Steam Guard

[sammuwu]

I had a question if anybody know... How long does it take for steam guard to label your device as "new". Say i logged into an account on my mobile phone and then i left it for like a couple of months. Obviously steam guard will come up asking for a code but i wanna know the approximate time it takes in order to label your device as "new"

[The Giving One]

Trading and market restrictions, their duration, and what triggers them can be found here....

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1047-edfm-2932

[sammuwu]

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Trading and market restrictions, their duration, and what triggers them can be found here....

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1047-edfm-2932

doesnt help me

[sammuwu]

im not looking for any trading restrictions. just how long before steam guard thinks i need a code to log in with

[The Giving One]

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doesnt help me

I am not sure how that does not help you. As what is stated there should cover the "new device" part of your OP, as well as how this does not apply once you have had the mobile auth. enabled for 7 full days.

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Obviously steam guard will come up asking for a code but i wanna know the approximate time it takes in order to label your device as "new"

Newly Authorized Device

If you are logging onto Steam from a device that has not been Steam Guarded for 7 days you will not be able to trade or use the Community Market from this device for 7 days. Any other devices that have already been authorized for 7 days will still be able to trade and use the Community Market.

Actions such as clearing your web browser cookies, using a new web browser, reinstalling Steam, and reformatting your computer will trigger this restriction.

If you have had a Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator on your account for at least 7 days, there will be no trading or Market restrictions for using new devices/computers.

[sammuwu]

i logged onto an account that wasnt active for 123 days and it didnt ask for a steam code?

[The Giving One]

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i logged onto an account that wasnt active for 123 days and it didnt ask for a steam code?

Simple logging into an older account like that does not require any code, only if the computer is not recognized by Steam as authorized. That would trigger the email Steam Guard code and you verify the account to use on that computer that way.

EDIT..At least not that I am aware. I logged into my account once without use for 2 years. Email verification and I was done. Because I was using a "new device" at that time that was not recognized by Steam.

[sammuwu]

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i logged onto an account that wasnt active for 123 days and it didnt ask for a steam code?

Simple logging into an older account like that does not require any code, only if the computer is not recognized by Steam as authorized. That would trigger the email Steam Guard code and you verify the account to use on that computer that way.

but... I had first logged onto that account with mobile in october. and i last logged onto the account from PC in march. I logged in again from mobile in may and yet it required a code then.

[The Giving One]

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but... I had first logged onto that account with mobile in october. and i last logged onto the account from PC in march. I logged in again from mobile in may and yet it required a code then.

Did you disabled the authenticator or use a new phone between those times ?

[sammuwu]

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but... I had first logged onto that account with mobile in october. and i last logged onto the account from PC in march. I logged in again from mobile in may and yet it required a code then.

Did you disabled the authenticator or use a new phone between those times ?

ive only had email codes for that account i think

[The Giving One]

Forgive me if I am misunderstanding you here, but the device being seen as "new" when you attempt to log into an account has nothing to do with any times for how long the account has been inactive.

If the device is seen as a new device, that has not been authorized by you previously to use with your Steam account, then that device is seen as "new". Once it is authorized, that should last until you deauthorize it or change it in some way.

For example, changing hard drives in a computer should make that computer be seen as a new device, if you try to log into your account after you change that hard drive.

I am not aware of any instance where the device should be seen as new because you have not logged into your account in a long time, unless you change that device somehow.

[sammuwu]

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Forgive me if I am misunderstanding you here, but the device being seen as "new" when you attempt to log into an account has nothing to do with any times for how long the account has been inactive.

If the device is seen as a new device, that has not been authorized by you previously to use with your Steam account, then that device is seen as "new". Once it is authorized, that should last until you deauthorize it or change it in some way.

For example, changing hard drives in a computer should make that computer be seen as a new device, if you try to log into your account after you change that hard drive.

I am not aware of any instance where the device should be seen as new because you have not logged into your account in a long time, unless you change that device somehow.

oh alright. thank you

[The Giving One]

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oh alright. thank you

You are welcome, and sorry if I was misunderstanding you before. Please ask if you have further questions or need more clarification here.

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