How to Bringing up Steam Cloud conflict dialogue?

Rafe Keller
4 min readSep 14, 2019

The first part of the solution is probably the most difficult. In order to delete all your Steam Cloud data, it is necessary to bring the conflict dialogue. Without it is not possible to delete the data present in your Cloud. Steam Cloud conflict occurs when the Cloud files differ from the data present on your hard drive.

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There are two methods to bring about this conflict:-

Method 1

1. Make sure that your Steam Cloud is enabled by following the steps mentioned above. Exit Steam completely by ending all the processes starting with Steamclientbootstrapper using the task manager.

2. Now will alter all the files in the location Steam\userdata\SteamID\AppID\remote

The objective is to make sure that all the files are different from that uploaded to the Steam cloud. We can’t simply delete the files from this location as Steam will automatically notice that the files are missing and download the same ones from the Cloud servers. We can achieve our task by corrupting them and making them 0-byte files.

  • Navigate to Steam\userdata\SteamID\AppID\remote
  • Now hold shift and right-click on your remote folder. Select the option Open PowerShell window here.
  • You can also open PowerShell when in the folder by clicking the File option present at the top left side of the screen and selecting Open Windows PowerShell as administrator.
  • Once PowerShell is opened, type the exact text written below

{clc –path C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\SteamID\AppID\remote\}

Method 2

1. Open your Steam client. Open its Settings by pressing the Steam button present at the top left corner of the window and selecting the option.

2. Open the Cloud tab present at the left side of the screen. Uncheck the option Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for the applications which support it.

3. Now navigate to your Stream directory as you did earlier and delete all files present in the folder of AppID. The file path for deletion is Steam\userdata\SteamID\AppID

4. Now start the game to make new and different files in the file location.

5. Exit the game and Steam completely by ending all Steam processes in the task manager end steam client bootstrapper first.

6. Now delete the remote cache.pdf file present in the location Steam\userdata\SteamID\AppID

7. Start your Steam.

8. Head over to the client’s Settings and enable the cloud.

Now a Steam conflict dialogue will come forth and we can proceed with the remaining method.

How to Delete Steam Cloud Saves from OS X?

The procedures above can also be replicated on OS X and older Macs to a slight extent. By following the steps below, you will be able to delete your local saves. You can then disable the Steam Cloud synchronization from the Steam application, start a new game and create a few new saves.

Then, when you return to re-enable the Steam Cloud synchronization features, the client will ask you which saves do you want to use. You can then choose the new ones which will delete and replace your old saves from the cloud.

To make things even clearer, here’s a step-by-step guide through the whole thing:-

1. Open your Steam application and go to Steam > Settings via the ribbon at the top of the window.

2. In the settings menu, click on the Cloud tab and uncheck the box associated with Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for applications which support it.

3. Close Steam completely and open your Finder app.

4. Go to Library > Application Support > Steam > SteamApps > Common and open the folder of whichever game you want to delete the save files.

5. Next, open the SAVE folder to reveal the saves of the game.

6. Once you manage to identify and delete the local saves from the game you’re targeting, open the Game and create a few new saves.

7. Exit the game, open steam and return to Steam > Settings > Cloud. From the cloud tab, re-enable the checkbox next to Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for applications which support it and click the OK button below.

8. Steam will ask you whether you want to use the newly created local saves or the ones that you already have on the cloud. Choosing to use the new ones will delete the old saves that you currently have on Steam Cloud.

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Rafe Keller

Rafe Keller is a 29-year-old professional sports person who enjoys cycling, upcycling and watching television. He is generous and brave.