Steam now lets you remove games from your account, for good

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If you really want to, you can now delete games from you Steam account.

Some people have more games on Steam than they’ll ever have time to play. Some of these are just terrible friend joke gifts, bundle extras they couldn’t get rid of, or maybe games they bought but no longer wish to own.

Steam now appears to have added an option for removing any abomination you do not wish to have associated with your Steam account. Remember, doing this does not get you a refund, it just removes it from your library.

The feature was noticed by Reddit user Jay_Nullbuilt, and you can try it out yourself by going to Steam’s help site.

The user also notes that games that were part of bundles can’t be removed individually, and the whole bundle has to go. This is true for both Steam bundles, and ones that all shared the same key – such as the ones offered by some bundle sites. Don’t fret though, the page will show you everything getting removed when you request a game to be removed.

Posted: Dec 04, 2015 8:31 am
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/12/04/steam-now-lets-you-remove-games-from-your-account-for-good/

Comments

ZonESpiTfiRePosted: Thu. Dec 31, 2015

This is actual news to me for once. I didn't know this was possible. Finally I can remove those terrible indie games I got on my account!

ProPosted: Thu. Dec 17, 2015

Its a good idea but can also be seen as bad in many different ways. What if your friend got access to your account and was sly about the games or you could also accidentally delete it for good :o

ExtaticPosted: Sat. Dec 12, 2015

Parity good feature . But I would not use it as I only buy games if I know i like them

RepBanditPosted: Mon. Dec 07, 2015

This is a good option, especially if it is games you do not play...

only thing I hope is that it gives you a pop-up option if you really want to delete it..

SynybunPosted: Sun. Dec 06, 2015

CB9 I wouldn't want to completely delete a game, not sure why you would want to

Some free to play games like Dota stay in your library even after you uninstall them. As a league player I don't want to see Dota in my library so I used this feature to remove it. Its not really going to be a helpful feature to everybody but it can be useful.

CB9Posted: Sun. Dec 06, 2015

I wouldn't want to completely delete a game, not sure why you would want to

GunsPosted: Sun. Dec 06, 2015

Does this mean youd have to rebuy the game?

SakiPosted: Sun. Dec 06, 2015

UZl At first i was like, why would you want to delete any games but then i saw " friend joke gifts". Now i understand. Seems like a very good feature to have in order to organize your library

You aren't forced to accept gifts that you receive. Still pretty pointless to me, but if Steam feels this was worth spending time implementing there must be a lot of people asking to have games removed.

OGPosted: Sat. Dec 05, 2015

At first i was like, why would you want to delete any games but then i saw " friend joke gifts". Now i understand. Seems like a very good feature to have in order to organize your library