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How to revert back to the old Steam Chat UI

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 🙂