This is a complete guide to the GTA 5 Interaction Menu for both GTA Online and Story Mode, including how to open it on PS5, PS4, Xbox, and PC, the contents of the Inventory, and the full list of options included in the GTA Online Interaction Menu.

You can access many useful features and options within the Interaction Menu, including the Quick GPS function and the ability to change your character’s accessories quickly.

We updated this guide to reflect the new Interaction Menu revamp made with The Chop Shop Update released in December 2023.

What is the Interaction Menu in GTA 5 Online?

The GTA 5 Interaction Menu in GTA Online & Story Mode is a special menu system that gives plenty of useful options and features to the player.

In GTA Online, the Interaction Menu allows you to set quick Waypoints, access the Inventory, replenish your Health, Body Armor, and Ammo, equip Accessories, use dozens of Vehicle Options, keep track of Daily Objectives and Collectibles, Enable Passive Mode, and much more.

How to open the Interaction Menu in GTA 5 Online on PS4, Xbox, PC

Below you find the instructions on how to open and access the GTA 5 Interaction Menu on all available platforms.

The Interaction Menu in both GTA Online and Story Mode can be opened with the following controls:

  • The Interaction Menu on PC can be accessed by pressing the "M" key on your keyboard.
  • The Interaction Menu on both PS4 and PS5 can be accessed by pressing and holding the "Touchpad".
  • The Interaction Menu on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S be accessed by pressing and holding the "View" button.
  • The Interaction Menu on the PlayStation 3 can be accessed by pressing and holding the "Select" button.
  • The Interaction Menu on the Xbox 360 can be accessed by pressing and holding the "Back" button.

When opened, the Interaction Menu appears in the upper left corner of the screen.

GTA Online Interaction Menu: List of Options & Features (2024)

We put together the full list of all features included in the GTA Online Interaction Menu, with details and explanations for every option. The list is updated to 2024 after all Title Updates in the history of GTA Online from launch to today.

Invite to Property

If you're currently in one of your Properties (such as Apartments, Offices, Clubhouse, etc.), with this option you can quickly invite other players to your Property.

Quick GPS

Select to place your waypoint at a set location (on the GPS).

  • Options: None | Ammu-Nation | ATM | Barber Shop | Tattoo Parlor | Mod Shop | Clothes Store | Property 1 | Property 2 | Property 3 | etc... (all your Properties are listed)

Register as A Boss

Become a CEO of your own Organization, or the President of your own Motorcycle Club.

SecuroServ CEO

Become a CEO of your own Organization and hire other players as Associates.

Start An Organization Register as a CEO or VIP. You must have over $50,000 in your bank to become VIP; or own an Office to become CEO.
Looking for Work Let potential CEOs and VIPs know that you are available.
Hire Associates Put an offer out to hire Associates.
Options: Nearby | Looking for Work | Friends | Crew | Player | Rival
Management Choose Associates' clothing, or dismiss poorly performing Associates
Options: Name | Style | Friendly Fire | Formation Flying Assist | List of Associates
VIP Work Choose some criminal work.
VIP Challenges Challenge your Bodyguards in one of several tests of ability.
CEO Abilities Use a selection of abilities to improve your Organization's performance.
Options: Request Luxury Helicopter | Drop Bullshark | Drop Ammo | Drop Armor | Ghost Organization | Bribe Authorities | Spectate Associates
CEO Vehicles Request a selection of vehicles to improve your Organization's performance.
Retire End CEO Protection contract.

Motorcycle Club President

Become a President of your own Motorcycle Club and invite other players as Members.

Start a Motorcycle Club Become President of your own Motorcycle Club
Looking for an MC Let potential MC Presidents know that you are available.
Request Motorcycle Get the mechanic to deliver your Motorcycle
Find Prospects Invite players to join your Motorcycle Club.
Manage MC Choose a style for your MC, assign Member roles, or select a riding formation.
Options: Name | Members | MC Style | Friendly Fire | Race to Objective | Riding Style | Riding Formation | Riding Formation Assist | Formation Flying Assist
Club Work Select a Job for your Motorcycle Club
Club Challenges Challenge your MC Members in one of several tests of ability.
Disband MC Disband your Motorcycle Club and retire all Members.

