How To Uninstall Steam On Mac And Remove Its Leftover Files Easily?

How to uninstall Steam on Mac manually

Though Steam seems to be a digital paradise for gamers. You may still have your reasons to uninstall Steam for MacBook or delete Steam games. For example, you spend too much money and time on Steam games. Or, running Steam causes your MacBook Pro to overheat. You may also need to uninstall it when Steam won't open on Mac or get the "steam quits unexpectedly" error.

Whatever your reason, you can remove the Steam app just like you uninstall other apps on Mac. Simply delete the Steam app from Finder and then remove its leftover files from Mac thoroughly. Here's how to uninstall Steam on Mac in detail in a regular way:

Step 1: Delete the Steam app from Mac Finder

1. If Steam is open, close it by clicking the Steam > Quit Steam option from the top of your Mac's screen. 
2. Next, launch Finder and select the Applications folder to open it. 
3. Find Steam in the Applications folder, right-click on it, and select Move to Trash. 

Step 2: Remove the leftover Steam files from your Mac

When you remove Steam for Mac in Finder, the app leaves behind some of its files. Thus, the next and final step is to clear the Steam leftover files manually.

1. Open the Finder window, click Go at the top menu bar, and select Go to Folder. 
2. Type the following text in the box on your screen and hit Enter key:~/Library/Application Support 
3. Find the folder named Steam, right-click on this folder, and select Move to Trash. 
4. Back to Go to Folder, type these paths in the box, and look for files that have "steam" or "valve" in their names. Once you find such files, move them to the Trash.~Library/Caches/... ~Library/Logs/... ~Library/Preferences/... ~Library/Cookies/...
5. Don't forget to empty Trash to get rid of Steam completely.

Now, you must have deleted all Steam files as well as your downloaded games. If you want to keep your downloaded games, then delete everything in the Steam folder except for steamapps. This folder contains all your downloaded games, and not deleting them will preserve your games.

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