You can delete a review on Steam by finding it in your profile and clicking the delete button, but only if you wrote it yourself
Steam lets you remove any review you posted to a game's store page. The process takes about one minute. You cannot delete reviews that other people wrote, and Steam does not remove reviews for you — you have to do it from your own account. If your review is getting negative feedback or you changed your mind about the game, deletion is straightforward.
The review stays visible to you while you are deleting it, so you can read what you wrote one more time before it disappears. Once deleted, the review is gone from the game's page and from your profile. Other players cannot see it anymore.
Key Takeaways
- You can only delete reviews you wrote yourself by visiting your Steam profile and finding the review in your activity.
- The delete button appears on your own reviews but not on reviews written by other players.
- Deleted reviews disappear when ready from the game's store page and your profile history.
- Steam does not restore deleted reviews, so make sure you want to remove it before you click delete.
Finding your review in your Steam profile
Open Steam and click your username in the top right corner. Select "Profile" from the dropdown menu. On your profile page, look for the "Reviews" section — it usually appears on the left side under your username and avatar. Click "Reviews" to see all the reviews you have written.
Your reviews appear in a list with the game name, your rating (thumbs up or down), the date you posted it, and how many people found it helpful. Scroll through the list to find the review you want to delete. If you have written many reviews, you can search for the game name using your browser's find function (Ctrl+F on Windows, Command+F on Mac).
Clicking the delete button
Hover your mouse over the review you want to remove. A menu with three dots (called a "more options" menu) appears on the right side of the review. Click those three dots to open a small menu with options.
Select "Delete Review" from the menu. Steam will ask you to confirm that you want to delete it. Click the confirmation button, and the review is removed. The page refreshes, and the review no longer appears in your list or on the game's store page.
What happens after you delete a review
The review disappears from the game's store page when ready. Players browsing that game will no longer see your review in the list of user reviews. Your review also vanishes from your profile, so visitors to your profile cannot read it.
The helpful count and any comments people left on your review are also removed. If someone had marked your review as helpful or unhelpful, that data disappears too. Steam does not keep a record of deleted reviews in your profile history.
Reasons you might not see a delete button
If you are looking at a review and do not see the three-dot menu, you are probably not logged into the account that wrote the review. You can only delete reviews from the account that posted them. Log out and log back in with the correct account if you are trying to delete a review from a different profile.
Reviews you wrote more than a certain time ago may also behave differently, though Steam generally allows deletion of older reviews. If the three-dot menu does not appear after hovering, try refreshing the page or clearing your browser cache. If the problem continues, restart Steam entirely.
Editing instead of deleting
If you want to keep your review but change what it says, you do not have to delete it. Click the three-dot menu on your review and select "Edit Review" instead of "Delete Review." You can update your text, change your rating from thumbs up to thumbs down (or vice versa), and add or remove the "recommend" tag without losing the review's history.
Editing is useful if you want to add new information about the game, correct a mistake you made, or explain why your opinion changed. The edited review keeps its original post date but shows that it was updated.
Deleting reviews from the game's store page
You can also delete a review directly from the game's store page instead of going through your profile. Find the game in the Steam store and scroll down to the "Reviews" section. Look for your own review in the list — it usually has a label showing it is yours. Hover over it and click the three-dot menu, then select "Delete Review."
This method is faster if you are already looking at the game's page and want to remove your review without navigating to your profile. The result is the same: your review is deleted and no longer visible anywhere on Steam.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I delete someone else's review of a game?
No. You can only delete reviews that you wrote yourself. If a review violates Steam's community guidelines, you can report it using the flag icon on the review, and Steam's moderation team will investigate. Reporting is different from deleting — you are asking Steam to review whether the content breaks the rules.
Will deleting my review affect my Steam level or badges?
Deleting a review does not change your Steam level, badges, or any other account statistics. Your profile level is based on your overall activity, not on how many reviews you currently have posted. Removing a review is purely about hiding that specific text from the store page.
Can I recover a review after I delete it?
No. Once you delete a review, Steam does not restore it. If you want the review back, you have to write it again from scratch. Make sure you want to remove it before you click the delete button, or consider editing it instead if you just want to change part of what you wrote.
Does deleting a review remove my helpful votes?
Yes. When you delete a review, all the helpful and unhelpful votes that other players gave it are also removed. If your review had many helpful votes, deleting it means that information disappears from the game's page.
Why is my review not showing up in my profile?
If you wrote a review but it does not appear in your profile's review list, it may have been removed by Steam's moderation team for violating community guidelines. You can also check whether you are logged into the correct account — reviews only appear under the profile that posted them.