delete games completely on my hard drive

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mbbc902 Jan 25, 2015 @ 9:36am

What the easiest way to delete a game permenantly off my hard drive, so I dont run into any issues after I re-download it. Anybody have some good directions? I want to re-download my games on my new SSD Drive so it increases my load time on my games

Thank you,

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nani-kokoro / 何-心 Jan 25, 2015 @ 9:37am

What OS do you have?

mbbc902 Jan 25, 2015 @ 9:41am

Sorry...Windows 7

kiwi strawberry Jan 25, 2015 @ 9:51am

Originally posted by mbbc902:
What the easiest way to delete a game permenantly off my hard drive, so I dont run into any issues after I re-download it. Anybody have some good directions? I want to re-download my games on my new SSD Drive so it increases my load time on my games

Thank you,

Uninstall it...? (I'm kinda confused on what you're asking...)

Mattio Jan 25, 2015 @ 10:13am

Some games leave config files and sometimes just pointless files and folders behind even after deleting via Steam.
If you want to make sure any main game files are gone after deleting via Steam, then you should go to;
32bit - [/i]C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\[/i]
64bit - [/i]C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\[/i]

And delete the folder of your game. This will rid the main game files.
In some cases games store config files in places like Documents\My Games, so you'll have to check.

mbbc902 Jan 25, 2015 @ 10:13am

I thought if I un-install my games from my old hard drive and re-installl them on my new SSD drive that it will increase my the speed of my load time.

mbbc902 Jan 25, 2015 @ 10:14am

Originally posted by Mattio:
Some games leave config files and sometimes just pointless files and folders behind even after deleting via Steam.
If you want to make sure any main game files are gone after deleting via Steam, then you should go to;
32bit - [/i]C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\[/i]
64bit - [/i]C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\[/i]

And delete the folder of your game. This will rid the main game files.
In some cases games store config files in places like Documents\My Games, so you'll have to check.

OK I will check thank you