Will deleting a Steam game delete my progress?

Yes, you do keep your progress... but only if your game save has been saved to the Steam cloud. Otherwise, you will loose any progress not saved to the cloud upon uninstalling the game. Generally, in most cases, you keep your progress.

Will uninstalling a game on Steam delete my progress?

Your saved items and progress will all be lost, so make sure you actually want to delete the game. If you decide that you'd like to play the game again after removing it, you'll need to install it again. Your new game will default back to its original settings.

Do you lose progress if you uninstall a game?

The game uses Google Play or Game Centre to save your progress, what this means is if you change your device or uninstall the game to install it again, You will be able to recover your progress as long as you log into the original account used when first installing the game.

How do I delete Steam games without losing saves?

If you don't want to lose any game data: delete all files and folders in /Steam EXCEPT FOR the /SteamApps folder (this contains your game downloads and any local save files.) If you're removing all Steam data from your computer: delete the entire Steam folder.

What happens if I delete a game from Steam?

When you remove a game from your Steam account, it's permanently deleted. The game won't appear in your library. You previously had to contact Steam customer support and ask for this, but there's now a standard way you can delete games in a few clicks.

If I uninstall a game in Steam do I lose my progress?

Can I uninstall a game and keep the save data?

It varies from game to game. Some keep the saves on your PC, some delete them and some keep them on the cloud so if you have an online connection when you start the game up again after reinstalling it you can still access it.

Does Steam save my game progress?

When you uninstall Steam games and reinstall them, do you keep your progress? For most modern games, you do automatically. Steam does this through the Steam Cloud which is enabled by default.

Are Steam games cloud saved?

Steam Cloud automatically stores files from your game on Steam's servers so your players can log into Steam and access their saved games from any computer.

How can I keep my game progress?

Where is Steam game data stored?

The Default Location

Steam installs to C:\Program Files\Steam folder by default and files for games installed on Steam are stored in the folder C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\ by default.

How do I recover lost game data on Steam?

How do I recover lost data on Steam?

How do I delete Steam game save data?

That's the App ID for your game. Go into that folder, then go into the "remote" folder. When you see the UserData. sav folder (It will be followed by a bunch of numbers), delete it.

How do I uninstall and reinstall Steam without losing data?

How do I clean and reinstall a game on Steam?

Go into your steam/steamapps/commom folder and delete the Oblivion folder manually after uninstalling the game. Then reinstall the game from your library. That should give you a clean install.

Is it safe to delete Steam files?

You Steam library has NOTHING to do with what you've downloaded locally. You can safely delete them. There can sometimes be data still in there, particularly if you had mods installed before.

Can data be recovered after deleting?

If you can't find a file on your computer or you accidently modified or deleted a file, you can restore it from a backup (if you're using Windows backup) or you can try to restore it from a previous version. Previous versions are copies of files and folders that Windows automatically saves as part of a restore point.

Can you recover Steam Cloud saves?

Right-click the game in your Steam library, choose Properties, click the Updates tab, uncheck Enable Steam Cloud Sync at the bottom, click Close. Go back to the backups directory/folder; pick a file with the date of the save you want to restore.

How to restore Steam games without backup?

If you don't have a backup then you'll have to download the game again. You don't lose the ability to download games once you've deleted them, so simply install it from the library screen as normal.

Why do games get harder as you progress?

Even though a game traditionally gets more difficult as you progress—as it takes into account that your skill is improving and so increases the challenge—difficulty presets offer players relatively easier or harder start and endpoints.

Is Steam cloud necessary?

While developers are encouraged to integrate Steam Cloud with their games, it isn't mandatory—this means that over 85,000 games don't. If you want to know whether a game you're going to buy supports the Steam Cloud, look on the right-hand side of the product details.

Can I delete a Steam game and redownload it?

Fortunately, you can easily uninstall games you're no longer playing. And don't worry, you can always reinstall games later if you want to play them again.

Can you delete a game and reinstall it?

Yes, you can delete and re-download any digitally purchased game as many times as you like. When deleted, it can be found in your 'Ready to Install' list. You may want to try completely powering off your system first though.

Can you delete a game on Steam and get your money back?

You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason. Maybe your PC doesn't meet the hardware requirements; maybe you bought a game by mistake; maybe you played the title for an hour and just didn't like it. It doesn't matter.