How to See Your Account Name in Steam

Last Updated: October 25, 2022

This wikiHow teaches you how to find your account name on Steam. Your account name, also called your Steam ID, is different from your profile name. Rather than being a name you can customize, it's a 17-digit number used to identify you across the platform. If you've been asked to provide your Steam ID to link to another app, this is how you'll find it.

Things You Should Know

Your Steam account name is also known as your Steam ID and is a series of 17 numbers that identify your account.
This is NOT your profile name.
After you've enabled "Display Steam URL address bar when available," you'll be able to see your account name in your Steam URL.

Steps

1
Open your Steam client. You'll find Steam in your Windows Start menu or your Mac's Applications folder.
2
Click the View menu. It's in the menu bar at the top.

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3
Click Settings. This opens the Settings window.^{[1]
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Click Interface. It's in the left panel.
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Check the box next to "Display Steam URL address bar when available." It's near the middle of the right panel.
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Click OK to save your settings.
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Click your profile name. It's at the top-right corner of Steam. You should now a URL in the address bar with a 17-digit number at the end like this: https://steamcommunity.com/profile/00000000000000000 Your account name is the number at the end of the URL.
- If you created a custom URL, you'll see your custom name instead of the actual Steam ID here. If this is the case for you, continue with this method. If not, you're all done!
8
Hover the mouse cursor over your profile name and click Profile. It's at the top-right corner. If you have a custom address, this is where you'll go to find your actual Steam ID.
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Click Edit Profile. It's on the right side of the page.
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Erase the contents of "Custom URL" and click Save. Once you do this, you will see your actual Steam ID number in the address bar at he top of your profile.