How do I make my Steam account not limited?

Once you have made the equivalent of $5.00 USD or more in total Steam purchases, you will gain access to the restricted Steam features.

Why did Steam restrict my account?

Accounts which have been bought, sold or traded will be restricted. This includes any type of scam targeting a Steam user over Steam Chat or other systems outside of Steam, or deliberately submitting false information to Steam Support.

How do I add friends on Steam without paying $5?

How do I give someone $10 on Steam?

You and your friend must both have Steam accounts and you'll need to be friends on Steam. You can purchase Steam digital gift cards for any user that you have had on your friends list for at least 3 days. Please note that you cannot use existing wallet funds to purchase a digital gift card.

How to send someone $10 dollars on Steam?

You need to have a Steam account to send someone a digital Steam gift card. You must also add the recipient to your Steam friends list. The person must be on your friends' list for three days before you can send them a gift card. Go to the Steam Digital Gift Card page in the Steam store and select Send through Steam.

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How long does Steam restriction last?

If you forget your password and need to reset it (note: this is different than changing your password), you will be restricted from trading and the Community Market for 5 days. If your account has not had any activity for more than two months, these restrictions will apply for 30 days.

Can I get banned for having 2 Steam accounts?

No, a VAC ban is forever and always. You need to make a new Steam account.

How do I get rid of 7 day restrictions on Steam?

You can't use the Steam Community Market if your Steam account is limited. In order to remove this restriction, you must have spent $5 on Steam. The only way of using it without a purchase would be by adding $5 to your account (you don't necessarily have to spend it), or by activating a Steam gift card.

What is Steam 15 days cooldown?

If you haven't had your account protected by a Mobile Authenticator for at least the last 7 days, items leaving your account will be held by Steam for up to 15 days. This provides you time to discover any transactions on hold that you didn't make.

How do I remove 15 day restrictions on Steam?

Your account must be protected by Steam Guard for at least 15 days. No, trading and market restrictions cannot be bypassed.

Does Steam ban IP?

No it does not ban by IP, it bans the account only. Banning by IP, or hardware is useless due to how easily they can be spoof from user end, which why it's pointless banning that way.

What is a 1 VAC ban on record?

WHAT DOES 1 VAC ban on record mean? VAC stands for "Valve Anti-Cheat" should be pretty much self explaining. Means your cheats were detected.

How long is a VAC ban?

Social impact. The user's Steam profile is also marked with "ban(s) on record", which is publicly visible and cannot be hidden, regardless of the profile visibility of the banned account. VAC bans become hidden to other users after seven years of not getting another VAC ban.

Are Steam game bans permanent?

Regardless of who was using the account at the time the ban was issued, game bans are permanent and are not removed.

What is a non limited Steam account?

“Non-limited” means that the Steam account you plan to stream from must have spent at least $5 USD on the Steam store. “Limited” accounts (accounts that have not spent at least $5 USD on Steam) will not be able to create an RTMP token and will not be able to stream to a store page on Steam.

How bad is a VAC ban?

VAC bans prevent you from playing on secured servers across all of Steam. Server administrators may issue a Server ban, but these are not as severe as a VAC ban. We cannot prevent Server bans at Valve; whoever runs the server can ban players for any reason they desire.

Do VAC bans go away after 10 years?

VAC bans are permanent, non-negotiable, and cannot be removed by Steam Support. If a VAC ban is determined to have been issued incorrectly it will automatically be removed. If you wish to discuss Valve Anti-Cheat with the community, you may do so here.

How does VAC detect cheats?

The software sends client challenges to the machine; if the appropriate response is not received, it is flagged as a possible violation. It uses Signature Scanning to detect possible cheats when scanning the computer's memory and processes.

Does VAC ban all games?

Some VAC protected games allow servers that are not protected by VAC. Users that are VAC banned are still able to play on insecure servers for the game they are VAC banned in. Please note that not all games have insecure servers.

Does VAC ban mean IP ban?

VAC is not known to IP ban. It is highly unlikely that they do IP ban. But we have one user who says he was banned on one account, when making a second account using the same IP it was banned after he was AFK racking up gameplay hours. So we still are not 100% sure if they do or not, but it seems HIGHLY unlikely.

Are VAC bans only for cheating?

If enabled, all players have the ability to use cheats. VAC will only ban players who use third party cheats.

Does Steam ban VPN?

Using a VPN to change countries to get cheaper and/or geo-restricted game deals is against Steam's Terms of Service. The Steam parent company, Valve, reserves the right to suspend or permanently ban your account if you are caught purchasing games and items in Steam with a VPN.

Do IP bans exist?

There are two types of bans: temporary IP bans and permanent account bans. The former will allow you back into the game in a matter of days (or weeks), while the latter means your account is pretty much terminated.

Can VPN get you banned Steam?

No, in most cases, Steam won't ban you because of using VPN. If you're an occasional gamer, your Steam account will be fine even if you use a VPN. However, frequent use may cause Steam to detect your VPN usage in the long run and block your VPN server's IP addresses, but not your account.

What is the $5 rule on Steam?

In order to make it more difficult for these malicious users to spam, scam, and phish other users, we restrict access to certain community features until an account has spent at least $5.00 USD in Steam.