How to Open the Console in Team Fortress 2

Last Updated: June 30, 2019

This wikiHow teaches you how to open the console in Team Fortress 2. The console is a command-line interface that is used for advanced configuration of a game.

Steps

1
Open Steam. Steam has a blue icon with an image that resembles a rotary piston. Click the icon in the Windows Start menu or the Applications folder on Mac.
2
Click Library. It's the second tab at the top of the screen. This displays your game library.

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3
Right-click Team Fortress 2. If you have downloaded Team Fortress 2 from Steam, it will appear in the list of games in the sidebar to the left. This displays a menu to the right of your cursor.
4
Click Properties. It's at the bottom of the menu that appears when you right-click on "Team Fortress 2".
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Click Set Launch Options. It's the button in the center of the window under the "General" tab at the top of the screen.
6
Type -console in the text box and click Ok. This adds the console option when you launch Team Fortress 2.
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Launch Team Fortress 2. To launch Team Fortress 2, you can either click Play in Steam, or double-click the Team Fortress 2 icon in the windows Start menu, or Applications folder on Mac.
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Press ` to open the console. It's the key above the Tab button on your keyboard. This opens the console. You can open the console at the title screen or in-game.^{[1]
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- Type a command and click Submit to send a command.
- Separate multiple commands in a line with a semicolon.
- Click here to see a list of commands.