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Cancelling a game installation leaves behind a folder in steamapps/common

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6272 · opened 2019-05-16 by Managor · updated 2025-05-25 · 1 comments · github
MManagor 2019-05-16 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version: May 15 2019, at 21:17:00
  • Distribution: Xubuntu 19.04
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

When you cancel the a game install, it leaves behind an annoying empty folder in steamapps/common

Steps for reproducing this issue:

  1. Select game for install
  2. Get the download going
  3. Cancel the download while the files are being prepared or when the game is being downloaded.
MManagor 2025-05-25 github

This still happens with the current client. An empty folder is left behind.

Nothing extracted yet.