Why I can remove some activated (non F2P) games/gifts from my account? Check your own account, maybe you can do it too-> https://store.steampowered.com/account/

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you need to screenshot because we can't actually see your account page

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I know, but it's not only my "problem". You can check your own gamelist, I bet you can do it too...I mean the remove thing.

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I've got only 2 remove, "Blacklight: Retribution" and "Villagers and Heroes", so I'd say nothing strange here.

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the only thing i can remove are F2P stuff, and you mentioned that you can remove non F2P stuff...so, yeah. screenshot would still be good :)

EDIT: oh, now i see what you mean. dopefish explained it nicely, and yes, i observe that as well, though not with every single gift/guest pass game that i own, which makes the inconsistency rather weird

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For me it's somewhat narrowed down to extra copies of 2/3/4-packs

more examples below

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Wow, you have the same account name as me! Games too!

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Hacked.

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I never noticed that, but now that I look into it... Well, that's strange. I have this remove option for really free games, but also for some non-free ones. It looks like every removable non-free items have been gifted or traded, not bought in Steam store or activated from a CD-key. No idea why there is such a removal link.

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Hm, you're right, the "Remove" link appears for me on The Ship, Torchlight II and Don't Starve.

All three have been activated from a tradeable gift.

Maybe you could ask Steam support and keep us posted ;)

Edit: Seems only extra copies of 2/3/4 packs are affected.

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I can remove Nuclear Throne ... as if :3

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It's a thing Valve put behind users suggestion, IIRC. It has to do with some games getting a "remastered" edition and being listed twice in the library. Take Deus Ex: HR for example: there are 2 versions in my library, one is the "old" version (which is not sold anymore), the other is the director's cut. The Metro series is another example. Previously you just created a category called "Obsolete", put those games in and collapsed it to make your library tidy. Now you can just remove them.
Edit: nope, looks like I'm wrong, the games I can remove are only F2P and some other game.

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this does not make sense, because I can remove Uplink and Dota 2... and there are no "new" or "remastered" versions of it.. or whatever :D
Edit: Now I saw your "Edit" part D:

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Yeah, I did recall wrongly :D. It looks like the removal of games from the user's library never went beyond the suggestion phase.

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look a bit closer, I see that those "removable games" are activated from a tradeable gift (as TheDopefish said), but those gifts must come from a 2/3/4-pack. My Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - Deluxe Edition, Sang-froid, Red Alert 3 and some other games which were activated from a tradeable gift cannot be removed, because they are single copy from the beginning.

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i have the "Remove" phrase next to Faerie Solitaire and Poker Night at the Inventory...unless they used to be sold in 2 packs this is mostly debunked

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I found this on SteamDB, while Poker Night at the Inventory does not belong to any sub
well... lord Gabe always makes his customers confusing....

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Maybe you got Poker Night from an extra copy after all.

IIRC, there was a promotion with Poker Night at the Inventory 2, where you got Poker Night 1 for free - or an extra copy if you already owned the game.

Not sure I've heard about Faerie Solitaire extra copies.

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I have The Ship from 2pack and it's not removeable D:

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lol, if so it's getting harder to understand the "pattern"
oh... come on... Valve....

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The thing about the gifts may be correct though, I can remove Half-Life 2 and that one was sent as a gift to me.

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But you might be on to something. I'm almost certain that the 3 games I mentioned where extra copies (from a 2/3/4-pack) that I got from trading or won here.

I also got the Remove link on

  • Talisman Digital Edition Gift
  • GoD Factory: Wingmen 4-Pack Gift
  • Space Hulk

another indicator that this applies to extra copies, because I didn't buy a pack on Steam, but activated tradeable copies that I got from someone else.

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I checked my full list again, and the only non-free games that are removable from my library are coming from packs, OR from editor gift (items coming automagically to inventory without any action).
To be perfectly clear, I can't be sure that some came from packs because they were traded or gifted to me, but they all do exist as packs in the store.

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I have Remove option after HL2E1.
Probably includes gifts obtained from opening packs when you own the game

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ask steam support to remove it

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old news

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