Delete saves from Steam Cloud - Here's how

This guide shows you how to delete saved files from the Steam Cloud.

Steam cloud: delete saves

Unfortunately, there is still no option in Steam with which you can simply delete your saves from the cloud. With a small workaround it works:

1. Open Steam and enter the name of the game in the search field that you want to save from the cloud.
2. When you click on the game, a URL appears under the top menu that ends with a number combination.
3. Open the "Userdata" folder in the main Steam directory. There is usually only one other order here, which you also have to open.
4. Now locate the folder with the number combination from step 2. Open it and then the folder "Remote". Exit Steam using the icon on the taskbar.
5. Open Windows PowerShell and enter the following command including quotation marks: clc "C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Steam \ userdata \ 123456 \ 654321 \ remote \ *"
6. Note that you can adjust the file path accordingly so that your Steam installation directory is selected. The number combinations can be found in the respective folders on your PC.
7. Change to the folder from step 3 and then delete the "remotecache.vdf" file.
8. Restart Steam and open the game whose cloud files you want to delete. An error message appears that shows a conflict with the saved files. Repeat step 7 and also delete all files in the "remote" folder.
9. In Steam, select the "Upload to Steam Cloud" option. As soon as the game starts, stop it immediately.
10. Right click on the game in Steam and select Properties. Under "Updates", uncheck "Activate Steam Cloud synchronization for your game". Then exit Steam.
11. Delete the folder you specified in step 4 using the number combination.
12. Finally, start Steam again. Your cloud saves are now completely deleted.