Deleting your own Steam account after getting a ban (VAC ban, game ban, you name it)

[Naruto 607]

There's a question I want to know for people having VAC bans, especially if the game the account owner has is only one, and it's a low-level/throwaway account.

I'm curious about this, anyway, though, about this account deletion and all...
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpDeleteAccount

I looked up Google for some discussions that relate to deleting your own Steam account and the account in question is also VAC-banned, but none came up, of which instead I found these and the link to I've been VAC banned link:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/1520386297677992716/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1700542332334887027/

Is it possible to delete your own Steam account if you have any ban (VAC ban, game ban, you name it) on your account? I understand the risks if the account is deleted on my/your own discretion, but I'm just curious if you can't delete your own account just because you have any ban on your profile.

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Theblaze:

I don't see why you shouldn't be able to delete your account regardless of any ban on the account.

I'm just curious, that's all. It's my only account I'm using, and I don't want to risk for it.

If it is a smurf account, it's better off to just delete it (only if you don't play it for a quite very long period of time).

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Theblaze:

The only thing I can imagine that prevents you from deleting an account is an account lock for suspicious activity e.g. someone else got access to your account, etc.

However they added a 30 day time period for a reason.

Yeah, I know some parts of SSA that said Account Termination, but what if you want to delete your own account at your own discretion while you have any ban on your account?

30-day suspension to me sounds reasonable, at least, to give the account owner some time to think before the account is permanently deleted by Valve/Steam for good.

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Theblaze:

I've never heard a case of Valve terminating an account for violating the SSA, at worst they account functionality such as adding games, adding money, trading, using the steam market or buying games/dlc's has been (temporarily/permanently) disabled.

That's strange. You guys like Guyver, XXX, and Gilga said to those VAC-banned (or game-banned) folks that they should do nothing with their bans and read the support page and the pinned thread. Heard cases like "account sharing is against the SSA" but, yeah, just like you said, none of them banned accounts are terminated and still exists today.

But, yeah, I get your point and I still need an answer. Is it possible to delete your own account at your own discretion, even if you have any ban on your account?

[Slater]

If a low level throwaway account gets VAC banned, I can't really see any reason why the owner would want to delete the entire account, when they can just create a brand new one in seconds.

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to delete it... but equally, I'm not really sure why you want to.

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Slater:

If a low level throwaway account gets VAC banned, I can't really see any reason why the owner would want to delete the entire account, when they can just create a brand new one in seconds.

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to delete it... but equally, I'm not really sure why you want to.

That's why I'm curious in the first place. There's something at the Account Details about Deleting your Steam Account, and does it affect those with VAC bans or game bans.

Accounts last forever, so do with VAC bans and game bans that carry with it, until it's deleted on the owner's discretion, right? What if the bans prevent the owner from deleting it?

[Walach]

Depends a little on how Valve would do it. But for EU citizens you could always use the GDPR law and demand that all information about one’s self get deleted. No and, buts or ifs. :D

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by Walach:

Depends a little on how Valve would do it. But for EU citizens you could always use the GDPR law and demand that all information about one’s self get deleted. No and, buts or ifs. :D

Hmm... makes sense.

[Naruto 607]

Well, I'm gonna have to say at this point: it doesn't mater if you have a lot of bans on your account, but when deleted on the user's discretion, the support page said that the account will be suspended for 30 days before permanent deletion, and the user can abort it at any time before 30-day period expired.

But... will that leave some traces that this "deleted" account once have VAC/game bans on record on the Internet?

Anyway, thanks for nice and positive responses.

[king of psychology]

i am doing the delete

[Naruto 607]

Originally posted by LiL FAT:

i am doing the delete:crabR:

lol... cute.

I don't think anyone will be doing it at this rate; VAC/game banned folks will just... move on, live with it, and/or create a new account to play the games they banned in, after nuking their PC ofc (if indeed there're cheat traces there).