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How to Delete Your Steam Account

How to Delete Your Steam Account

Laura Martisiute

May 8, 2024

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To delete your Steam account, you need to complete a request process. After this, your Steam account should be permanently closed after a waiting period.

Speed: 4 Difficulty: 3

Walkthrough to Delete Your Steam Account

Delete your Steam account in six steps.

1. Access the Steam website

Go to the Steam website by clicking the following link: https://store.steampowered.com/.

Steam homepage

2. Log into your account

Click the “login” button in the top right to access the Steam login page.

Steam log in button

Enter your Steam credentials.

Steam sign in page

You can also access the login page by clicking the following link: https://store.steampowered.com/login/

3. Hover over your username and click “Account details”

Hover over your profile’s username located in the top right.

A pop-up menu will appear. Click “Account details.”

Steam account details

You can also access your account by clicking the following link: https://store.steampowered.com/account/

4. Click “Account details” and “Delete my Steam account”

Navigate to the left side panel and select “Account details.”

Steam account and "Account details" button

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Delete my Steam account.”

"Delete my Steam account" button

You can also access this option by clicking the following URL: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpDeleteAccount.

5. Click “Proceed to account deletion”

Scroll down and click “Proceed to account deletion.”

Steam informational page about how Steam account deletion works

6. Fill out the form

Fill out the Steam Account Deletion Request form.

Click “Send.”

Steam account deletion request form

Your request was submitted.

Steam will provide you with a reference code – save it in case you need to contact Steam about your request.

Steam reference code

Your Steam account is in the process of being deleted.

Manage Additional Privacy Choices

Even though you have requested to delete your Steam account, steampowered.com might still retain some of your personal information.

In order to exercise additional privacy measures, follow the steps below.

Make a data deletion request

To request a deletion of all the data associated with your steampowered.com account, visit the following link: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpAccountDataQuestion

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