How can I get back my removed gift?

[Hal Moore]

my friend sent me a game as gift, but I removed it accidentally, how can I get it back?

[DirtyFishy]

Did you decline the gift? If so ask him to send it again.

[Hal Moore]

no, I received the gift , but I deleted it

[DirtyFishy]

Originally posted by thirteen414:

no, I received the gift , but I deleted it

I'm not sure if that's possible, what was the gift?

[Hal Moore]

the game ..raise of the tomb raider

[Pheace]

*How* did you "delete" it?

From what I can tell you have the game on your account and played 20+ hours of it, so I'm going to assume you "accidentally remove the gift" by activating it to your account.

If you're asking how you can turn it back into a gift to trade it again, you can't.

[Hal Moore]

Originally posted by Pheace:

*How* did you "delete" it?

i never actived it or played it, i just recevied it then i deleted it :(

[Pheace]

Originally posted by KalaChalaBanga:

Originally posted by Pheace:

*How* did you "delete" it?

Open your Steam inventory click on gift you want to remove and then click on "Permanently delete gift..."

Thanks, I was aware of that :) Though that only works on gifts that are actually expired, like my Dead Island Epidemic beta passes. It doesn't work on valid gifts.

[Hal Moore]

Originally posted by KalaChalaBanga:

Originally posted by Pheace:

*How* did you "delete" it?

Open your Steam inventory click on gift you want to remove and then click on "Permanently delete gift..."

yes, i deleted it as you said. any ways to recover it and send it back to my friend?

[Hanomaly]

Originally posted by KalaChalaBanga:

Originally posted by Pheace:

*How* did you "delete" it?

Open your Steam inventory click on gift you want to remove and then click on "Permanently delete gift..."

i don't see that option on any gifts?
i think as Phaece says that only works on expired gifts not ones that still work? Hmm..

One would think the new Tomb Raider would count as valid and thus not be deletable..?

[Hal Moore]

Originally posted by Hanomaly:

Originally posted by KalaChalaBanga:

Open your Steam inventory click on gift you want to remove and then click on "Permanently delete gift..."

i don't see that option on any gifts?
i think as Phaece says that only works on expired gifts not ones that still work? Hmm..

One would think the new Tomb Raider would count as valid and thus not be deletable..?

now i need to get it back....do you know how?

[Pheace]

Originally posted by thirteen414:

now i need to get it back....do you know how?

Just out of curiosity, why did your friend send you a gift of Rise of the Tomb raider if you already owned the game?

[Hal Moore]

Originally posted by Pheace:

Originally posted by thirteen414:

now i need to get it back....do you know how?

Just out of curiosity, why did your friend send you a gift of Rise of the Tomb raider if you already owned the game?

no..I own the game after deleted the gift..

[Pheace]

Originally posted by thirteen414:

no..I own the game after deleted the gift..

That means you activated the game to your account, which yes, removes the gift as a gift can only be used once.

Activated gifts can not be turned in to gifts again, the game is now tied to your account forever.

There is no way to do what you are asking.

[Hanomaly]

Pheace seems right.

You are confused, thirteen, and think you deleted the gift when really you "added it to your library/activated the gift".

As Pheace said activating a gift "deletes" it from the gift Inventory.

This would explain why you "owned the game after you deleted the gift".

[Hal Moore]

Originally posted by Pheace:

Originally posted by thirteen414:

no..I own the game after deleted the gift..

That means you activated the game to your account, which yes, removes the gift.

Activated gifts can not be turned in to gifts again, the game is now tied to your account forever.

There is no way to do what you are asking.

i just received it, and the game was region locked, so i never activated it, so i deleted it like KalaChalaBanga said, now i want it back and return to my friend.