How to Move Steam Games to Another Drive — Without Re-Downloading (2026)

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Running out of space on your C: drive? Steam lets you move installed games to another drive (SSD, HDD, external) without re-downloading.

📋 Steps

1. Open Steam → Settings → Storage
2. You'll see all your Steam library folders and drives
3. Click "Add Drive" to add a new storage location (if needed)
4. Go back to your Library → right-click the game → Properties → Installed Files
5. Click "Move Install Folder"
6. Select the destination drive → click Move
7. Steam moves the files without re-downloading

💡 Move to SSD for faster load times. Games like GTA V, Bannerlord, and CS2 load 2-3x faster on SSD vs HDD.

📖 More Tutorials

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