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Business Relationship Must Be Resolved Before Account Deletion

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if your account has a business relationship with Valve, such as due to your work for a game developer, you will only be able to delete your Steam User Account after you have transferred this role to another user or have dissolved the business relationship.

Excerpt from Steam's Privacy Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Steam Privacy Policy
Entity
Steam
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
April 18, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005673, captured Aug. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-028461
Document ID
CA-D-000182
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005673)
3e980ccc41b2997bb7a72c2aef1502d859429e1760102dcb98eda79ad623dc1a
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 11:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005673, captured Aug. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Steam
Document: Steam Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-028461
Version: CA-V-005673
Captured: 2026-08-11 00:32:46 UTC
SHA-256: 3e980ccc41b2997b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/steam/steam-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-028461/business-relationship-must-be-resolved-before-account-deletion/
Accessed: Nov. 2, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Steam's Business Relationship Must Be Resolved Before Account Deletion clause do?

The clause states: “if your account has a business relationship with Valve, such as due to your work for a game developer, you will only be able to delete your Steam User Account after you have transferred this role to another user or have dissolved the business relationship.”

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