Finding a Steam ID or Steam Account URL is pretty straightforward, both on mobile and on desktop.
Below you’ll find a few methods to find both your Steam ID but also how to find someone else’s Steam ID.
Before starting, though, it’s super useful to know the difference between a Steam ID, a Steam Profile URL, and a Steam Profile name. Yes, they all sound the same, but they are very different.
1)The Steam Profile Name is the “nickname” or “alias” of your Steam account.
By default, your character in multiplayer games has the same name as your Steam Account name.
You can change your Steam Profile Name whenever you want, as often as you want.
These past names of your account will appear in your profile as “Aliases.”
2) Your Steam Account URL is the Steam website link for an account.
By default, the Steam Account URL is composed of: https://steamcommunity.com/id/ with the original Steam Profile Name added at the end.
Thus, if your original Steam Profile Name was “YamiNyan,” then your Steam account URL becomes https://steamcommunity.com/id/YamiNyan .
However, you can also change the URL of your Steam Account URL whenever you want by going to View My Profile -> Edit Profile -> Custom URL.
3) Your Steam ID is a numerical code made of 17 numbers that never changes.
The Steam ID is the identifier Steam itself uses to keep track of players, who owns what games, friend lists, the community, etc.
As such, this is the only aspect of a Steam Account that is always fixed and can never be changed.
Thus, knowing the Steam ID is important to verify another Steam user’s reputation, send friend requests, connect to third party launchers, etc.
How to find YOUR Steam ID on Desktop and Mobile
Find your Steam ID on Desktop
- On your desktop Steam app, click on your Account and select Account details in the drop down.
- You can find your Steam ID numerical code underneath your Steam name.
Find your Steam ID on Mobile
- On your Steam mobile app, tap on your Profile picture.
- At the very bottom, tap on your Account details.
- Tap and copy your Steam ID numerical code underneath your Steam name.
How to find SOMEONE ELSE’S Steam ID
Find someone else’s Steam ID on Desktop
- From the Steam app, click on View and then on Settings.
- Click on Interface and check Display web address bar when available.
- Press Ok to save the changes.
This setting activates a link beneath other users’ Steam profile names, which you can use to find their Steam ID.
- Click on the profile of any Steam user. The person’s Steam ID are the 17 numbers in the person’s URL.
Some Steam users have customized URLs that do not contain their Steam ID.
To find the Steam ID of these users, copy the URL in its entirety, and paste it into any one of these sites:
The image above was taken using https://steamrep.com/ . The person’s Steam ID is the set of 17 highlighted numbers.
Find someone else’s Steam ID on Mobile
- From the Steam Mobile app, tap on a user’s profile.
- Tap on the three vertical dots next to “Community.”
- Tap on Share, and copy the user’s Steam Account URL.
- The person’s Steam ID is the 17 numbers in the person’s URL.
If the Steam user has a custom URL that doesn’t display their Steam ID, then copy the URL and paste it any one of these sites:
- https://steamrep.com/
- https://steamid.io
- http://steamidfinder.com
- http://steamparser.com
The image above was taken using https://steamrep.com/ . The person’s Steam ID is the set of 17 highlighted numbers.