option to delete stickers

[..]

I got a free sticker from summer sale by accident, I don't want it in my inventory can I please trash it

[Gwarsbane]

Deleting as mentioned in many other threads like this would be a bad idea. Advanced hide like you can do for games, where you have to dig to get them back but you can still get them back if you "accidentally" deleted something you wanted to keep or someone gets into your account.

Specially seeing as how you can't get the items back after an event is over. So just imagine someone getting into your account (hijacker, annoying sibling/friend, your kid) and deleting something you wanted to keep and can never get back (because Valve is not going to return stuff)

[..]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Deleting as mentioned in many other threads like this would be a bad idea. Advanced hide like you can do for games, where you have to dig to get them back but you can still get them back if you "accidentally" deleted something you wanted to keep or someone gets into your account.

Specially seeing as how you can't get the items back after an event is over. So just imagine someone getting into your account (hijacker, annoying sibling/friend, your kid) and deleting something you wanted to keep and can never get back (because Valve is not going to return stuff)

I agree with the advanced hiding

[..]

I just don't want the event sticker in my inventory that is all, if I could hide it from my inventory I would feel better

[..]

here's some thoughts on the idea of removing items.

is there a conflict for games, say because i installed battle royal i recieve a tab for that inventory and items that are non-tradable non-markerable, i would have to manually go into the game to remove said items same goes for team fortress 2, you need to enter the game and delete the item from ingame inventory.

is steam backend hosting the items and inventory, does removing a item from your profiles inventory affect weither the game calculates having said item ingame. could games tell weither or not the item is removed? and what is a solution to this fix.

since the idea of hiding items is coined instead of flat out removing them, then if you have an entire hidden inventory and enter a game would those items no longer exist until you pull them back from the void? say all your items go into a void trash can, but aren't permanently gone since you can pull them back at anytime.

and secondly the point shop should have an exchange feature, say you earn a sticker from summer event but don't like it and regret it, can you just redeem the sticker for steam points at a lower cost like you can with trading cards and gems.

anyways, I hope valve is looking into this since there's discussions about this issue dating back 2019 and clearly people have an issue with items they cannot remove from their inventory, either its OCD or poor decision making, people make mistakes and regret them and to not have a way to fix those mistakes is bothersome. especially when so many games come with their own inventory, and how somebody could literally log into your account and spend all your points with no way to redeem them back.

idea that a hacker might hack your account and delete all your items. we'll it doesn't stop people from turning your precious items into gems if they hack your account. so in hindsight we should have a 15 day wait before people can exchange, delete, or do anything with inventory items. like with steam guard and trading. if your account is hijacked and unless you have proof it's really you, your account should be locked temporarily so that if a real problem occurs with a hijacked account then no items can be compromised..say even if there isn't a way to cull back items you deleted, at least nobody can do it instantaneously.

these are just my thoughts, and feedback for what could be improved upon the steam inventory and with deleting items, or at least hiding inventories for games that are considered spam, since so many games now come with inventories and items, it can definitely bother someone who is a control freak and wants their profile to look clean if there's all these junk items you can't trade or market and just sit there in your inventory bothering you. anyways sorry to be a broken record.

I hope the ideas I listed help valve in the future if they take feedback and decide a fix for this issue with inventories and items.

[AustrAlien2010]

I agree with you. It's annoying to receive stickers that you cannot put away or out of view.
Everybody could understand this I would think. Especially if you didn't want them.


Why not simply explain to users:
"If you tap this link, or join this server, you will receive a "sticker," "loot-box," or "ticket" in your Steam inventory after doing that."

If that can just be made obvious to users, there would be none of such issues.


I don't understand why Steam can't just be clear about this, and share that information with the users beforehand. Because one should always tell the user what to expect first, and what the consequences of it's actions will be. Because in that manner the user can make informed decisions.

[B. Mills]

Yes, an option to delete/hide/remove stickers from the inventory is needed.

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

i support removal or box to hide and minimise travel space....

maybe different boxes could be stylised and sold in the points shop

[..]

trading in items that were purchased from the point shop is mandatory, for all point items need to be traded in or given the option to remove it's a total blind sight it wasn't implemented in the first place.

[HereIsPlenty]

I don't get this, sure some of them are ugly and useless but we click to confirm when we take the item. Nobody has imposed free stickers on us.

[William Shakesman]

Steam used to give out random stickers that you did not know what they were until you clicked the button and received the ugliest piece of crap ever drawn. This need would not exist had Steam hired good artists or actually showed the stickers before clicking.

[John]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.