Accidentally Disabled Steam Guard

[[YOBO] A Very Kind Guy]

I accidentally disabled steam guard, I have had it for a long time, but after disabling it I have to wait to trade again.. Is there a way to undo this?? so I can trade without waiting?

[Marble]

Why would you disable it at all? The wait is in place, I would guess, to stop people who hijack the account from stealing items or something? So I would think there is nothing to do but wait.

[[YOBO] A Very Kind Guy]

It was an accident.

[Marble]

Does it let you turn it on again? Or does it still make you wait after activating it?

[[YOBO] A Very Kind Guy]

I can turn it on, but it did a full restart. So now its been activate dfor only 1 day

[«Gғм» Kid Of The Century]

Originally posted by Da Bloodseeker:

Is there a way to undo this??

Nope. You have to wait.

[Pheace]

You have to wait. This is exactly why Steamguard is there, so you can't trade shortly after disabling it. Naturally there's no way to undo it, else any account hijacker would simply claim he 'accidentally' disabled it.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

There should be a Deactivation code if you want to turn Steam Guard off. It would prevent accidents like this from happening.

[[YOBO] A Very Kind Guy]

Where would I find this code?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

They don't have one yet. I'm just suggesting they add this feature.

[76561198084623864]

i accidentally did this too.
f*ck

[ KARR™]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

There should be a Deactivation code if you want to turn Steam Guard off. It would prevent accidents like this from happening.

The whole point of SteamGuards trade delay is to stop people from hijacking an account and sending all the items off to another account.

If they had access to your account and email address and both passwords and could get INTO your account... they could get any activation code too and it would completely ruin the reason why the delay is there.

[SkaLLeXx]

Really now??I did the worst and i cant contact with steam support.I had to wait for the cooldown but then on a video i saw i had to turn steam gaurd off.So i waited and then when the cooldown finished i accidentally turned it on and now i need to wait 14 days MORE.And i bet steam doesnt care

[Zukabazuka]

Originally posted by SkaLLeXx:

Really now??I did the worst and i cant contact with steam support.I had to wait for the cooldown but then on a video i saw i had to turn steam gaurd off.So i waited and then when the cooldown finished i accidentally turned it on and now i need to wait 14 days MORE.And i bet steam doesnt care

Someone hijacks your account, steamguard is one to protect you from trading. Hijacker turn it off and instantly start to trade.
Do you see a flaw in this? I do, that's why there is a timer. You just don't shut it down by mistake.

[Vik]

hmmm

[InViNc1bLe^]

Originally posted by YOBO A Very Kind Guy:

I accidentally disabled steam guard, I have had it for a long time, but after disabling it I have to wait to trade again.. Is there a way to undo this?? so I can trade without waiting?

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