Manage Vehicles

View and change several Personal Vehicle options.

Request Personal Vehicle Get the mechanic to deliver your currently active Personal Vehicle.
Request Personal Aircraft Call in your Personal Aircraft.
Request Special Vehicle Get the mechanic to deliver your selected Special Vehicle.
Remote Control Vehicles Request and drive different remove control vehicles.
Options: Nano Drone | RC Bandito | RC Tank | RC Personal Vehicle
Request Anti-Aircraft Trailer Get the mechanic to deliver your Anti-Aircraft Trailer.
Return Personal Vehicle to Storage Return your Personal Vehicle to storage.
Vehicle organization PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Exclusive:
Move your vehicles between your owned garages.

Vehicle Preferences

Empty Personal Vehicle Make all players leave your Personal Vehicle.
Vehicle Access Set who is allowed access to your personal vehicle.
Options: No-one | Passengers | Everyone | Crew | Friends | Crew + Friends
Vehicle Doors Select which door of your Personal Vehicle to open and close
Options: None | Front Left | Front Right | Rear Left | Rear Right | Hood | Trunk | All
Vehicle Roof Raise or lower the roof of your Personal Vehicle
Options: Up | Down
Vehicle Stance Select the stance of your Personal Vehicle
Options: Default | Lowered
Vehicle Hydraulics Enable your Personal Vehicle's hydraulics
Options: Off | Front | Rear | All
Vehicle Remote Functions

Select to adjust vehicle engine, lights, and radio options.
Includes: Engine | Headlights | Neon Lights | Radio

Vehicle Bomb Bay Control

Set who is able to control dropping bombs on applicable Personal Aircraft.
Options: Pilot | Co-Pilot

Vehicle Countermeasure Control

Set who can control deploying countermeasures in applicable Personal Aircraft.
Options: Pilot | Co-Pilot

Service Vehicles

View and change service options for your Large Vehicle Properties.

Galaxy Super Yacht Make use of the facilities offered by your Yacht
Options: Sound Horn | Yacht Defenses | Defense Exclusions | Yacht Vehicle Access | Yacht Access | Hot Tub Clothing
Mobile Operations Center Make use of the facilities offered by the Mobile Operations Center
Options: Request MOC | Return to Storage | Request Personal Vehicle | Cab Access | Empty Cab | Empty Trailer | Radio
Avenger Make use of the facilities offered by the Avenger
Options: Request Avenger| Return to Storage | Engage Autopilot | Cockpit Access | Empty Cockpit | Empty Hold | Radio
Terrorbyte Make use of the facilities offered by the Terrorbyte
Options: Request Terrorbyte | Return to Storage | Request Oppressor Mk II | Cab Access | Empty Cab | Empty Nerve Center | Radio
Kosatka Make use of the facilities offered by the Kosatka
Options: Request Kosatka | Request Vehicle | Request Dinghy | Return Options | Access Options | Empty Options | Scuba Gear
Acid Lab Make use of the facilities offered by the Acid Lab
Options: Request Acid Lab | Request Delivery Bike| Return Options | Cab Access | Empty Lab| Radio | Lab Name

Health & Ammo

Buy or use carried items such as snacks, ammo, and armor.

Ammo Buy ammo on the go. A convenience charge is included in the cost of ammo purchased through the menu.
Options: Ammo Type | Weapon | Rounds x24 | Full Ammo
Body Armor Use any of the stored body armor you have purchased to refill your armor bar.
Options: Super Light Armor | Light Armor | Standard Armor | Heavy Armor | Super Heavy Armor | Equip Armor | Auto Equip Armor
You can also select the armor type to wear, and whether or not the armor is automatically shown when purchased.
Snacks Look through and use held snacks, drinks, and smokes. Eating snacks refills your health bar.
Options: P's & Q's | Ego Chaser | Meteorite | eCola | Pisswasser | Smokes
Ballistic Equipment Services Request Ballistic Equipment Crate Drop ($5,000), or remove your existing Ballistic Equipment.
Available after purchasing the Ballistic Equipment from Warstock Cache and Carry.
Enable Custom Weapon Loadout Use the custom weapon loadout preferences you've set in your Gun Locker inside one of your properties.

