Uninstalling Steam

[sorcerer]

I want to uninstall Steam entirely, but it doesn’t come up as an option in the list of programs. I saw some advice to look for an uninstall program in the Steam directory but there doesn’t seem to be one. The files are taking up 80Gb which I really need back.

Any adice will be much appreciated.

[Evan_Omo]

Hi sorcerer. See this link, Uninstall Steam.

If you can’t remove Steam manually then use Revo Uninstaller to remove it, Revo Uninstaller.

[sorcerer]

Hi sorcerer. See this link, Uninstall Steam.

If you can’t remove Steam manually then use Revo Uninstaller to remove it, Revo Uninstaller.

Hi Evan. Thanks for this. I’ve looked into this further and downloaded Wiztree which shows that the problem is not Steam itself, which I think has been deleted, but the game program files from games which I’ve stopped playing and deleted, but the resource files have been left behind. They’re all in a folder called Steam/SreamApps/Common. Is it safe to just delete the entire game folder manually?

[jmarket]

Hope you don’t mind me butting in here but as you are NOT sure if Steam has been removed you could try reinstalling it and then follow Evans advice of using either the Steam Uninstall link or Revo. If this tidy way of removing it doesn’t remove the Steam folder in question then it should be ok to manually remove it.

[Evan_Omo]

Yes it is safe to remove the common directory as that is where Steam stores your downloaded games at. If you will not be reinstalling Steam in the future then remove the entire Steam folder from the Program Files directory and run Revo Uninstaller to remove any remnants that are left behind.

[sorcerer]

So I deleted some of the game files with no problem, and I’ve got my disk space back.

Thanks for taking your time to help me out!

[Evan_Omo]

Thanks for letting us know.