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Can anyone see your Steam library?

Your Steam games are visible, both to you and other users. If you want to hide them, here's how. Steam is the largest digital distribution platform for PC games, with a community of over 100 million users using the platform.
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How do I stop friends from seeing my Steam library?

1. Hide Played Steam Games
  1. Launch Steam.
  2. Hover the cursor over your username and select View my profile.
  3. Click the Edit Profile button.
  4. Select Privacy settings.
  5. Next to Game details, click Public and set it to Friends Only or Private if you don't want anyone to see your list of played games.
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How do I make my Steam account private?

Alternatively, you can navigate to the Profile Privacy Settings page manually:
  1. From your Steam Profile, click the. Edit Profile. link under your displayed badge.
  2. Click the. My Privacy Settings. tab.
  3. Select your privacy state (any settings changed are saved automatically)
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Can my friends see my Steam games if my profile is private?

If an account is private, you can't see their friends, the games they own, anything. The only exception to this rule I have seen, is that your friends can still see the game you are playing. Also, you will be in the friend's list of anyone who has a public account and is your steam friend.
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Why do people have private Steam accounts?

For Steam it's to avoid scammers. Overall, because people choose what they want for privacy, with the obvious exception of data collection on social media regardless of your settings, unless you only use a VPN when using it and don't check in anywhere or say where you're going or are located at.
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How to hide what you are playing on Steam from your friends and family.

What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam?

Q: What's the difference between offline and invisible on Steam? Steam's offline status logs you out of the chat, and you won't get notifications for new messages. On the other hand, using invisible status on Steam lets you chat with your gaming buddies while appearing offline.
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How do I restrict games on Steam library sharing?

Click on the 'My account' button. Click on the 'Family view' button. Then click on 'I need to manage my family view settings' button. Here you can select which games and content you want to be restricted on Steam.
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What is the point of family sharing on Steam?

Steam Family Library Sharing allows family members and their guests to play one another's games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud. It's all enabled by authorizing shared computers and users.
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Is Family sharing safe on Steam?

Your Family Library Sharing privileges may be revoked and your account may also be VAC banned if your library is used by others to conduct cheating or fraud. Additionally, VAC-banned games cannot be shared. We recommend you only authorize familiar computers you know to be secure.
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Does Steam still allow game sharing?

Log in to your Steam account. Access the Settings tab. Go to the Steam Family tab. Click the "Authorize family sharing on this computer" checkbox.
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Can friends see what I'm playing if I am invisible on Steam?

Steam's Invisible Mode and Beyond

Our guide goes beyond that, by hiding your gaming activities via Steam's profile. In doing so, you can still remain visible online, but no one can see what you're playing.
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Can my friends see me on Steam if I'm invisible?

In steam 'invisible' is referred to as 'offline'. Using this mode, none of your steam friends will see that you are there and will not see the game you are playing.
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What is the point of Steam offline mode?

Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games.
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Can you use Steam offline forever?

You can't stay offline forever - Steam requires you to log in periodically to check your account status.
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How do I play Steam games offline forever?

Set up offline mode:
  1. Run Steam and log in while it's connected to the internet. ...
  2. Under the LIBRARY tab, click GAMES then choose Downloads. ...
  3. Launch the game you want to play offline and make sure it has no other updates.
  4. Close the Game and click the Steam button in the upper left corner.
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Will I lose progress if I play Steam offline?

Games usually save in the My Documents -folder when offline so it should be fine. You might not even be using cloud saving on the games you play currently. As for achievements, that can depend on a game somewhat. Most games will award you the achievements once you connect again.
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Can people see if you look at their Steam profile?

On Steam, can you see who has viewed your profile? No. If you're concerned about people viewing information on your page, you can change your Privacy options for Private or Friends Only. You can hide pretty much everything but your username, profile picture and the URL associated with the account.
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Can I play 2 Steam games at once on different computers?

Each steam account can only run one game from its library at a time, no matter how many PCs it is installed on. Family sharing is a better option than sharing one account. With one account, you share saves and achievements. With sharing, you each get your own separate saves and achievements.
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Can friends borrow Steam games?

You can designate up to five users to have access your library from across ten authorized devices. You can only set up this feature from the Steam app, though, not the browser. To share games with a friend, log in to your Steam account on their computer (and vice-versa).
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How do I hide games from family sharing on Steam?

To stop games from being visible in your Steam library, you'll need to open the Steam client on your PC or Mac. Once opened, click on the Library tab at the top. Right-click on the game that you want to hide, then click Manage > Hide this game to hide it. Your game will no longer appear in your library.
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What is family view on Steam?

Family View is a feature for parents and families to establish their own rules for what components of Steam are accessible. You can use Family View to limit an account's access to a subset of its content and features.
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What does borrow mean on Steam?

it lets you play his games for free. called family sharing. as long as 2 steam account use the same computer, you can share most games.
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How to have 2 Steam accounts on one PC?

  1. There are a few different methods you can use to run two Steam accounts at once. Here are some options:
  2. Use the Family Sharing feature:
  3. * Log in to your primary Steam account. * Go to Steam > Settings > Family. * Click the "Authorize Library Sharing on this computer" button.
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Can you share your Steam library with a friend?

From the Steam Settings panel select the Family tab (or in Big Picture mode, Settings > Family Library Sharing). Here you can select users who have also logged into this computer to share your library with. Click the "Authorize Library Sharing on this Computer" box.
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Is Family sharing on Steam free?

You can share games on Steam through family accounts, which let you install games that are in another user's library. The game will still be owned by the original purchaser's account, but family sharing will allow other accounts to play the game at no extra charge.
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