how do i uninstall the free DLC,s for disc space?

[Saul Goodman Is In Your Walls]

i need help please

[Sam]

No you don't need help, you need instruction, which is different
Right click the ARK icon, click Properties, click DLC tab.
Uncheck all the DLCs you want to uninstall.
Steam will automatically uinstall the DLCs you chose.
Done.

[Saul Goodman Is In Your Walls]

it didn,t work

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Tommy Coolata:

it didn,t work

When you untick them, Steam should queue Ark for an update. Doing the update is what should remove them.

That's how it works for me anyway.

[Sam]

Keeping the DLC unchecked, please verify your game's files.
Right click ARK's icon, click Properties, click Local Files, click Verify. It'll take a little bit and you'll have 2 missing files. That means the game's files are in fine working order as this is standard.

[Tukyyz]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Originally posted by Tommy Coolata:

it didn,t work

When you untick them, Steam should queue Ark for an update. Doing the update is what should remove them.

That's how it works for me anyway.

but what if i don't have enough space for the update?

[Eddie]

Originally posted by kimpa-_-:

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

When you untick them, Steam should queue Ark for an update. Doing the update is what should remove them.

That's how it works for me anyway.

but what if i don't have enough space for the update?

Two year old thread

[G L i T c H]

will you lose your progress or will it comeback after you reinstall the dlc?

[Saul Goodman Is In Your Walls]

Originally posted by 2EZ4RTZ:

will you lose your progress or will it comeback after you reinstall the dlc?

Pretty sure it keeps your data, also ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ people are still commenting on this?

[Levianne]

Originally posted by Tommy Flopplatta:

Originally posted by 2EZ4RTZ:

will you lose your progress or will it comeback after you reinstall the dlc?

Pretty sure it keeps your data, also ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ people are still commenting on this?

Maybe because people just discovering the game might have the same issue as you've had 2 years ago? I just started playing Ark after getting an external SSD recently (since Xmass), until then it was in my library for a long time, untouched. You see, people still discovering the game even as far as 2022/2023 and people still have issues with storage space as of today. Just because your issue was somehow solved, doesn't mean others can't ask questions about related stuff today.

And to be fair it is a good question. Other games may delete or render unplayable your character data, if you uninstall DLCs, that were used for playing those characters. Ark may or may not be an exception. Unless you're familiar enough with how exactly the game works (again, new players might not), you'd assume, it worked like the other games. In Ark's case all the data is in the game, just locked, and the DLCs are just maps and some code to unlock stuff, so saves should be fine and playable once you reinstall the DLCs. Just to clarify.

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This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.