How can I turn off all the Steam Inventory/Trading Cards/Community stuff?
Steam has a 'trading card'-social-media thing. I don't really get it, and I have zero interest in it.
As far as I can tell, it basically serves to clutter up the Steam interface, and constantly barrage you about new junk in your 'Steam Inventory' that I frankly don't care about.
Is there anyway to disable the whole thing? Maybe I just hate (certain types) of fun, but I frankly completely fail to understand why I should care about the whole affair at all. It would make the steam client a lot nicer if I never had to see any of it again.
There doesn't seem to be any way to just delete cards from your steam inventory.
Best Answer
To piggyback on what @Nitrous Oxide (Awesome name) Said... You cannot stop/turn off the Steam Trading Card system. They are earned by playing games you have that has the Trading Card System enabled and random events.
I understand it can be quite frustrating at times to receive two-four cards at once and have to view-acknowledge them in order to make the notification disappear BUT you could simply ignore the entire system and horde cards for some time. Eventually you could trade in sets of them for new quirky badges, backgrounds, and experience for your Steam Profile. OR you could "bite the bullet" and enter the Trading Card community once a month or so and sell all the cards you have for pennies on the dollar to eventually be able to buy something you want.
I hope this helps out a bit.
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What happens when you get all Trading Cards on Steam?
Once you have a full set of Trading Cards, you can turn them into a badge. This will display on your Steam profile and will also grant you rewards: A game-specific emoji to use in chats with friends. A game-specific background to customize your Steam profile.How do I hide my inventory on Steam?
Alternatively, you can navigate to the Profile Privacy Settings page manually:How do I turn off trade offers on Steam?
Can you get Steam Trading Cards while AFK?
Yes, you can. And since it's not mentioned in any of the other answers: there is even software that will iterate through your games, idling in each one until you get all the cards. It's called Idle Master, but has been unmaintained for a while.Steam Trading Cards and Badges - Explanation and Tutorial
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Answer 2
Unfortunately, no. The Steam trading cards are rewarded to you when you spend a specific amount of time in a game. If you really want to get rid of the cards put them on the community market or trade them to someone who wants them.
Answer 3
Create a second Steam account, and trade all your inventory crap to it every so often.
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