Half-Life 2: Episode Four screenshots unearthed

[HEXUS]

And Valve makes it possible for Steam users to permanently prune their library.

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[Froggywoggy]

Why exactly would you want to permanently remove a game from your library?

[jinjur]

Oh I don't know.......say, hypothetically.......if it's titled "Pregnancy"

What the ACTUAL Sh?

[Chadders87]

I have a number of games that just "appeared", or duplicates for "Game XX (Steam Version)" and also the non-steam version.

And The Ship. The damn game forced me to have a demo in my list despite already owning it for years.

Call of Duty too (1 & 2 I think), stupidly they have a separate executable file for multi player and single player. That MP one can go!

Then there's all the XYZ Bundles with cack games I don't want.

EDIT: Did I just fall for some joke?

[ed^chigliak]

Finally I get some control over MY library. Prune is necessary because your fisher price toys are no longer relevant age 10+ hence they went to charity or car boot or landfill. It makes no difference to Steams bottom line.

Hopefully at some point I can also prune all the digital tat that I don't want or even better opt out of recieving it in the first place.

[stevie lee]

if you right click on the game in steam library list, then choose 'set categories' theres a tick box for 'hide game in my library'
its been there for aaages.

you've still got the option of going back to the game later on if you change your mind. Plus it stops you buying the game again in the future, if you look at it the store and think 'that could be good', buy it, then regret it when you remember the horror.... a handy 'you already own this' button appears instead.

whats worse: buying the same game twice, regretting it both times? or realising you already own it?

[Tunnah]

Some people throw away old books they'll never read again, as saving em is absolutely pointless and a burden. Some people will hold on to em forever no matter what, as the clutter isn't a big deal to them.

Horses for courses

[deejayburnout]

I have a few games that no longer work as the servers have been shut down. These will get deleted.

[DemonHighwayman]

I'd prefer to see a system where you could gift a friend your unwanted cr*ppy games rather than just delete them from existence !

[mobit]

Right-click a game in your library, and select "Add to Favorites".
Then hover the cursor over the "Library" tab, and select "Favorites" from the drop-down menu.
Upon exiting Steam, it remembers to launch the "Favorites" menu as the default view.

This way hides all the games you don't care about,
without permanently deleting game codes that you may later regret.