• Mon. Oct 6th, 2025

How to clear the Steam Deck download cache

How to clear the Steam Deck download cache

How do you clear the Steam Deck download cache? The Steam Deck is a formidable piece of machinery, capable of being not only a high-powered handheld, but also a competent desktop PC, and overall one of the best options when it comes to playing your PC games on the go.

Yet even the best Steam Deck games can struggle when it comes to downloading. While most games will install onto your Steam Deck with no issue, other downloads may stall, and get stuck for hours with no end in sight. Even simple updates will ask to be resumed, only to never finish regardless of how little storage space they take up.  One of the quickest ways around to fix games that won’t download or update is to clear your download cache.

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming