How to revert back to the old Steam Chat UI

With some people disliking the new Steam Chat Interface and Buddies list I thought I’d share a way to revert the changes.

Windows users:

Go to your shortcut for Steam (or make one)
Right click and select properties
Under target add the two switches at the end of Steam.exe

-nochatui -nofriendsui

Your Target should look like this:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe” -nochatui -nofriendsui

Now, if you’re under Linux:

Right click on your desktop and create a launcher
Name your launcher Steam or whatever you want
Under command type:

./steam.sh -nofriendsui -nochatui

Under working directory type your Steam install location, normally it’s:

/home/yournamehere/.steam

Then you’ll be back to old school chatting in no time. :melon:

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SigmaZer0
Melon Seed
August 4, 2018 1:53 pm

I may have to do this sometime, I hate the new chat UI so much.
Thank you! Just bookmarking this 🙂