How to Install Steam Skins on PC or Mac

Last Updated: November 24, 2021

Want to add a custom skin to the Steam app? You can find and download tons of free Steam skins online, including anime skins and skins that match your Windows or macOS theme. When you find a skin you like, it just takes a few clicks to install it in your Steam skins folder and completely change the look of Steam. We'll show you how!

Method 1

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Windows

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Find skins to download. You can find lots of free Steam skins online. One popular download site is https://steamskins.org.
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Download the skin to your computer. Skins are usually compressed into .Zip or .Rar archives.
- Depending on your browser, you may have to select a download location. Select the Downloads folder and click Save.
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Right-click the file you downloaded. You may have to open the Downloads folder if it’s not already open. A context menu will appear.
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Click Extract all….
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Select the Steam skins folder. This is usuallyC:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/skins. If you installed Steam in a different directory, click the Browse… button and select the “skins” folder in that directory now.
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Click Extract. The files will extract to the skins folder.
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Open Steam. You’ll usually find it under All Apps in the Start menu. If prompted to log in or input a Steam Guard code, follow the on-screen instructions to do so.
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Click the Steam menu. It’s at the top-left corner of Steam.
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Click Settings. It’s near the bottom of the menu.
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Click Interface. It’s in the left column.
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Click the down-arrow next to “default skin.” It’s near the center of the right panel.
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Select your new skin. All skins you’ve extracted to the skins folder will appear in this drop-down menu.
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Click OK. A confirmation message will appear at the center of the screen, asking you to restart the app.
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Click RESTART STEAM. The applications will shut down and restart with the new skin applied.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

macOS

1
Find skins to download. You can find lots of free Steam skins online. One popular download site is https://steamskins.org.
2
Download the skin to your computer. Skins are usually compressed into .Zip or .Rar archives.
- Depending on your browser, you may have to select a download location. Select the Downloads folder and click Save.
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Double-click the file you downloaded. You should find it in the Downloads folder. This extracts a new folder containing the skin files.
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Open a Finder window. You can do this by clicking the two-toned Mac logo in the Dock.
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Press ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+G. A dialog will appear.^{[1]
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Type ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/skins and press ⏎ Return. This opens the skins folder.
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Drag the extracted folder to the skins folder in Finder. Now that the skin files are in place, you can easily change the skin in the Steam app.
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Open Steam. It’s in the Applications folder and on the Launchpad. If prompted to log in or input a Steam Guard code, follow the on-screen instructions to do so.
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Click the Steam menu. It’s at the top-left corner of the screen.
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Click Preferences.
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Click Interface. It’s in the left column.
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Click the down-arrow next to “default skin.” It’s near the center of the right panel.
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Select your new skin. All skins you’ve extracted to the skins folder will appear in this drop-down menu.
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Click OK. A confirmation message will appear at the center of the screen, asking you to restart the app.
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Click RESTART STEAM. The applications will shut down and restart with the new skin applied.