What is a Steam guard?

The Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator is a feature of the Steam Mobile App that provides an additional level of security to your Steam account. The authenticator generates a code that you need to enter every time that you log on to your Steam account.

Is it necessary to have a Steam Guard?

If you have not had Steam Guard enabled for 15 days, you will be unable to trade or use the Community Market. Accounts that currently have Steam Guard disabled will be unable to trade and use the Community Market.

Why is Steam guard on my PC?

With Steam Guard, Steam saves a cookie to remember your computer or browser. Your browser must have cookies enabled for Steam Guard to work properly. If you are being repeatedly asked for a Steam Guard code on the same computer, you will need to ensure your browser has cookies enabled.

What happens if you disable Steam Guard?

Removing the protection of your authenticator will slow down your trades and Community Market listings, to give you additional time to review them.

Is it safe to use Steam Guard?

While Steam Guard may seem like an unnecessary inconvenience, it keeps your account safe. Since you're the only one with access to the temporary codes generated by Steam Guard, nobody can steal your account. Even if they obtain your password, they can't log in.

How To Enable Steam Guard In Steam

Is Steam Guard automatically on?

Steam Guard is enabled by default on your Steam account if your email is verified and you have restarted Steam twice on your computer since verifying your email. If you have disabled Steam Guard, and wish to reactivate it, please follow the instructions below: Be sure your contact email address is verified with Steam.

How long does Steam guard take?

Wait up to 30 minutes for the email to be delivered. Even though Steam instantly sends the Steam Guard code email, you may encounter a delay with some email providers depending on their server load and processing times.

Can you change Steam email without Steam guard?

Unable to log in to Steam because you can't receive Steam Guard emails? You can reset your email address from a browser if you've added a phone number to your account. Steam will send an SMS to your phone to confirm the change.

How to bypass Steam guard 15 days?

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.

Can I remove the Steam guard restriction?

i wanna know if i can bypass this You have recently reset or enabled Steam Guard, you must wait 15 days after Steam Guard was enabled. Your account must be protected by Steam Guard for at least 15 days. No, trading and market restrictions cannot be bypassed.

Do I have to wait 7 days after Steam guard?

You can get the Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices. Items will no longer be held after you have had the authenticator enabled for 7 days.

How do I know if I have steam mobile authenticator?

Once you've installed the app and signed in with your Steam account credentials, you'll land on the Steam Guard tab. From here you can select "Add authenticator" to setup your authenticator. Next you'll enter a phone number, one that we can confirm with a text message.

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.

What is my Steam Guard code?

Open the Steam Mobile App. If you are logged in, navigate to the Steam Guard menu (the top menu selection). Your current code should be displayed there. If you are not logged in, the code will appear on the login page.

Why do I have to wait 7 days to trade on Steam?

A trade hold is a period of time after a trade is accepted by both parties where the traded items are held by Steam before they are delivered. It lasts up to 15 days. This is needed for user protection from malefactors.

How long does a VAC ban last on Steam profile?

Steam Support :: Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) System. 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.

Can I delete Steam account and reuse email?

Account names are unique and can only be used once, regardless of whether an account has been deleted. Email addresses, profile names, and purchase methods can freely be used on other accounts.

Is it fine to have 2 Steam accounts?

Steam doesn't care, they even encourage having seperate accounts if you want to run dedicated game server, it's AGS's ToS that forbids having more than one account per person.

Can I have 2 Steam accounts with one email address?

You'll need a second email. Steam won't let you create more than one account per email.

Can you have 2 Steam accounts under one email?

Steam doesn't allow duplicate accounts. You cannot create a new account by using the same email id as you would get an error saying “ a steam account already exists with these credentials”.