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Steam offers multiple library folders, and you can choose where you desire to install games when y'all download them. And, thank you to an update, you lot tin easily move a game later on you've downloaded it without re-downloading the entire thing.

This process tin salvage you lot from downloading tens or even hundreds of gigabytes of game data all over again, only because you got a new SSD and desire to movement a few games. It's unlike from moving an entire Steam library folder, which moves every single game within information technology—the following procedure will allow yous move only a few games rather than the whole library.

Footstep One: Create a 2nd Steam Binder

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First, you lot'll need to make a Steam library folder on the second drive if you haven't already washed then. To do this in Steam, click Steam > Settings. Select the "Downloads" category and click the "Steam Library Folders" button.

Click the plus push button virtually the top.

Click the plus button

Select the drive you desire to create the library binder on, and click "Add together". A new folder named "SteamLibrary" will exist created on the chosen drive.

Select the drive you want, then click "Add."

The new folder you lot created will now appear along the top with your original steam folder.

Both original and new steam folders visible at the top

Stride 2: Move the Games Files to the Second Library

There are two ways to move an installed game.

The Storage Manager Window

The first uses the Storage Manager window, where nosotros just created a new library folder. Select the drive that has the game installed, tick the box next to the game you lot desire to motility, and then click "Move" in the lesser correct.

Select the drive with the games, click the check box next to the game, and then click "Move."

In the prompt that appears, select the drive with your new steam binder, and so click "Movement."

Click "Move."

Be prepared to expect for this to cease — games tin have up dozens or hundreds of gigabytes, and moving them can take quite a while.

The Games List

To move a game in your library, right-click it and then click "Backdrop."

Right click the game you want to move, then click "Properties."

Click the "Local Files" tab and click the "Move Install Folder" push.

Click "Local Files", then click "Move Install Folder."

Select the Steam library you want to motion the game to and click the "Move" button.

Click "Move."

You're done. Steam volition move the game's files to the other library location. To move other games, just echo this process.

When installing a game in the future, Steam will ask which library you lot want to install it to, but you should be able to move your games at any time.

Select which steam library folder you'd like to use.

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