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Memo S Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:17pm
can a friend see your email in the email that said friend receive from steam once you gift them something?
greetings,

so awhile back a random person help me with a purchase decision that saved me money and offer to help me in-game also then we added each other,
and i'm really feeling right now to gift that person a game on their wishlist but i don't want my email to be seen by said friend.....

is that possible on steam??
Regards

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Originally posted by //M34_:
The email they get doesn't reveal or disclose your email for your account. Here's a copy of the email I got from a gift last month:


Your friend <friendname> has given you a gift subscription to the game
Gas Station Simulator on Steam.

You can sign the gift however you want and it'll only show "Memo S"
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//M34_ Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:22pm 
The email they get doesn't reveal or disclose your email for your account. Here's a copy of the email I got from a gift last month:


Your friend <friendname> has given you a gift subscription to the game
Gas Station Simulator on Steam.

You can sign the gift however you want and it'll only show "Memo S"
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Memo S Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:27pm 
thank you for replying and help, but are you 100% sure this applies for all?
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//M34_ Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:30pm 
Originally posted by Memo S:
thank you for replying and help, but are you 100% sure this applies for all?

Yeah.. Steam/Valve isn't going to give away your actual account name or email associated with it to anyone.
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Memo S Oct 23, 2021 @ 5:31pm 
thanks again friend, have a nice evening ^_^


Yeah.. Steam/Valve isn't going to give away your actual account name or email associated with it to anyone. [/quote]
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my new friend Oct 23, 2021 @ 7:49pm 
It used to but Valve removed the sender's email address in gift emails 4 years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8acday/psa_sending_a_gift_in_steam_no_longer_reveals/
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