{"id":164985,"date":"2021-04-13T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=164985"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:09:21","slug":"how-to-uninstall-steam-games-in-3-fast-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-uninstall-steam-games-in-3-fast-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Uninstall Steam Games in 5 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uninstalling <\/span>Steam<\/span> completely<\/span> on <\/span>Mac<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Windows<\/span><\/a> will also remove any games<\/span>, content and saved files. However, with the extensive library of <\/span>games<\/span> available on <\/span>Steam<\/span><\/a>, there may come a point where you may need to <\/span>uninstall<\/span> only a few games to free up space on your computer to be able to purchase more <\/span>games<\/span> on <\/span>Steam<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In most cases, your <\/span>games<\/span> saved progress is stored in the cloud, so if you reinstall the <\/span>games<\/span>, you should be able to continue where you left off. Just double-check that you have selected cloud storage for your saved <\/span>games<\/span> as a precaution.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Uninstall Steam Games<\/b><\/h2>\n

Below are the <\/span>steps for uninstalling <\/span>games<\/span> without uninstalling <\/span>Steam<\/span>. This process is the same <\/span>on Windows 10<\/span> (or newer) and Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: Launch Steam<\/b><\/h3>\n

Open your <\/span>Steam<\/span> application on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 2: Click on \u2018library\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n

Click on the \u2018Library\u2019 tab at the top of your screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 3: Choose a Game to Uninstall<\/b><\/h3>\n

Scroll through the list of all your installed <\/span>games<\/span> and choose the one you want to remove.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 4: Uninstall the Game<\/b><\/h3>\n

Click<\/span> on the <\/span>game<\/span> you wish to <\/span>uninstall<\/span>. You will be taken to the <\/span>Steam<\/span> page. From here, you need to click on the \u2018Manage\u2019 icon, which is represented by a gear on the right of the screen. Now choose \u2018<\/span>Uninstall<\/span>\u2019 from the options provided. Alternatively, you can also right-<\/span>click<\/span> on the <\/span>game<\/span> in your library, and from the pop-up menu, select \u2018Manage\u2019 and then \u2018<\/span>Uninstall<\/span>\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 5: Confirm That You Want to Uninstall the Game<\/b><\/h3>\n

A message box will pop up to confirm that you want to <\/span>uninstall<\/span> the <\/span>game<\/span>. Once accepted, the <\/span>game<\/span> will be removed entirely<\/span> from your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Free up Space for More Games<\/b><\/h2>\n

As you can see, it is a simple process to <\/span>uninstall<\/span> your <\/span>Steam<\/span> games<\/span>. The best part is you can uninstall games <\/span>without losing saves<\/span> if you made the choice to save to the cloud, which means you can just continue when you decide to re-install the <\/span>game<\/span>. This way, you can explore a much wider variety of <\/span>games<\/span> from <\/span>Steam<\/span>\u2019s extensive library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uninstalling Steam completely on Mac and Windows will also remove any games, content and saved files. However, with the extensive library of games available on Steam, there may come a point where you may need to uninstall only a few games to free up space on your computer to be able to purchase more games … Continue reading “How to Uninstall Steam Games in 5 Easy Steps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":173940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2337],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-164985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionsteam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324926,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164985\/revisions\/324926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164985"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=164985"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=164985"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=164985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}