How do I unlink my steam account from a website?

[i'm finna bridge]

So i linked my steam account to a website called ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but i dont want it to be linked anymore how do i unlink it

[999999999]

Ask how on that shady site. You can't do it from here.

[Jack Schitt]

Unless there's an unlink option on that site that you linked it with, no.
You're out of luck there.


Sure! Put everything in one place so it's "secure" the internet / this site says. Ok! So now when someone wants to steal or destroy it it's all conveniently right there for them in one place. Great idea!

[Satoru]

Note that OpenId doesn’t “link” your account the only thing it does is tell the site owner

“Yes you control SteamId X”

That’s it. You can’t “unlink” it because no actual link exists.

[i'm finna bridge]

wait so they cant like delete my account or steal my credit card right?

[Jack Schitt]

Not if it was OpenID or OAuth, no.
Those 2 things are just buttons. They don't ask you to login.
They can be insecure, but they generally are secure. Regardless of their security quality or level neither of them can be done without special authorization from Google that identify the site owner and host, so it's completely traceable if something does happen.

If it was a link you clicked and actually used your Steam Account login information to login to that site....that's where your info is at risk.

[i'm finna bridge]

Originally posted by Jack Schitt:

Not if it was OpenID or OAuth, no.
Those 2 things are just buttons. They don't ask you to login.
They can be insecure, but they generally are secure. Regardless of their security quality or level neither of them can be done without special authorization from Google that identify the site owner and host, so it's completely traceable if something does happen.

If it was a link you clicked and actually used your Steam Account login information to login to that site....that's where your info is at risk.

yea thats what happened :(

[Jack Schitt]

Which happened? You used your steam login on that site?
If that's the case change your password and it might also be a good idea to contact steam support and give them a link to the site to forwarn them so they're aware ahead of time if something should happen, and maybe they have some insight about that site from experience with it before.

If you just clicked buttons and did not use your steam login on that site....nothing to worry about. Simply just don't go to that site again anymore. There is a way to delete the file (cookie) that causes that site to remember you. Every browser that exists has an option to delete cookies. It might also be a good idea to do that. Keep in mind when you remove ALL cookies from your browser(s) it will forget any login you have saved for any sites you visit. Personally I would just delete the cookies for that specific site: Find where the browsers you use store cookies, look up on Google where the cookies are stored on your computer, go to that folder, look for any files with that site's name in the filename, delete them.

[Kargor]

There are really two ways, considering it's a wordfiltered site.

A proper "login through Steam" is completely harmless; it can only be used for stuff that anyone can do on your profile. It's no even a "friend", it's a "public" user.

Sites tend to call this "linking the Steam profile", but that's from their perspective -- they really store some link into their database so they know your Steam account. However, Steam doesn't store anything, so this "link" has to be removed from their data, not Steams.

I could also "link your profile" by copying the link to your profile page -- and there's nothing you or Steam could do. This "link" only disappears when I delete it from whatever place I store it in -- but since it doesn't give me any special power over you anyway there's no problem.

In fact, I'll do that right away: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198424296940
See? Now I've linked your profile to this thread.

If you gave them your actual credentials -- that's a different story. However, that still requires a Steamguard code, and they would already have stolen your account anyway. So I suspect you used a "login through Steam", but you'd have to know that for yourself.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by oSilenth:

wait so they cant like delete my account or steal my credit card right?

A LEGIT oauth site cannot do anything. The only thing Oauth does with Steam is send your steamID. that's rpetty much it

Now PHISHING sites can of course 'steal' yoru stuff because you send them your username/password/steamguard code. but that's not relevant to oauth and thus not relevant to 'unlinking' since the site is not actually using Oauth