How long do game bans show on Steam profile?

Only permanent game bans are displayed on the user's profile.
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How long do game bans show on Steam?

Regardless of who was using the account at the time the ban was issued, game bans are permanent and are not removed. Can I move my Counter-Strike 2 items to a different account? No. Counter-Strike 2 items cannot be moved from a game banned account to a different account.
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How do I remove a Steam game ban from my profile?

Can the ban be removed? No. Any bans added to an account will remain regardless of who was using the account at the time the infraction occurred. Ultimately, the use and security of your Steam account are your responsibility.
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What happens when you get a game ban on Steam?

When a user is VAC or Game Banned, their Steam account is banned from playing multiplayer on secured servers. This creates an incentive for people who cheat to stockpile copies of games on one account and to gift them to low value accounts where they can continue cheating.
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Do Steam bans expire?

Community Bans are issued to an account when the account is used in ways that violate Steam's Community Guidelines excessively. Most Community Bans will expire, but extended or even permanent bans may be issued if the prohibited activity continues or if the moderation team finds the activity egregious.
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Do game bans disappear after 7 years?

It'll be inivisible to other people after 7 years have passed as long as you have no further bans on record. Originally posted by J4MESOX4D: It'll be inivisible to other people after 7 years have passed as long as you have no further bans on record.
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Do game bans expire?

Bans are permanent. They will not expire.
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Can you get falsely banned on Steam?

Any claim that you've been accidentally or falsely reported for fraud or any other infraction is always the introduction to a scam. If someone did report your account falsely and you're concerned about being banned, you can rest assured that Steam disregards false reports.
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What's the difference between game ban and VAC ban?

The difference is that with a game ban you can still play casual games, but with a VAC ban you can only play with bots.
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Can Steam ban you if you refund too much?

You can submit any number of refund requests for eligible purchases. If it appears that you are abusing the refund system, we reserve the right to revoke access to this feature.
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Does Steam ban all accounts?

steam will automatically apply a game/vac ban to all accounts with the same phone number should any of them get caught cheating. some games ban YOU, not just the account. so making alt accounts is viewed as bypassing a ban and will earn a ban if they identify the account as belonging to YOU.
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Are VAC bans IP based?

No it does not ban by IP, it bans the account only. Banning by IP, or hardware is useless due to how easily they can be spoof from user end, which why it's pointless banning that way.
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How many VAC bans can you get?

Technically there is no limit on how much VAC bans you can have on your Steam Account however if you one of those People who likes to collect "VAC bans", they may terminate your Community Profile/Steam Account.
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Do game bans go away from profile?

The duration of the game ban is determined by the developer. Only permanent game bans are displayed on the user's profile. Temporary game bans, or suspensions, are not displayed.
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Do VAC bans affect all games?

If you get a VAC ban, you're no longer able to play on VAC-protected servers (any official servers) in any VAC-enabled game on your account. This means no official TF2 servers, no official CSGO servers, etc. You can still play on custom servers, provided they're not VAC-protected.
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Do private profiles show VAC ban?

are VAC bans displayed on private profiles? Yes they do show on private profiles. Unless they're over 7 years years old. If they're that old then they're only visible to the account holder themselves but they're still in effect.
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What is a soft ban on Steam?

Soft bans mean that you're still permitted to play the games, but you'd be grouped with other people who have also been soft-banned. As in, a FPS player using aimbot would also be grouped with other cheaters, sparing regular players the frustration of grouping with those hackers/cheaters.
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What does red banned mean Steam?

Red banned texts next to usernames in forums mean they are banned from that forum. They are no longer allowed to post there. VAC or Game bans on player profiles mean they've been banned from a game.
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Is Steam community ban until 2038?

2038 is a placeholder date, the ban is permanent. You will have to wait for Steam support to reply, and whatever their answer is will be the only one you get.
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Does reporting a Steam account do anything?

Report any Steam accounts involved in the scam. If a friend's account is involved their account is likely stolen. Your report will help Steam identify and lock down the stolen account until its owner recovers it.
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Do valve employees use Discord?

A reminder that no one from Valve will ever contact you through Steam (or Discord, or anywhere) and threaten your account or request items. If someone claims to work at Valve and they are threatening your account or items you should report and block them.
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Can you get banned for playing a game before release?

You cannot get banned for playing a legitly obtained game before its release date, how this myth still exists is wild. Street days are not laws. The people selling it can face repercussions, not the end user.
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Is hardware ban permanent?

In some cases, it may be necessary to reinstall the operating system in order to repair the changes made by these tools. Failure to remove these hardware alterations, or additional attempts to bypass these restrictions, may result in an account action up to and including a permanent ban from Fortnite.
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Can I play rust with a game ban?

Can you play Rust with a game ban? If you get banned from the game or the Rustafied servers, you can't make another account and play again. This is true even if you got banned for using cheats. The moderators have a rule against it and will give you another penalty if they catch you trying to get around the ban.
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