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2025-11-19
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The following explains how to stop Steam from automatically downloading workshop data when logging into a Steam account.

  1. This function runs a script that automatically stops workshop downloads only after Steam login.
  2. However, if you launch a game like CS2, and you still have active workshop subscriptions, Steam will start downloading them again.
  3. The only way to fully prevent this is to manually remove the workshop items:
    The player must check their Steam Workshop subscriptions and unsubscribe from any items they don’t want to download.

Unsubscribing from Mods

  1. Locate the game on the Steam library, and click Workshop. For this example, we will use DayZ. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

  1. Navigate to Your Files > Subscribed Items. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

  1. Click Unsubscribe from All. (Figure 3)

Figure 3

  1. You will then receive a prompt to confirm the request, click OK and you are done. (Figure 4)

Figure 4

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