Doing sofrees up your storage spaceand declutters your Steam library.

We’ll show you two different ways to do that.

If you don’t want this to happen, then back up your game progress first.

The upper-left corner of the Steam app on a computer screen.

Later you canresume your gaming sessionsif you decide to reinstall the game.

Then, right-poke the game whose progress you want to save and choose “Properties.”

Steam will now automatically back up your selected game’s progress in your Steam account on the cloud.

Select “Properties” from the menu.

You’re all set and ready to uninstall it using the method you prefer.

You basically locate your game in your library and then choose an option to remove it.

Launch the Steam app on your system and sign in to your account if you haven’t already.

Turn on “Keep Games Saves in the Steam Cloud for [Your Game Name]."

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From Steam’s top bar, select “Library” to view your games.

On the “Library” screen, in the left sidebar, find the game to remove.

Select “Library” at the top.

Then, right-click this game and choose Manage > Uninstall.

In the prompt, choose “Uninstall” to confirm your choice.

And that’s it.

Select Manage > Uninstall in the menu.

Steam has removed the selected game from your gear.

To use this method, first, launch controls by pressing Windows+i.

On the parameters screen, select “Apps.”

Click “Uninstall” in the prompt.

On the app page, find the game to remove.

Then, nudge the game and select “Uninstall.”

Choose “Uninstall” in the prompt.

Choose “Apps” in Settings.

Then, select “Yes” in the “User Account Control” prompt.

You’ll see Steam’s “Uninstall” prompt.

Here, choose “Uninstall.”

Click “Uninstall."

And your chosen game is now removed from your gear.

To replay the game, install it again in Steam.

That helps get rid of unwanted files from your machine.

Select “Uninstall” in the prompt.

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Click “Uninstall” in the prompt.