Can everyone see your Steam ID?

Steam account names are private, unless you capture it on camera or something like that. Or your profile name is the same as your steam account name, it remains private.

Can someone see my Steam ID?

You may never need to know what your Steam ID is. It's not private information either, so don't worry if someone says they know your Steam ID—you can just as easily find out theirs, using tools like Steam ID Finder.

Are Steam ids public?

Your Steam ID64 is publicly available, so is safe to give to the support team.

Is it okay to share your Steam ID?

On the account page, beneath your username, you'll find your unique Steam ID. Now that you know your ID, you can enter it wherever it's required. It's safe to share this with anyone as it's not a sensitive piece of information.

Can I hide my Steam account name?

FIRST note that if your real name and location are listed here, it is listed on your steam page, private or not. Consider removing them for safety. Click Privacy Settings on the left. Beside My Profile, click and choose Private.

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Can I use a fake name on Steam?

We do not require you to provide or use your real name for the setup of a Steam User Account. In order to make a transaction on Steam (e.g. to purchase Subscriptions for Content and Services or to fund your Steam Wallet), you may need to provide payment data to Valve to enable the transaction.

Can people see my Steam account on discord?

A: Discord can only see your information that is public. If you want this information to be available in Discord, you need to go into your Steam account settings and make your profile public.

Does Steam show my email?

To check what email you have associated to your account, go to the Steam Settings under the Account tab and there is a contact email on this form that should be it (blacked out in image). In the top right is a View Account Details button, to which it also shows more contact info about your account, and the same email.

Is Steam privacy friendly?

Good news! Valve's privacy policy, which covers the Steam Deck and the Steam store, doesn't raise any huge privacy concerns for us. It's a little vague for our tastes, but we didn't see any big red flags. We like that they say they don't require users to provide a real name when signing up for a Steam User Account.

What can my Steam friends see?

Steam sends a notification to your friends whenever you start playing a game. Also, they can see which game you're playing if they visit their Steam friends list. If you want to hide your Steam gameplay activity, open the Friends menu and select Offline.

Can I change my Steam ID?

The Steam ID is a 17-digit number that's completely unique to you. This number can never be changed, not even by Steam support staff. You can set a custom URL to make it easier for people to find your community profile, but the ID number is still tied to that URL and your account.

Is it illegal to use VPN for Steam?

Can you get banned for using a VPN on Steam? No, you won't get banned by Steam for using a VPN to protect your identity, avoid DDoS attacks, or improve your Internet connection while gaming. So, unless using a VPN in your country is illegal, you should be in the clear.

Does VPN hide Steam?

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) routes all of your internet traffic (including that from applications such as Steam) through a secondary server in another location. The traffic is encrypted so its contents are unreadable to anyone, including your network administrator, internet service provider, or hackers.

Are Steam profiles private?

There are three states of profile privacy: Public, Friends Only, and Private. Each state has additional subcategories to control how you appear to other members of the Steam community. If you are logged in to Steam, you can change your Privacy Settings by navigating to your Profile Privacy Settings Page.

Does Steam track searches?

A recent post to Reddit suggested Steam's VAC anti-cheat system was collecting browsing history and sending it to Valve. You can rest easy. If you play games on Steam, you'll likely have fired up a title at some point which uses VAC - Valve Anti-Cheat.

How do I hide Steam on Discord?

Can my friends see my Steam mods?

Mods are almost entirely client-side, only you can see your mods. There really is no way to change this, if you want your friends to see your mods, they have to download them themselves.

What happens if you put a fake address on Steam?

Steam has a strict policy that fails all transactions with incorrect, false, or fraudulent address information. There is no way for Steam Support to force Steam to accept payment from a transaction that has failed in this way, even if the charge still appears as pending in your bank account.

Why does Steam need my name?

The name you enter must be the legal entity that owns or has rights to publish the game, and is the legal entity that will be signing the Steam Distribution Agreement.

Can you get banned for changing Steam region?

Games are unbelievably cheap in that region, but Steam doesn't like it when you take advantage. If you're caught attempting to switch to Russia from another country, your account will be disabled.

Can I play my Steam games in another country?

In most cases, there are no region restrictions on products purchased directly from the Steam store. However, products purchased as gifts may have region restrictions.

Can you get banned for having a VPN?

VPNs keep you private and secure online by hiding your IP address and routing your internet traffic through an encrypted connection to a VPN server. But is this service allowed everywhere? While using a VPN may be legal in most countries, some either restrict VPN services or ban them altogether.

What is my 17 digit Steam ID?

To view your Steam ID: Select your Steam username. Locate the URL field beneath the Community header. Your Steam ID is the number at the end of the URL.

How do I unlink my Steam ID?

From your account menu, click Account Settings. Select Linked Account. Under Social Login, find Steam, and then click Delink. Double-check that you are unlinking from the correct Steam account, and then click OK.