Appearance

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In the appearance section of the GTA 5 Interaction Menu, you can change player style such as accessories, clothing, actions, and more.

Change Appearance Change your GTA Online character's appearance ($100,000)
Accessories

Cycle between the accessories and gears you have available to change your look.
Options: Gear | Glasses | Hats | Masks | Helmets | Watches | Chains | Earrings | Scarves | Wrist | Gloves
Gear Includes: Rebreather | Night Vision | Gas Mask | Gray Earpiece | Red Earpiece | LCD Earpiece

Parachute

Contains options that allow you to change your parachute appearance.
Options: Show Parachute | Smoke Trails | Bag | Primary | Reserve

Outfit

Select a saved outfit to wear, among your 20 saved custom outfits.

Stunt Racing Outfit

Select a saved outfit to wear during races.

Bike Helmet Set an owned helmet to equip when riding in free mode and races.
Helmet Visor Have the visor down for certain helmets.
Options: Visor Up | Visor Down
Auto Equip Bike Helmet Sets whether or not a helmet is automatically put on when using a bike.
Options: On | Off
Auto Equip Aircraft Helmet Sets whether or not a helmet is automatically put on when using an aircraft.
Options: On | Off
Illuminated Clothing Set the type of glow applied to illuminated clothing items.
Options: On | Flash | Pulse | Off
Hood You are able to set your character's hood style while wearing certain hoods.
Options: Up | Down
Jacket You are able to set your character's jacket style while wearing certain jackets.
Options: Opened | Closed
Action Cycles through the Character Actions menu to be stored as your Quickplay Action.
Press or hold the Quickplay Action button to alter how you will perform this action.
Dance Style Set your dance style.
Dance Partner Set who can be your dance partner.
Options: No-one | Everyone | Crew | Friends | Crew + Friends | Organization
Expression Set your character's facial expression.
Options: Aiming | Angry | Happy | Injured | Normal | Stressed | Smug | Sulking
Walk Style Set your character's walking style.
Options: Normal | Femme | Gangster | Posh | Tough Guy | Grooving

Challenges

View your active Daily and Weekly Challenges. Completing objectives rewards you with GTA$ and RP.

Daily Challenges

A list of your current 3 random Daily Objectives with checkboxes showing progress.

Weekly Challenge Your challenge to complete this week.

All Collectibles

View items you've found across Los Santos and Cayo Perico.

Collectibles Keep track of the collectibles you've found hidden around Los Santos
Includes: Playing Cards | Action Figures | Signal Jammers | Movie Props
Daily Collectibles Daily collectibles you've found hidden around Los Santos
Includes: Hidden Caches | Treasure Chests | Shipwrecks
Discount Vouchers View time-limited discounts you have obtained from The Diamond Casino & Resort, or the LS Car Meet.

Preferences 

Spawn Location

Select your spawn location for the next time you enter GTA Online.
Options: Last Location | Random | Property 1 | Property 2 | Property 3 | etc... (all your Properties are listed)

Phone Contact Favorites Choose to hide or show contacts in your phone Contacts
Radio Station Favorites Choose your favorite radio stations you have access to while in a vehicle.
Media Player Cycle between found media sticks that contain music (EPs, mixtapes, live recording & more) to play in the "Media Player".
Voice Chat

Set voice chat preferences (who you can hear and who can hear you) in Free Mode. Does not affect mission chat.
Options: No-One | Everyone | Crew | Friends | Crew + Friends

Player Targeting Priority

Set the player targeting mode. Options:

