If you are facing slow speed in downloading your Steam, then you should first compare your Steam download speed with your network download on the same scale. For instance, if you are getting 768KB/s (kilobytes per second) on your Steam client, this means your network speed is 6144Kb/s (kilobits per second). In other words, 6 megabits per second. Many people get confused and treat both measures the same. There is a small chart so you can understand much better.
The slow download issue can be caused by outdated network drivers, firewall blocking, caching issues, network connection issues, download server location, resource-eating programs, or even download cache. We suggest trying the suggested fixes on at a time to identify and resolve the issue easily.
How to Fix Steam Download Slow Error
Now I gonna tell you a couple of methods to fix this problem. Here are some of the steps to fix the slow downloading speeds on stream
Method 1: Clearing Download Cache
Here are the few steps to clear the cache
Step 1: Firstly, open stream, click on the steam in the upper left corner then submenu appears, Click on the setting option.
Step 2: In setting option click on the submenu option downloads, here in download option Click on the clear download cache.
Step 3: Suddenly pop up should appear on the screen(This will clear your download cache and You will need to login stream again.) This pop up appears then click on the ok button.
Step 4: Lastly, log into your stream account as it gets logout.
Method 2: Changing Your Download Location
Here are the few steps of a second method
Clicking on different download locations can solve the issue causing download lag and delays. To find the fastest location/server you have to test several servers here are the few steps you can manage to change the server.
Step 1: First of all, click on the stream in the upper left corner on the submenu click on the settings.
Step 2: Secondly, choose download from settings it appears on the left corner of the window.
Step 3: Next, download submenu appears, Choose the fastest server which is close to you.
Step 4: Following that, click on the OK button after choosing it.
Step 5: Now check to download again to see the difference in speed.
Method 3: Check the Network Connection
To check the internet network connection. Check your network if you are using a WiFi router for the internet connection disable all the extra device which are connecting on the same network(If connecting any).
Here are a few steps you can do to check the network connection to fix the slow downloading speed on stream.
Step 1: Check your network connection, click on the bottom right corner as shown below.
Step 2: Make sure your device connected with the best network, make sure that your network is not connecting with any other devices.
Step 3: Make sure that your torrent is shut off because it decreased the bandwidth of the Network which led to a bad internet connection.
Step 4: Right-click on the mouse of the torrent then the menu appears to click on the Exit button.
Method 4: Disable the Antivirus
The free antivirus affected your network as well as decrease the speed of the PC. It checks all the downloading file to ensure that all file is malware-free. To do this, it consumes the internet of your system. These antiviruses pop up always while working and if you click sometimes the virus is a download by the free version of antivirus.
Here are the few steps you can disable/ uninstall the free antivirus in your pc
Step 1: Tap on the window button in a laptop, a menu appears in two-column
Step 2: On the right column click on the control panel option.
Step 3: Suddenly menu appears with a lot of options.
Step 4: Click on the program feature in the menu. As shown below.
Step 5: After clicking on the program feature search the free antivirus and click on it pop up appear
Step 6: Click on OK button, Antivirus get install
Method 5: Refresh the Steam
It requires some files to download, after downloading additional files we are ready to go. It requires a few steps to go.
Step 1: The default location for your steam folder should be “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam”.
Step 2: Next, click on the window button and the in search bar search run.
Step 3: After clicking it the popup appears In the dialogue box write “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam”.
Steam.exe (Application)
SteamApps (Folder)
Step 3: Delete all the other files/folders/applications except the ones mentioned above and Restart stream.
Step 4: Now Steam will download all the missing files and folders and launch when it’s
Ready advice to restart your computer as it takes a few minutes but it solves the issue.
Method 6: Change the Download Limit
This method is strongly recommended if the download peak is 0 bytes/s or dropping to 0 bytes/s. All you need to do is to change the download limit so let get started.
Step 1: Firstly, open the stream
Step 2: Then, click on the upper left corner and go to the setting.
Step 3: After clicking on settings submenu to appear, click on the Limit reached as shown
Step 4: Following that, choose your bandwidth setting according to your internet connection. Which internet setting allows your bandwidth just click on that option
Step 5: Lastly, click the OK button to apply the changes.
Conclusion
We have listed all the possible methods to solve the issue of “Steam Download Slow.” Lastly, we hope that this Method will solve your Slow download stream problem.
