How do I uninstall Steam?

The purpose of this article is to tell you how to delete a Steam account. Steam is a service that allows participants who have registered in this system to buy licensed games. Manage your account using a website or software specifically designed for this.

How do I uninstall Steam?

1. In the profile menu on the site, block your account, as it can not be deleted.

2. To perform the above action, you must have access to your mailbox specified at the time of registration and the account. In addition, the blocking can be made by moderators if a violation of the rules for using the system is detected. The reason for the deletion of the account may be the fact of the resale of the account, the theft of other accounts, the detection of violations in the registration of gifts, fraud with bank cards, phishing attacks, the sharing of the account with several persons, piracy, hacking. To get complete information about the usage rules, check the corresponding item in the service rules.

3. If for some reason your Steam account can not be blocked, contact technical support representatives for information on this issue. After blocking the function of purchasing licenses for computer games and other services provided by the service, you will be unavailable. But the account you own will be stored in the Steam database.

4. If you want to stop using the services provided by the service, you do not need to understand how to remove Steam, just do not do anything with the account. It may happen that in the future you will need it.

5. You do not need to resell the account, as it is prohibited by the rules of the service and can entail not only a lock, but also other consequences according to the established rules.

6. You can purchase licenses for other users in this account, but you can not share an account with several people. This can cause negative consequences.

Recovery

In addition to knowing how to remove Steam, you may need information about how to restore it.

To do this, you need to have:

- Internet connection;

- the key to the game;

- the camera;

- a box with a license disk.

Sequencing:

1. As mentioned above, due to a violation of the rules for using the service, the Steam account can be disabled. In addition, the administration blocks access to an account stolen or used by others. In this situation, you need to restore it by submitting proof to the service support team, confirming that you are the true owner. If you lost, forgot your account password and find it difficult to answer a secret question, follow the same procedure.

2. Go to the official page of the Steam store. At the top, click "Support". Click the "Contact support" link. After that, start creating a support account (different from the Steam account). To do this, you need to enter e-mail, name, password. When you are finished, sign in, select "Ask a question". Mark the category of the "Account" request, the required sub-category ("Stolen account", "Lost password"). The "Name" string is used to enter the name of the account to be restored.

3. In the line "CD-key" enter the key of any game previously activated on Steam. If there is none, the chances of recovery are minimal.

4. In the next field, formulate the question, specify the information proving your rights to the account. Language of writing: English.

5. Attach additional files to the letter (picture of the box from the purchased game, which shows the number of the key and the name of your account). Or indicate in the letter the order number (in case of buying a key in an online store).

6. You will be notified of the acceptance of the application. Will only wait. It is likely that by mail you will be asked to confirm once again that the disk is yours. In this case, take a picture of the sticker with the key, having written the reference number on Steam in advance.

7. Soon you will receive a letter about restoring your account with username and password. Immediately sign in to your account, notice the password for a more complicated one and update the security question.

This article provided detailed information on how to remove Steam, and how to restore it.