Uninstall a Steam game from the console Is it possible to uninstall a Steam game from the console? I have tried deleting the game's folder in `.steam/steam/steamapps/common`, but the game continues to appear in the Steam library, although it fails to run.

This used to be possible with SteamCMD for this (it’s packaged in Debian’s non-free repositories and in Ubuntu’s multiverse):


steamcmd +apps_installed +quit


will list all installed applications with their id, and


steamcmd +app_uninstall appid +quit


will uninstall the application matching the given id; add `-complete` before the id for a complete uninstall.

SteamCMD now appears to be limited to handling games it installed, rather than any game in the default Steam directories; it also seems to be primarily intended for managing dedicated game servers with specific SteamCMD clients, rather than any game available on Steam.

You can manually remove a game by deleting its directory, usually in `steamapps/common` in your Steam directory, and its manifest in `steamapps`; the main Steam client may however still consider the game to be installed.