If I buy a DLC, then refund it, would I have to reinstall the whole game to delete the DLC files

[Draky]

OR would they get deleted automatically, or would I be able to get rid of them by verifying the game files' integrity?

[Carlos100]

Read what it says about refunds for dlc's

https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

[Draky]

Originally posted by Carlos100:

Read what it says about refunds for dlc's

https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

that literally has no information on my question.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Draky:

Originally posted by Carlos100:

Read what it says about refunds for dlc's

https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

that literally has no information on my question.

No, you can just keep playing the game as normal, but wait until you actually get confirmation of the refund before playing the base game or it may get denied.

[Draky]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by Draky:

that literally has no information on my question.

No, you can just keep playing the game as normal, but wait until you actually get confirmation of the refund before playing the base game or it may get denied.

That's not what I am asking about at all. Can I at least get a gpt-3.5 to answer my question, these earlier models are very bad at English comprehension

[HikariLight]

DLC playtime is counted along with the base game playtime.
So if you have more than 2 hours of playtime the moment you buy and install the DLC and try playing, you no longer are eligible for a refund.
Steam cannot tell WHAT your doing when the game is running, only that the game is running.
DLC files are already downloaded when the game gets an update for some games, so buying the DLC just actives the files.

DLC, once bought, count as part of the whole game, so the 2 hours played/14 days owned starts from the purchase of the BASE game.

If you don't plan on actually playing the DLC, don't buy it to begin with.

DLC do NOT have their own separate 2 hour/14 day refund window.

Also depending on the DLC, it may not be eligible for a refund anyway.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Draky:

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

No, you can just keep playing the game as normal, but wait until you actually get confirmation of the refund before playing the base game or it may get denied.

That's not what I am asking about at all. Can I at least get a gpt-3.5 to answer my question, these earlier models are very bad at English comprehension

If I buy a DLC, then refund it, would I have to reinstall the whole game to delete the DLC files

No, you can just keep playing the game as normal, but wait until you actually get confirmation of the refund before playing the base game or it may get denied.

It is EXACTLY what you are asking, either that or you need to rephrase your question.

[Draky]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

DLC playtime is counted along with the base game playtime.
So if you have more than 2 hours of playtime the moment you buy and install the DLC and try playing, you no longer are eligible for a refund.
Steam cannot tell WHAT your doing when the game is running, only that the game is running.
DLC files are already downloaded when the game gets an update for some games, so buying the DLC just actives the files.

DLC, once bought, count as part of the whole game, so the 2 hours played/14 days owned starts from the purchase of the BASE game.

If you don't plan on actually playing the DLC, don't buy it to begin with.

DLC do NOT have their own separate 2 hour/14 day refund window.

Also depending on the DLC, it may not be eligible for a refund anyway.

Oh god another one, how many bots inhabit this board exactly?

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

DLC do NOT have their own separate 2 hour/14 day refund window.

That's wrong

DLC purchased from the Steam store is refundable within fourteen days of purchase, and if the underlying title has been played for less than two hours since the DLC was purchased,

As for the OP's question, it's clear nobody has gone through the process so doesn't know the answer for sure. When you refund a full game it doesn't delete the game automatically, so it's unlikely it will delete the downloaded DLC. That doesn't mean it will be active in the game so is unlikely to be a way to get free DLC as I'm sure that would've come to light long before now.

It could break your saves though, if the DLC gives items or quests that are no longer in the game it will probably not let you load that save from when they were active. Found that out with the farce that was The Sinking City.

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

DLC do NOT have their own separate 2 hour/14 day refund window.

That's wrong

DLC purchased from the Steam store is refundable within fourteen days of purchase, and if the underlying title has been played for less than two hours since the DLC was purchased,

As for the OP's question, it's clear nobody has gone through the process so doesn't know the answer for sure. When you refund a full game it doesn't delete the game automatically, so it's unlikely it will delete the downloaded DLC. That doesn't mean it will be active in the game so is unlikely to be a way to get free DLC as I'm sure that would've come to light long before now.

It could break your saves though, if the DLC gives items or quests that are no longer in the game it will probably not let you load that save from when they were active. Found that out with the farce that was The Sinking City.

When you refund a DLC, the licence is removed from your account and the DLC files will be removed next time the game is updated (if required) as Steam will check your local files against the licences you own in the game's repository.

That's why you don't need to do anything.

[Aluvard]

Originally posted by Draky:

OR would they get deleted automatically, or would I be able to get rid of them by verifying the game files' integrity?

Verifying game files should be enough, or game will auto-update itself.

[no154370]

all DLCs requires the main game to be installed then can play the DLC.

i have never come across a DLC that don't requires the Main Game to be installed first to play.

