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You can now permanently remove games from your Steam library

Have you ever felt that the endless bundle and impulse buys during sales have left your Steam library cluttered and full of games you are never likely to play? Although organising them into categories can help, some would rather just do away with the games altogether, and now you can, as Valve has introduced the ability to delete games from your library forever.

It's not the easiest option to find and requires several menu and buttons clicks to get to the point of no return, but perhaps that's a smart plan, as the last thing Valve wants is people disowning their favourite games accidentally.

To access it you need to head through to the Steam Help system, select a particular game from the list or search for it, and then choose the option about removing it from your library. You then have to click again, to confirm.

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“Please carefully review the list of products you will no longer own below,” the Steam warning reads, making sure you absolutely do not want the game in question. There follows a box which tells you what games and what associated DLC and additional content you will not have access to if you follow through with the removal.

It doesn't seem possible to remove some titles at the moment, specifically demos we received as part of Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnite bundles. Perhaps the facility for that will be added further down the line.

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KitGuru Says: Are there any titles in your library you would want to permanently remove? It seems a little redundant, since they don't do anything if uninstalled and filed away in a category you can forget about, but if there are some you are particularly offended by then at least you can ditch them now. 

[Thanks AGB for the heads up]

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25 comments

  1. Lego Universe

  2. Lego Universe

  3. That has to be one of the most stupidest things ever to let any perosn have a option too…

    I just see people accounts getting jacket and stripped …

  4. That has to be one of the most stupidest things ever to let any perosn have a option too…

    I just see people accounts getting jacket and stripped …

  5. Can’t wait to get home and blitz my account.

  6. Can’t wait to get home and blitz my account.

  7. just make a category called “z-list” or something and put the offending items in there, it will sit at the top or bottom of your games list not bothering anyone.

  8. just make a category called “z-list” or something and put the offending items in there, it will sit at the top or bottom of your games list not bothering anyone.

  9. Happy that this is finally implemented

  10. Happy that this is finally implemented

  11. Why not just a hide list? Why does it have to be ‘disown’?

  12. Why not just a hide list? Why does it have to be ‘disown’?

  13. You can totally hide a game from your library, without the need to put it in a list on the bottom (or top) of your games.

  14. You can totally hide a game from your library, without the need to put it in a list on the bottom (or top) of your games.

  15. At last a way to get rid of bad rats !

  16. But why?? its like deleting my unused money

    this even make risk if your account hacked and the hacker remove permanently your game

  17. At last a way to get rid of bad rats !

  18. But why?? its like deleting my unused money

    this even make risk if your account hacked and the hacker remove permanently your game

  19. Bye bye Rogue Warrior, the worst game ever

  20. Bye bye Rogue Warrior, the worst game ever

  21. Gary 'Gazza' Keen

    True, but you’d have to be REALLY fucking dumb to let your account get jacked under steams new authentication options

  22. There is a hidden games list

  23. I think you missed Aliens: Colonial Marines 😉

  24. Do you get the money refunded? Say I bought a game years ago and no longer want it…

    I also buy games just for +1 to my list. Lol.

  25. No I am a massive Xenomorph fan, to the point of madness, Apart from terrible games I also have a 10″ tattoo on my arm of one. I nearly passed out when I saw the Mortal Kombat X kombat Pack 2 trailer…………