submitted 1 year ago by harald_im_netz@feddit.de to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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Almost 20 years ago, I've got a steam account already. Somehow, I've lost the account-name, but I still see it in the friend list of my brother.

I'm quite certain to still know the password, but I cannot remember the account-name. Any way of recovering it?

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[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 12 points 1 year ago

Do you still have access to your email address?

If so, reset your password. They will send you a mail with your username in it.

[-] Gwynn@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

To add on to this, early steam accounts used your email address as the login name. So definitely try using that.

[-] harald_im_netz@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

This is a good idea. Sadly, I don't have access to the email from twenty years ago, this makes it even harder.

[-] Gwynn@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You don't necessarily need access to the mail itself, if you know the password :)

[-] harald_im_netz@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, this I understood. But there was the question from the original commenter @domi@lemmy.secnd.me which I tried to aim the second half at. I'll try to login with old email adresses :-)

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