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One of the most common and annoying errors when opening the Steam client is the “login information verification error”. Unlike most other errors related to the Steam client, this problem is critical and prevents you from using the client normally, ultimately denying you access to games. To fix the Steam verifying login information error, you can clear your downloaded caches. Or switch your online/offline status.
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Solutions to fix the Steam Verifying Login Information error
You can use one of the following solutions to fix the problem.
- Deleting the cache.: The most common error correction, according to Various Redditorsis to clear the cache. You can do this by clicking on Steam > Downloads > Settings> Clear cache.
- Online/Offline Exchange: Another notable working solution is to switch from Online to Offline mode. To do this, start the client and click on the “Switch to Offline” option. When the client restarts in Offline mode, switch it back to Online mode. The only disadvantage of this solution is that the error may appear after some time.
- Restart the client or the PC: You can try to close all steam-related APIs running in the background via task manager and restart the Steam client. If that doesn’t work, restart your system as a whole.
- Steam Web and reinstalling the Steam client: Since this is a login-based connection problem, check if you can log in to your account through your web browser. If you can log in to your account through your browser, the problem lies in the Steam client. Therefore, your best option is to reinstall the client.
- Check your email: Check your account email address if you have received any notification from Valve that your account has been suspended or banned.
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