Another update was just rolled out, allowing users to delete their own giveaways.

If you view one of your giveaways, you'll see a Delete Giveaway button where the typical Report Giveaway button is located. If you click it, you'll be forwarded to a page where you can select a reason for the deletion from a dropdown menu (See below for the list). After selecting a reason, the giveaway will be instantly removed. I know there are going to be a lot of questions, so I'll try to summarize some of the mains points.

  • First off, about 20% of our support tickets come from users asking for deletes, so this will be a huge help at reducing the workload in support.
  • The site should be cleaner in general since the creator can now delete their own giveaway or beta key after realizing their mistake, instead of submitting to support and waiting on us.
  • Only giveaways which are open or coming soon can be deleted by the giveaway creator. This ensures they do not delete a giveaway after it ends simply because they don't agree with the winner.
  • Deleted giveaways remain on your View Created page. This way, if a moderator removes one of your giveaways, there's still a record in place so you can find out what happened.
  • Giveaways that have been deleted list a reason of why they were removed, and whether the action was performed by a moderator or the giveaway creator. For example, click here.
  • Points are automatically refunded to users that entered a deleted giveaway.
  • When you create a giveaway, there's a notification saying, 'Based on your current feedback score, you're able to create up to x additional gifts.' Deleted giveaways count towards this limit, so if you're able to create 5 additional gifts, and you create and delete them all, you'll be locked out. This prevents users from simply creating and removing giveaways, or trolling.

Available Reasons to Delete a Giveaway

  • Accident: This giveaway was created by accident and has been removed.

  • Beta Key, Guest Pass, or Coupon Code: At the moment, beta keys, guest passes, and coupon codes are not allowed to be given away on SteamGifts. Please refer to our FAQ to learn more.

  • Did Not Understand How the Site Works: The concept of the site was not fully understood by the giveaway creator and this giveaway has been removed. Please refer to our FAQ to learn more.

  • Exploited Key: Keys that take advantage of promotions using methods that were never intended are not allowed to be given away on SteamGifts. Please refer to our FAQ to learn more.

  • Fake Giveaway: This giveaway was never intended to be given away, reported as suspicious, or the creator never followed through with the gift.

  • Gift or Key No Longer Available: The gift or key intended to be given away is no longer available, and the giveaway has been removed.

  • Leaked Giveaway (Limited to private giveaways): The URL for this private giveaway has been leaked, and the giveaway removed.

  • Regifting a Previous Win: Gifts which were previously won can not be regifted or traded. Please refer to our FAQ to learn more.

  • Region Restricted Gift: Region restricted games are not allowed to be given away on SteamGifts. Please refer to our FAQ to learn more.

  • Selected Incorrect Game or Information: This giveaway was removed since incorrect information was provided, or the selected game did not match the gift. If we're missing a game, please contact support.

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lol......

12 years ago
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Is this why you came here for? To "lol"?...

12 years ago
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Thanks cg, great uptade you did there. =)

12 years ago
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Great update. I'm not sure how reporting giveaways work, but requiring a proper reason to do so sounds like it will coincide with this well.

12 years ago
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Great, now ban the scumbags that does it on purpose :E

12 years ago
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Yeah, much banning!

12 years ago
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Yay, finally.

12 years ago
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Looks good and should definitely help everyone. My only question is in regards to the "Region Restricted Gift"...no where in the FAQ does it mention them not being allowed. The closest thing I've found is the following: "Do not submit CD-keys that require VPN activation or methods to bypass regional restrictions." A region-specific key does not "bypass regional restrictions", so to me that implies that you can indeed submit a region-specific key if you specifically list it as one in the description, thus letting people know to only enter it if they're from that region. I don't see why that wouldn't be allowed, but if you do indeed intend for that scenario to not be allowed, then IMO, you need to add that to the FAQ because what you have now does NOT address that.

12 years ago
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I just thought the same... :p

12 years ago
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That would count as an special rule in a public giveaway. Nope.

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Again, the FAQ doesn't say anything against it, so if what you say is true, the FAQ needs to be revised.

12 years ago
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Yes, it does, but it's also been said again and again and again that region restricted keys are not okay.

12 years ago
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You're right, it IS said over and over, but every time I hear it, I go check the FAQ, and see nothing against it. People aren't simply going to take the word of the people if the FAQ/rules don't back that up.

12 years ago
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Awesome!

12 years ago
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Finally! Thanks for the update cg!

12 years ago
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Hey, CG, if you see this, can you please get back to my support ticket please? In the last sentence in your post, you said contact support if a game is missing, and I did 10 days ago, I've been trying to get it added since then. Could you please give me some idea of how long it'll be until it's readded? I've had multiple copies of the game sitting here waiting to give them away to loving homes :(

Btw, forgot to mention, I like the idea, hopefully it'll save you and some other people some headaches :)

12 years ago
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Hey MisterXYZ, the game has been added.

12 years ago
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I saw, thanks, closing the ticket now, hopefully there'll be no problems in the near future so I don't have to bother you again ^_^

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That should still be a support issue, IMO. So as not to remove your available extra gifts (assuming support can still do that). It'd suck to have that number go down because of a code glitch and not something that's actually your fault.

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Nice update CG, well done.

My only concern is Leaked Giveaway's reducing your number of potential giveaways. There will be some drama over this. Guess as more people gets penalized for their giveaways being leaked, they will stop making private giveaways anymore and it will all be about group giveaways in the near future.

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Nice job cg.

12 years ago
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I'm assuming that people who create high value giveaways, then delete them, just to increase everyones points, will be in reciept of punitive action.

12 years ago
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Yea, this is right... Maybe removing those points if you have over 100P?

But a NOTIFICATION SYSTEM would be nice, then you'll know what happens with your points and giveaways you entered. And maybe a private message (PM) system, so people won't get bugged on Steam with friend requests.

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Nice.

12 years ago
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Nice update cg!

12 years ago
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great update, will fix a big problem

12 years ago
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Can we report people who troll with this feature?

12 years ago
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Awesomeness!!

12 years ago
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Nice cg!

12 years ago
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Thanks CG :D

12 years ago
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Thanks cg! ^^;

12 years ago
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Nice update!
I have a question for cg.I made a giveaway by mistake(i push the button twice ,i have problem with left mouse button) and create support ticket.But the giveaway now has finished and i can't delete it.What can i do?

12 years ago
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This shouldn't happen in any case, two exactly like giveaways shouldn't be created unless set up twice...

12 years ago
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No i think tha i made one and when i went to my profile i saw 2 same giveaways..

12 years ago
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seems like another step closer to a new 'cleaner' steamgifts, thx!

12 years ago
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Yay Thanks!

12 years ago
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Nice :)

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Closed 12 years ago by cg.