"Settings" option from Steam drop down menu is missing.

[avianmultiversal]

I used to be able to use family share, but for some reason I can't anymore. I tried to find the settings option so I could turn it back on, but the settings option was missing. I looked up where to find it and people said that it would be under the Steam drop down menu but it wasn't there. Then I looked up "steam settings missing" and the general consensus was that if it was missing, family settings must be turned on and the reason why the settings option is missing is to prevent children from modifying Steam.

However, the family settings were not turned on. I tried turing them on and off to see if it would do anything, but nothing happened. I then tried turning them on again to see if maybe I needed them on to use family share, but I still couldn't find a way to use it.

How do I get the settings option back and/or how do I turn on family share without going through settings? My windows laptop is at my cousin's place and I am currently using my mother's Mac laptop, if that makes a difference.

[p0sixkillah]

Copy that into your browser and hit the "Enter" key:

steam://open/settings/

Does anything happen?

[avianmultiversal]

Originally posted by @nickefftw:

Copy that into your browser and hit the "Enter" key:

steam://open/settings/

Does anything happen?

Yep. Thank you.

Any chance you know why it's missing?

[HEART]

Parent controls are on

[avianmultiversal]

Originally posted by Silversun ✴ Moon 0430:

Parent controls are on

Nope. I looked and they were off. Then I turned them on and off again to make sure.

[HEART]

Still on. I think you need to click on the green icon and enter your pin.

[avianmultiversal]

Originally posted by Silversun ✴ Moon 0430:

Still on. I think you need to click on the green icon and enter your pin.

A green icon appeared when I turned it on. Then I turned it off. Settings still wasn't there when it was off. I also check to see if there was parental controls on the laptop I was using. None. I turned the parental controls of the laptop on and off. While it was off and while the steam parental controls were off, I checked for the the settings option.

It wasn't there.

[Staffwood]

@MiSOKA, thanks that resolved my issue. I had to click on the Family View icon in the upper right and enter my passcode and then sign out.

[STAV3]

Originally posted by ~MAD~MiSOKA:

Parent controls are on

Thanks. And I'm intentionally necroposting because I think this should be made more clear somewhere. Imo the settings button should still be visible but either be grayed out or prompt you instead of just magically disappearing.

[Ford Darkling]

Well, I tried that command, it didn't do ♥♥♥♥. So, Next? How do you open settings, if nothing lets you do so?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ford Darkling:

Well, I tried that command, it didn't do ♥♥♥♥. So, Next? How do you open settings, if nothing lets you do so?

Turn off Family View.

[Spu00Key]

For those that the command does not work, like it did not work for me (just brings up steam).

Open in Big Picture Mode. There you will see the settings button and when you click on it, it will tell you why you are locked out.

In my case, Family Mode was not on in the normal client but the big mode thought it was on. I turned it off there and fixed.

[Komble The Batman]

I googled and showed this thread. So there are 2 things in new Steam:
1 - parental control - if it's green, press it and put pin and
2 - settings are under "View" on top left bar.

[katsulogy]

i still cannot acces settings