Does steam "delete" accounts?

[sadbiga]

So on my current account that im writing this on was "deleted".
I was on my other account and im friends with that account so i checked my profile there and saw that this accounts name was something like "785219412" just a bunch of random numbers and i couldnt click on the profile, i then tried to log into it and it didnt work, my steam guard was still on when i checked my phone but i couldnt check my account in the steam app, i was only able to see my steam guard code, i linked my account on discord so i clicked on that and it said that there was an error, i tried logging in and it was just loading then said that it didnt work, i then thought i was hacked which i thankfully wasnt or it seems like i wasnt at least, i later went to support and recovered my account and that thankfully worked.

So my question is: does steam "delete" accounts?

[mtono]

i dont think so. they also need "dead" accounts for statistics, i would say, any other option would be stupid. so why should they delete an account anyway? i cant say.

[ElvisDeadly]

Kim Jong-Un původně napsal:

So my question is: does steam "delete" accounts?

Only if you ask them to.

[rawWwRrr]

ElvisDeadly původně napsal:

Kim Jong-Un původně napsal:

So my question is: does steam "delete" accounts?

Only if you ask them to.

And then with supporting evidence that you are indeed the owner of the account. They take account deletion rather seriously.

Kim Jong-Un původně napsal:

, i tried logging in and it was just loading then said that it didnt work, i then thought i was hacked which i thankfully wasnt or it seems like i wasnt at least, i later went to support and recovered my account and that thankfully worked.

Sound like your account was possibly hijacked. That's why you saw what you did and needed support's assistance to recover it.

[sadbiga]

Kim Jong-Un původně napsal:

, i tried logging in and it was just loading then said that it didnt work, i then thought i was hacked which i thankfully wasnt or it seems like i wasnt at least, i later went to support and recovered my account and that thankfully worked.

Sound like your account was possibly hijacked. That's why you saw what you did and needed support's assistance to recover it. [/quote]

Well i thought about it being something like that but how would they be able to make it so i cant view the profile and why would they leave the same password, mail, phone number and the steam guard

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Scammers can get on people account when they get provided the information from the victim, they can trick them real easy, by doing one of the following:

A) Log-in to phishing scam site, they can make it look like Steam tricking you that way. This is common scam from sites that claim to be "legit" which majority/all of gambling trading sites are not legit at all as they provide fake login pages to fool people.

B) They can con you giving them login information by doing scare tactic like you been ban, you having pending ban, or trade your items now before ban, basically trying to scare you, to get you to talk to a scammer claiming to be admin/support. They ask for info, they get you to login to their scam site, or they ask you to download things from them to run on your device, these are the scam methods.


For account getting deleted, in order to issue it proof of ownership is needed, you would've gotten an email about it, or email about account details changes, if get email about account changes such as passwords, or email change you didn't make, then means someone on your account. If you got email stating your account for deletion then means support was contacted, and was provided proof of ownership to start the deletion process.

Now if you got alert stating your name been change for violation, then that means someone reported you, and support revert your name to your Steam ID number, this happens if you made an offensive, or against the rules names, this include trying to be creative trying to avoid getting flag while using offensive, or something against the rules names.

[Nx Machina]

Only after requesting a deletion and only after confirming details.

The process takes 30 days and you can cancel at any during the 30 day period.

If you did not do this then assume your account is compromised and contact Support.

FAQ about Account Deletion:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/21A6-7C93-6CFE-100B

[mtono]

"Will all of my information be deleted?
Your personal information is removed, but some content you’ve posted in community areas is not. This includes things like discussion posts, or content that you posted in Steam community hubs, as well as comments you made on other Steam account’s profiles."

from FAQ about Account Deletion.

so they may safe some account details forever...for statistics, isnt it?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

owl rly? původně napsal:

"Will all of my information be deleted?
Your personal information is removed, but some content you’ve posted in community areas is not. This includes things like discussion posts, or content that you posted in Steam community hubs, as well as comments you made on other Steam account’s profiles."

from FAQ about Account Deletion.

so they may safe some account details forever...for statistics, isnt it?

Stuff you post via forum like you're doing now, and etc remains, they can be deleted by request if you ask ahead of time, but they will not alter, or delete other people posts that quoted you, unless it contain personal private info.

Also somethings may be saved such as your transactions history for tax reasons.

[mtono]

i guess, that valve stores how much accounts are deleted...thats at least one thing to store. nobody knows, what else they store, because they just dont talk about it. it is just my idea about it.
i am fine. i dont want to be offensive.

;-D

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

owl rly? původně napsal:

i guess, that valve stores how much accounts are deleted...thats at least one thing to store. nobody knows, what else they store, because they just dont talk about it. it is just my idea about it.
i am fine. i dont want to be offensive.

;-D

You can ask support about it if you want, they're not going to hide anything what they store, but somethings have to be kept such as transaction historys for taxes because of govements.

[Blaagh]

for a short time yesterday I saw a post of mine only had digits as name and no picture.. went to my profile and it couldn't load. was fixed later so I guess there was a server issue yesterday.

[Supafly]

Kim Jong-Un původně napsal:

So on my current account that im writing this on was "deleted"

Nope. Was never deleted because if it was and Steam warns about this the account is PERMANENTLY deleted. There is no recover deleted account because it is deleted. Thus you can't be using an account that got deleted.

Not like deleting files on a computer and having the option of recovering them by using recycle bin to restore them. Or delete and then using data recovery software. When you delete stuff you are deleting the reference as to what file/s and where the file/s are stored but the file/s still remain where they were. Data recovery can locate data, provided that data has not been overwritten with other data.

[Cathulhu]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1126288560