What Happens If I Delete Everything in My Steam Folder?

What happens if I deleted everything in my Steam folder? Continue reading to get some useful information about it. We provide a data recovery method for your game files as well.

By @Zoey
Last Updated December 13, 2024

Steam is a widely-used game platform, which brings you a lot of convenience. There is a Steam folder on your computer, which saves all your games and game data.

There is a common question: what happens if I delete everything in my Steam folder? The result is that your installed games will be deleted, and you cannot play with your games until you reinstall them.

If I delete Steam, do I lose all my games? The answer is yes. Thus, before you delete the Steam folder or files in the Steam folder, please think carefully.

After deleting everything in your Steam folder but feeling regretful about games missing from Steam, you can consider recovering files in the Steam folder to solve it.

Generally, you do not have a habit of creating backups of the Steam folder. Then, a professional data recovery tool can be a great assistant for you.

Come here to try the experienced data recovery software called AOMEI FastRecovery. It is a comprehensive recovery tool for many data loss scenarios. In addition to deletion, you can use it to recover data from disk formatting, system crashes, virus attacks, etc.

AOMEI FastRecovery - Professional Data Recovery Software

Recover any type of data on Windows computers effectively.

Providing advanced scanning methods, AOMEI FastRecovery will recover everything from the Steam folder at a high speed and a high recovery rate.

1Run AOMEI FastRecovery on your Windows computer> select the drive that contains your Steam folder > click Start Scan.

2AOMEI FastRecovery will automatically display all the recoverable files from this drive after scanning.

3Under the Deleted Files/Recycle Bin/Other Missing Files folder, choose data from the Steam folder to select Recover x files.