{"id":165692,"date":"2021-04-26T12:28:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T10:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=165692"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:08:14","slug":"how-to-stop-steam-from-opening-on-startup-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-stop-steam-from-opening-on-startup-in-3-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Steam from Opening on Startup in 3 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One feature that Steam sets as a default on Windows<\/a>, Mac<\/a>, and Android<\/a> is automatically starting up when your operating system opens. While most gamers don\u2019t mind at all, there are some that prefer the app to wait until they manually access it. It\u2019s particularly the case when devices take too long to start up, and you\u2019d like to choose which ones take priority. Since we\u2019ve learnt how to stop Steam from opening on startup for this very reason, we\u2019re going to quickly show you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Stop Steam from Opening on Startup<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While most operating systems let you choose which programs open at startup via the task or app manager, you can actually disable this feature within Steam. You can perform this function whether you\u2019re online or offline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Open Steam<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Open your Steam program if it isn\u2019t already and log into your account. It doesn\u2019t matter whose profile signs in, as the settings will apply for your device across all accounts. Make sure everyone playing on your PC is aware of the changes you plan to make. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: Access the settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Next up, click on \u2018Steam\u2019 in the menu, and then \u2018Settings.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3: Open Interface<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Select the \u2018Interface\u2019 tab, and you\u2019ll see a variety of options appear. About midway down the list, you\u2019ll see \u2018Run Steam when my computer starts.\u2019 You can toggle this setting off to ensure that it never does it again. Feel free to repeat the process if you want to enable it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ending the Steam power<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have hundreds of Steam games, the chances are that you\u2019ll have several updates running daily. Your computer won\u2019t want to deal with these from the moment your operating system starts up. Sometimes, it\u2019s better to give it some breathing space before you open the gaming client. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One feature that Steam sets as a default on Windows, Mac, and Android is automatically starting up when your operating system opens. While most gamers don\u2019t mind at all, there are some that prefer the app to wait until they manually access it. It\u2019s particularly the case when devices take too long to start up, … Continue reading “How to Stop Steam from Opening on Startup in 3 Easy Steps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":173939,"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-165692","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\/165692","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=165692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324883,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165692\/revisions\/324883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165692"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=165692"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=165692"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=165692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}