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thus as a result, the total play time for your Main Game is counted alongside the DLC that you installed.

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for example, Xcom 2 is required to be installed in order to play Xcom 2: war of the chosen(DLC)

also, xcom 2: war of the chosen is the expansion and sequel of the main game.

thus as a result, game time for xcom 2 war of the chosen and the base game are one and the same.

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the only way to refund the DLC is this

1) buy the DLC, never install the DLC, then refund.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

If you had installed said DLC already, scroll down in your library page for the base game, look at the DLC section, click on Manage my X DLC and untick the DLC you just refunded.

[no154370]

forgot to mention this

what i written above doesn't include the day you bought the DLC.

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even if you bought the DLC lets say on 10th of feb 2024

but the overall Game Time is beyond 2 hours

chances of getting Refund for the DLC is still quite low.

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this is written for the Refunds for the DLC below

REFUNDS ON DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
(STEAM STORE CONTENT USABLE WITHIN ANOTHER GAME OR SOFTWARE APPLICATION, "DLC")
DLC purchased from the Steam store is refundable within fourteen days of purchase, and if the underlying title has been played for less than two hours since the DLC was purchased, so long as the DLC has not been consumed, modified or transferred.Please note that in some cases, Steam will be unable to give refunds for some third party DLC (for example, if the DLC irreversibly levels up a game character). These exceptions will be clearly marked as nonrefundable on the Store page prior to purchase.

1) within 14 days of purchase

2) within 2 hours of game time of the Base Game. (not within 2 hours of game time of the DLC)

3) if the DLC helps you to level up any of your in-game characters, then you can't request for refund at all.

the words "underlying title" means Base Game

p.s i'm breaking it down so that everyone here can understand.

p.s OP, kindly remember that your thread title in itself is asking 3 different questions.

[Draky]

Originally posted by no154370:

forgot to mention this

what i written above doesn't include the day you bought the DLC.

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even if you bought the DLC lets say on 10th of feb 2024

but the overall Game Time is beyond 2 hours

chances of getting Refund for the DLC is still quite low.

----------------------------------------------------------

this is written for the Refunds for the DLC below

REFUNDS ON DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
(STEAM STORE CONTENT USABLE WITHIN ANOTHER GAME OR SOFTWARE APPLICATION, "DLC")
DLC purchased from the Steam store is refundable within fourteen days of purchase, and if the underlying title has been played for less than two hours since the DLC was purchased, so long as the DLC has not been consumed, modified or transferred.Please note that in some cases, Steam will be unable to give refunds for some third party DLC (for example, if the DLC irreversibly levels up a game character). These exceptions will be clearly marked as nonrefundable on the Store page prior to purchase.

1) within 14 days of purchase

2) within 2 hours of game time of the Base Game. (not within 2 hours of game time of the DLC)

3) if the DLC helps you to level up any of your in-game characters, then you can't request for refund at all.

the words "underlying title" means Base Game

p.s i'm breaking it down so that everyone here can understand.

p.s OP, kindly remember that your thread title in itself is asking 3 different questions.

Are you not a native speaker? Because the comment that you're citing says the exact oppose of what you're trying to claim in regards to the dlc refund policy about the accumulated playtime

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by no154370:

forgot to mention this

what i written above doesn't include the day you bought the DLC.

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even if you bought the DLC lets say on 10th of feb 2024

but the overall Game Time is beyond 2 hours

chances of getting Refund for the DLC is still quite low.

----------------------------------------------------------

this is written for the Refunds for the DLC below

REFUNDS ON DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
(STEAM STORE CONTENT USABLE WITHIN ANOTHER GAME OR SOFTWARE APPLICATION, "DLC")
DLC purchased from the Steam store is refundable within fourteen days of purchase, and if the underlying title has been played for less than two hours since the DLC was purchased, so long as the DLC has not been consumed, modified or transferred.Please note that in some cases, Steam will be unable to give refunds for some third party DLC (for example, if the DLC irreversibly levels up a game character). These exceptions will be clearly marked as nonrefundable on the Store page prior to purchase.

1) within 14 days of purchase

2) within 2 hours of game time of the Base Game. (not within 2 hours of game time of the DLC)

3) if the DLC helps you to level up any of your in-game characters, then you can't request for refund at all.

the words "underlying title" means Base Game

p.s i'm breaking it down so that everyone here can understand.

p.s OP, kindly remember that your thread title in itself is asking 3 different questions.

You may be breaking it down, but you don't understand it. It doesn't matter how long you've played the base game prior to buying the DLC, the latter is refundable so long as you don't play the game for more than two hours after buying that piece of DLC. That's what the word since means.

They have to refer to 2 hours for the base game because there's no separate way of measuring DLC playtime because it doesn't have it's own exe.