::globalSettingsClosed()
     proxymodel->invalidate();
     proxymodel->sort(0);
     updateToolsMenu();
+    updateStatusCenter();
     update();
 }
 
@@ -1927,6 +1928,8 @@ void MainWindow::checkInstancePathForProblems()
 
 void MainWindow::updateStatusCenter()
 {
+    m_statusCenter->setVisible(LAUNCHER->settings()->get("ShowGlobalGameTime").toBool());
+
     int timePlayed = LAUNCHER->instances()->getTotalPlayTime();
     if (timePlayed > 0) {
         m_statusCenter->setText(tr("Total playtime: %1").arg(Time::prettifyDuration(timePlayed)));
diff --git a/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.cpp b/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.cpp
index 2830dc7c1..342941f46 100644
--- a/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void MinecraftPage::on_maximizedCheckBox_clicked(bool checked)
     updateCheckboxStuff();
 }
 
-
 void MinecraftPage::applySettings()
 {
     auto s = LAUNCHER->settings();
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ void MinecraftPage::applySettings()
 
     // Game time
     s->set("ShowGameTime", ui->showGameTime->isChecked());
+    s->set("ShowGlobalGameTime", ui->showGlobalGameTime->isChecked());
     s->set("RecordGameTime", ui->recordGameTime->isChecked());
 }
 
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@ void MinecraftPage::loadSettings()
     ui->useNativeGLFWCheck->setChecked(s->get("UseNativeGLFW").toBool());
 
     ui->showGameTime->setChecked(s->get("ShowGameTime").toBool());
+    ui->showGlobalGameTime->setChecked(s->get("ShowGlobalGameTime").toBool());
     ui->recordGameTime->setChecked(s->get("RecordGameTime").toBool());
 }
diff --git a/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.ui b/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.ui
index 2abd4bd4c..857b8cfb1 100644
--- a/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/pages/global/MinecraftPage.ui
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="showGlobalGameTime">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Show time spent playing across all instances</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="recordGameTime">
             <property name="text">