How do I stop steam from tracking my game time?

You cannot disable time tracking nor can you reset the time tracked as was once possible for source games. You can create a new alternate (alt) account, purchase a second copy of the game and play on that with impunity as your friend will be none the wiser. You buy a new single player title. Play for about an hour.

Can you reset your hours on a steam game?

There is no way to reset your playtime in games on steam, but don’t worry, people don’t jump to such opinions while seeing someone with 1400 hours, I have 2800 in csgo and people don’t care, people care when there are accounts with 25 000 hours on 2 games idled at the same time, those are interesting.

Can my friends see my Steam games?

Your friends will no longer be able to see the games in your Steam account or elsewhere. The game you’re currently playing will remain hidden from view, as will your game achievements, saved wish-list games, and more.

When did steam start tracking hours?

To quickly summarize, these include: Valve did not implement the playtime tracking feature until March 2009. Games played before that time will therefore not have all playtime recorded, which means that for these games, the playtime totals will be smaller than they actually are.

Is Steam Play time accurate?

If you are playing while steam is offline or steam somehow loses connection, no hours will be logged. If your game is modded in some way and launched via a third party exe, it will not be counted. In those cases, steam may even pad your game playing time more than you really played.

How do I increase steam game hours?

Users boost for many reasons

Boost the hours on your second account to match your main.
Turn your Steam account into a chat bot.
Boast to your friends / strangers.
Get access to that clan you’ve always wanted to join.
Gain Steam Trading Cards from idling games.
Create rare accounts with thousands of hours played.

How do I look at my Steam history?

To find your total, just click this handy link and log into Steam’s website. (Or you can navigate a crazy menu tree in the Steam desktop app like so: Help > Steam Support > My Account > Data Related to your Steam Account > External Funds Used.)

Does steam save chat history?

As you probably already know, Steam does not save your chat history when you are chatting and it definitely does not save history with people you removed from your Steam friends. Even if it would, nothing can be used to view the chat history with friends you removed.

Does steam delete chat history?

There’s no way to clear the history. To your last point – yes, that is a known bug that has been around for ages. The chat history lasts for 2 weeks. And, you also have chat logs stored in the account data page.