Steam Cleaner for Windows PC
Steam Cleaner, as the name suggests lets you clear all the data left behind by Steam and other popular gaming platforms. The freeware can clear a lot of unused and removable data and save up disk space in just seconds. You just need to run it and it will automatically detect steam path and will display the files that can be deleted and will also correspondingly display the size of those files. Just hit the Delete button and you are almost done. Steam Cleaner runs pretty fast on those files as you can see them vanish in just seconds.
Delete Steam cache
What kind of data is removed? This may be the first question that may come to your mind. Steam Cleaner may delete unused user profile files, leftover game files, old logs, etc and the original game files remain untouched. It may also delete the copies of DirectX and other such tools which are automatically downloaded while you install more than one game requiring the same thing. Redistributables which are downloaded with every game and are already available are also deleted. Also when updates to particular games and tools are downloaded, there are a lot of waste (non-required) files generated, and using Steam Cleaner all of such files can also be removed. Other than Steam, this tool works for most of the popular PC gaming clients namely Origin, Uplay, Battle.net, GoG and Nexon too! Steam Cleaner is tiny in size and its source code is also available if you want to implement the functionality of tool in any of your projects. If you are a PC gamer and use any of the clients mentioned above, then this tool is a must-have for you. Click here to download Steam Cleaner. TIP: To flush the Steam cache, you can also run the following command in an elevated CMD:
Does clearing Steam cache delete games?
No, if you clear the Steam cache, it won’t delete your games. It removes unnecessary junk files from your device. For your information, you can use the Steam Cleaner to delete Steam cache and data left behind by gaming engines. However, you need to log on to Steam after deleting the cache.
How do I delete unnecessary files from Steam?
Steam Cleaner is a handy tool to delete unnecessary files from Steam. While downloading, installing, and playing games, your computer stores a lot of junk files. If you clear those up, you might get some free space. For that, you can use this utility to remove unnecessary Steam files from your PC. You might want to take a look at Steam Library Manager too. It lets you Backup, restore, move Steam games. Also take a look at this Steam Tips and Tricks post.
