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I just found out I have another steam account

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Gianlucca

They are using the same e-mail, but this one is older than mine (about 7 months older).

Is there anyway I can ask steam to transfer my games and badges to the older account? I've read their FAQ and they say that they can't. But what if I provide them all the info they need (Game keys, billing info of all the games, etc)? Is it worth the waiting?

Or can I just ask them to delete this older account? Because I don't want 2 accounts with the same e-mail.

1 decade ago*

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jokitalinda

It's easier to get your older account removed than transfering all the stuff from one account to another.

1 decade ago
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JoeyBeanz

Whether you can prove they are both your accounts or not isn't going to make any difference. They have never transferred activated games or stats or achievements or anything between accounts (or at least not that I have ever heard of them doing) and aren't likely to in the foreseeable future.

If you're never going to use the other account, I'd say go into it, turn off all notifications of any kind, and change to password to something nobody would ever guess in a billion years (that is also different than any password you use for anything else) and store it in a text file somewhere on your computer or email it to yourself. Because you never know what can happen in the future, you may end up needing it for some reason. Like if someone hacks/steals your account and you can't get it back you could use the older one.

1 decade ago
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Yumatchi

+1

1 decade ago
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Gianlucca

My older account has no games in it.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Gianlucca/ <- this one is my account atm

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Gianlucca1/ <- this one is my older account, I've set up my profile now so I could see how old it was.

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JoeyBeanz

Well if that's the case just set the password to some random gibberish and forget about it. I don't know the process required to get your steam account deleted, but I'd be willing to bet it's a bit more involved than just forgetting about the account. I mean, it's not like it hurts you to have it sitting there doing nothing. You can even change the displayed profile name so it doesn't show up when people do a search for your main account.

1 decade ago
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Gianlucca

Then I'm going to leave it as it is :P

Thanks! :D

1 decade ago
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Aneszej

If no games, AFAIK account gets automatically deleted after 3 months of inactivity.

1 decade ago
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mm3n

+1 but don't email yourself your pw. Write it down in an actual notebook or something, should be the better choice, unless you have more thieves in your home than there are on the internet.

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Aneszej

Why would you transfer you games & badges to that old account in which you don't have any games? Just 1 badge that you already have on current profile.
I would do what JoeyBeanz said if I were you.

1 decade ago
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Gianlucca

because the account is older :P

but nvm, too much trouble for just 7 months of difference :p

1 decade ago
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RexDraco

Why would you want the older one though? It has a 1 on the end while your current one looks original and nice D:

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Gianlucca

it's just.. older :D

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Closed 1 decade ago by Gianlucca.