How to Slide: The Battlefield 6 Movement Trick Every Player Needs

If you bounce between movement-heavy shooters like Black Ops 6 or The Finals and then drop into Battlefield 6, the slide feels weirdly elusive. It exists, it works, and it can absolutely save your life getting into cover or cutting a corner. You just have to do it the Battlefield 6 way.

The quick version

Sliding is not just 'press crouch while running' here. If you try that, you will simply crouch and keep walking, which is the opposite of dramatic. Battlefield 6 wants a double-tap while you are sprinting.

To slide in Battlefield 6: sprint, then double-tap your crouch button. Hold crouch while sprinting and you will dive and go prone instead.

Why it works like this

Battlefield 6 splits crouch, slide, and dive into separate behaviors so you can do each on purpose. The game will happily let you belly flop into the dirt if you hold crouch while sprinting (useful sometimes), but the actual slide needs that double tap by default.

Make the slide easier (settings that matter)

If double-tapping in the middle of chaos feels fiddly, the game gives you options. Open the settings menu, then:

• Pick the input tab you use: 'Controller' or 'Mouse & Keyboard'.
• Go to 'Infantry Control Settings', then the 'Movement' section.
• You will see three key options:
  - 'Slide': Lets you bind slide to its own dedicated button.
  - 'Crouch Slide (All/Toggle/Hold/Off)': Variants for keeping slide attached to crouch and how it triggers.
  - 'Double Tap Crouch for Sprint Slide (On/Off)': If 'On', you must double-tap crouch while sprinting to slide. If 'Off', a single tap while sprinting will do the slide.

What I recommend

PC players: use the 'Slide' option and bind it to a key or mouse button you can hit without thinking. Controller players: turn off 'Double Tap Crouch for Sprint Slide' so one tap while sprinting slides — much cleaner mid-fight.

When to use it

Sliding shines when you need to break line of sight into cover or swing a corner and immediately hip-fire. Diving prone has its moments too, just know Battlefield is picky about which move you asked for — and it will give you exactly that.