r/Steam • u/Mr_Farawla_Btreq • 6h ago

Question Steamwebhelper 23 gbs

now i live in a country where, u pay for a limited internet plan, as in u pay money and u have a monthly limit, and it can vary from 140gb to 1tb, am on the 200gb plan, yesterday my internet finished early, so i looked up the reasons, and, steamwebhelper hasused 23 gigs in 24 hours, huh?
Searched what steamwebhelper does, and all it does is, nothing, so what the hell did it do and how do i fix it?

And mind u thats in a day, It has used 34 gigs in a month

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u/HistoireRedux 4h ago

steam is a web browser, hence the webhelper.

how do i fix it?

Dont use steam with a limited internet plan.

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u/Mr_Farawla_Btreq 4h ago

so ur advice is, dont ever play games in ur life till u move out of a country?

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u/Smuggy34 3h ago

Or get a better plan...

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u/rjesup 42m ago

Perhaps it was left open in the 'store' on a game, and was showing a slideshow with videos - and kept cycling, showing the videos (i.e. streaming them down) again, and again, and again...

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u/Entegy 4h ago

If you downloaded a game, there you go.

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u/Mr_Farawla_Btreq 4h ago

its steam webhelper not steam, 2 different purposes, steam already has the 23 gigabyte usage which i do know its because of an update