How do you delete a Steam game shortcut?

[smashravioli]

Hello Steam,

I'm trying to clean up my desktop and I want to get rid of my TF2 shortcut without deleting the game, keeping it in my Library when I open Steam. Any Suggestions?

Also, I use Windows, if that helps.

[HEART]

Just right click on it and delete it.

[ARuarkGuy]

Steam stores application shortcuts in the Users/<username>/Applications folder. If you delete a game from within Steam, it will NOT remove the shortcut from the Users/<username>/Applications folder. You will have to manually remove it (until Steam/Valve can get Steam working properly with Lion, that is).

[smashravioli]

Originally posted by Sir ✴ Mystiq:

Just right click on it and delete it.

When it goes into the garbage, should I delete it, or keep it in there? If I keep it in the trash, i'll put it in a new folder for Steam stuff.

[smashravioli]

Originally posted by ARuarkGuy:

Steam stores application shortcuts in the Users/<username>/Applications folder. If you delete a game from within Steam, it will NOT remove the shortcut from the Users/<username>/Applications folder. You will have to manually remove it (until Steam/Valve can get Steam working properly with Lion, that is).

I don't want to get rid of the game, just the shortcut, but thanks.

[ARuarkGuy]

Originally posted by TEGTommy:

Originally posted by ARuarkGuy:

Steam stores application shortcuts in the Users/<username>/Applications folder. If you delete a game from within Steam, it will NOT remove the shortcut from the Users/<username>/Applications folder. You will have to manually remove it (until Steam/Valve can get Steam working properly with Lion, that is).

I don't want to get rid of the game, just the shortcut, but thanks.

No problem but deleting the icon on the desktop will not remove the game. If you put it into the Recycle Bin or click one time on it and push delete, it is the same thing.

[HEART]

Originally posted by TEGTommy:

Originally posted by Sir ✴ Mystiq:

Just right click on it and delete it.

When it goes into the garbage, should I delete it, or keep it in there? If I keep it in the trash, i'll put it in a new folder for Steam stuff.

Just delete it. You can always recreate it later if you wish.

[smashravioli]

Originally posted by ARuarkGuy:

Originally posted by TEGTommy:

I don't want to get rid of the game, just the shortcut, but thanks.

No problem but deleting the icon on the desktop will not remove the game. If you put it into the Recycle Bin or click one time on it and push delete, it is the same thing.

Thanks for the help! I'll try right now. EDIT: It worked! Thanks!

[smashravioli]

Originally posted by Sir ✴ Mystiq:

Originally posted by TEGTommy:

When it goes into the garbage, should I delete it, or keep it in there? If I keep it in the trash, i'll put it in a new folder for Steam stuff.

Just delete it. You can always recreate it later if you wish.

Thanks for the help! I'll try right now. EDIT: It worked! Thanks!

[sisyphus]

What I don't understand is how somebody could think that a shortcut has anything to do with the actual game itself.

[Reeboii]

wow

[logdumper]

I deleted all my game shortcuts on my desktop and had to download all the games again!! And I lost all the progress on them!!!

[latnsoja]

Right click on the shortcut, Click Properties, Click General, and beside attributes, click hidden.

[RachyS ¯\(ツ)/¯]

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[Penner]

search it in finder and move to trash

[lolhook]

gg