How do I delete DLC ?

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  1. Nigel

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    I have a lot of Rfactor 2 (my favourite sim) DLC and Workshop items on my hard drive but am now very low on space. I no longer use any of the Reiza Track pack or Reiza Car pack DLC and want to permanently delete both of them as they are using a lot of space but can't because when I do they get reinstalled again on start up. Is there any way around this? DLC can be deleted from other games on Steam. Hope someone can help thanks.
     
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    Go to your UserData folder and open up the Launcher.config file with notepad.
    Change the line 'Disable Workshop Auto-Subscribe:False' into 'Disable Workshop Auto-Subscribe:True' and save the file. Unsubscribe from all the items you don't want. That should do the trick.
     
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    Many thanks !
     
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    I just tried this with Nurburgring DLC, because it simply runs like crap on my ancient PC....and it did not work. Even with 'Disable Workshop Auto-Subscribe:True' It still re-installs the DLC. @Nigel , did it work for you?
     
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    I don't think you can unsubscribe from DLC. It's not the same as DLC in (most) other steam games.

    Consider linking the entire workshop folder to another drive using mklink.
     
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    I wonder, and I know it is less than ideal..but what if you deleted / unsubscribed from the DLC and then put Steam in OFFLINE mode. Would that work? Not the best option, I know...but would that work?
     
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    Tried it..deleted the folder that Nurburgring DLC is stored in, unsubscribed and changed the Disable Workshop Auto-Subscribe:True . and..nope. Steam still re-downloads it. 2.8 gigs of unusable content. It's ok. Should be a easy way to get rid of stuff I don't use...but it is what it is.
     
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    The disable workshop auto-subscribe thing doesn’t work anymore(since new ui), can’t delete/unsubscribe paid content either, best answer so far in this thread is post #5.
     
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    Agreed. I tried everything and it still re-downloads. I do not have another HD to store stuff on, so I guess I will have to deal with the 2.8 gigs of wasted space...anyway, it was a fun but frustrating experiment for a Monday night. Hope you find a solution @Nigel
     
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    Did you also delete the track here? D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\rFactor 2\Installed\Locations I didn't do this Disable Workshop Auto-Subscribe:True
     

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