Steam is the most popular video game platform in the world. Although it has a Web version, the truth is that to install video games and enjoy them, you must install the desktop client. This client does not consume many resources of your computer in case you are not playing video games, however, most users do not want the program to run in the background, which is a problem because by default Steam opens automatically with the start of the Windows or MacOS operating system on your computer.

Starting Steam automatically when your computer starts up is not to the liking of all users. Fortunately, there are a few ways to prevent this from happening by disabling it in the Steam client or by changing the Settings for programs that start at startup of the Windows 10 or macos operating system.

Therefore, if you are worried about the slow start of your operating system, it is highly recommended to disable the opening of Steam during the startup of your computer since your computer will not spend resources opening the program and will only focus on the startup of your computer.

In this tutorial you will learn how to disable the startup of the Steam program during the startup of your computer's operating system, which can cause slower startups by having to use hardware resources at the startup of the program instead of the startup of the computer.

If you want to know how to prevent Steam from opening on startup automatically, especially if you are concerned about slow startup times, you can follow the steps below:

How to disable Steam launch during startup of your Windows or Mac computer.
Open the Steam program for Windows 10.

In the program interface you will have to click on the tab: Steam

When the menu is displayed you will have to select the option: Parameters

In the new window that opens you have to go to the section: Interface

Now you have to make sure to uncheck the option: Load Steam when the computer starts

Finally, to save the new configuration you only have to click on the button: Accept

Done, now Steam will not start automatically when we start our Windows 10 computer.

Prevent Steam from opening during startup of your Windows 10 computer
Windows 10 has a specific setting to enable or disable the programs that should be loaded/started during the boot of the operating system. If we disable Steam in this setting, the program will not run at startup even if the specific settings of the program are different.

To disable Steam from the Windows 10 startup settings, the following link shows in detail how to do it: How to remove or add startup programs in Windows 10