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Zailing 28 Nov, 2024 @ 8:00am
Is it Possible to Revert to the Old Family Sharing System?
Hi everyone,

I’m hoping someone here can help. I recently switched to the new Family management system, but I’ve run into a frustrating issue: I can no longer share my library with my brother, who lives in a different country. My game catalogue includes purchases from both my current and previous countries, so I don’t understand why this is causing a problem.

Is there any way to revert to the old Family Sharing system? I’d really appreciate any advice or insight into this issue.

Thanks in advance!
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miamew3 28 Nov, 2024 @ 8:07am 
No the old steam family is being replaced with the new Steam Families system. At some point in the near future it wont even exist in the client, once the grace period for people switching over is complete.
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Zailing 28 Nov, 2024 @ 8:38am 
Thank you for the reply. I am very sad about this, that they removed something without explicitly warning about it... The system even recommended my brother as a person to add, but then it didn't allow him to join.
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Dan5000 28 Nov, 2024 @ 9:10am 
They are basically treating it like physical copies. You were only able to share a game with others when you could hand them the CD/DVD for it. If you're in other countries, you can't just easily throw them your copy. Thats how it was always meant to be, it got changed, cuz it got abused by many for sharing with friends, not family.
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dumbfish 28 Nov, 2024 @ 2:23pm 
No. The previous system has been replaced. Steam families now need to reside in the same household.
Last edited by dumbfish; 28 Nov, 2024 @ 2:23pm
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Crazy Tiger 28 Nov, 2024 @ 3:25pm 
Originally posted by Zailing:
Thank you for the reply. I am very sad about this, that they removed something without explicitly warning about it... The system even recommended my brother as a person to add, but then it didn't allow him to join.
You can thank the people abusing the previous family sharing for that. Though it did come with improvements.
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󠀡󠀡 28 Nov, 2024 @ 3:51pm 
So you think you can friend your way around the system by swapping out family for random people? Glad it's not possible anymore ...
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Zailing 12 Dec, 2024 @ 12:59am 
Originally posted by 𝕯𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖟𝖊𝖍𝖓:
So you think you can friend your way around the system by swapping out family for random people? Glad it's not possible anymore ...
Well, me and by bother have been family sharing for many years, so I wasn't looking into swapping anything. I also live part time in new and original country so this doesn't really make sense to me. If I buy too many games when I visit the other country, will it lock out my husband from my family then....
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