  • Everyone: Treats all players (Friends and non-Friends) as threats.
  • Strangers: Treat all non-Friend players as threats.
  • Attackers: Treat all non-Friend players who damage you as threats.
Highlight Player on Radar Brings up the player list to enable a particular player to be highlighted by flashing their icon on the map.
Music Locker Strobes Set strobe lighting in The Music Locker.
Options: On | Off
Map Blip Options Choose to hide or show specific the blips for specific content in GTA Online.
Options: Series | Jobs | Activities | Rival Gameplay | Properties | Stores | Events

Impromptu Race

Allows the player to host an impromptu race against other players in the Freemode session.

  • Options: Invite All Players in Range | List of Players in Range | Destination | Cash Pot | Start 

Enable / Disable Passive Mode

The GTA 5 Interaction Menu allows you to enable or disable Passive Mode. Passive Mode prevents physical contact with other players and some Freemode activities.

Passive Mode is disabled in Weaponized Vehicles.

NOTE: While the 'Kill Yourself' option has been removed from the Interaction Menu, it is still accessible from the Pause Menu, under "Online > Options" (see below).

GTA Online Pause Menu Options

gta 5 online options pause menu

In addition to the GTA 5 Interaction Menu, GTA Online also has the following options available from the Pause Menu, under "Online > Options":

Enable Passive Mode Turn on Passive Mode to prevent damage between you and other players.
Quickplay Action (on Foot) Select the Quickplay Action you will play when one foot.
Quickplay Action (Vehicle) Select the Quickplay Action you will play when using a vehicle.
Joint Celebration Select your Joint Celebration action.
Player Mood (Normal) Select your mood.
Player Mood (Race) Select your mood for Races.
Player Mood (Deathmatch) Select your mood for Deathmatches.
Join Next Mode from Spectator Box Select to join the next available mode or remain in Spectator Box.
Allow Spectators Select your spectator preference.
Matchmaking Determines whether a player can use Quick Job to join a Job that you are hosting.
Spawn Location Select your spawn location for the next time you enter GTA Online.
Player Rank Title Select the source of your Rank Title across GTA Online.
Options: Default | Crew
Betting Odds Format Select the format of betting odds within GTA Online.
Options: Fractional | Decimal | Moneyline
Kill Yourself Commit suicide if you want to get out of a situation (costs $500).
‘Kill Yourself’ has a 5-minute cooldown, and is unavailable for 1 minute after killing another player.
Player Overhead Display Select your player overhead display preference, seen when targeting another player.
Options: None | Nickname | Nickname & Crew Tag | Marker Only
Remain Host after Next Job Vote Screen Turn this option on to remain host when matchmaking after a Next Job Vote Screen. This option only comes into effect when you are the host of a Job.
Filter Quick Job Content Set your Quick Job content preference.
Options: Any | Rockstar Created Only | User Created Only
One on One DM Time Set the length of time (in minutes) a One on One Deathmatch started by you will last.
Options: 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 minutes
GTA Online Version This is the current version number of GTA Online.

 

GTA 5 Interaction Menu: Options in Story Mode

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A very simplified version of the GTA 5 Interaction Menu is also available in the Story Mode of Grand Theft Auto V.

The GTA 5 Interaction Menu in Story Mode includes the ability to place quick GPS markers, select clothing accessories, view recent mission objectives and help messages.

Quick GPS

Select to place your waypoint at a set location (on the GPS).

  • Options: None | Safehouse | Mission Markers | Character Markers | ATM | Ammu-Nation | Los Santos Customs | Low-End Clothes | Medium-End Clothes | High-End Clothes | Masks Store | Barber | Tattoo Parlor

Inventory

Hats Cycle between the hats you have purchased.
Glasses Cycle between the glasses you have purchased.
Masks Cycle between the masks you have purchased.

Objective

Any current mission objective.

Brief

Select to view the latest help text.

Director Mode

Access Director Mode: Record yourself playing as a variety of characters from around San Andreas.

 

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