Fixed: Failed to Load Steam Image

Steam users, when they want to upload an image in the application, encounter the error "Failed to start upload: Image could not be uploaded." and cannot upload the image they want to upload into the application. If you are facing suchaproblem, you can findasolution by following the suggestions below.

What is the Error Failed to Load Steam Image?

This error is usually caused by the Steam application being out of date. Of course, we may encounter such an error not only because of this problem, but also because of many other problems. Possible reasons for encountering the Steam image could not be loaded error can belisted as follows:

• Steam may not be up to date.
• There may beaproblem with the Steam cache file.
• There may beaproblem with the Steam download cache.
• If the VPN is on, it may be blocking.
• Family View may be breaking the image upload request.
• The image format may be corrupt or not scaled properly.

The reasons we havelisted above may cause you to encounter the Steam image failed to load error. For this, we will try to solve the problem by telling youafew suggestions.

How To Fix The Error Could Not Load Steam Image

To fix this error, you can find the solution to the problem by following the suggestions below.

1-) Update Steam

The outdated Steam application can cause you to encounter many problems. For this, you can find the solution to the problem by updating the Steam application.

• Run the Steam application.
• Click on the "Steam" option on the top left and click on the "Check for Steam Updates" option in the tab that opens.

After this process, it will let you know if the application is up-to-date and ask your permission to perform the client update. You can perform the update process by accepting the download process. After the update process is complete, you can check if the problem persists.

2-) Clear Steam Download Cache

We can eliminate this problem by using the download cache cleaning tool that Steam creates.

• Run the Steam program.
• Click on "Steam" in the upper left corner.
• Click on "Settings" on the screen that opens.
• Click on "Downloads" on the left in the menu that opens.
• Click the "Clear Download Cache" button on the pop-up menu screen.

After this process, you can check if the problem persists.

3-) Log Out of Steam and Reconnect

Inability to read your Steam ID by the application can cause many errors. For this, you can help your Steam ID to be read without error by logging out of Steam.

• Run the Steam application.
• Click on the "Steam" option at the top left and click on the "Change Account" option in the tab that opens.
• Log out of Steam by clicking "Logout" in the new window that opens.

After logging out of your account, you can log in to your account again and check if the problem persists.

4-) Close VPN Connection

If any VPN connection is open in the background, turn it off. The reason for this is that the changed ip address cannot connect to the server properly and does not work properly, and you may encounter many errors. For this, we can eliminate the problem by closing the vpn connection that is open in the background. If you are makingaVPN connection with the help ofaprogram, turn it off. If you are makingavpn connection by providingaproxy login through Windows, you can turn off the vpn connection by following the step below.

• Type "Proxy Settings" into the start search screen and open it.
• Disable "Automatically detect settings", "Use setup script" and "Use a proxy server" on the screen that opens leave it.

After performing this operation, restart the Steam application and check if the problem persists.

5-) Disable Family View

The family view plugin in the Steam application can cause Steam users to encounter problems when they want to upload images to the server. For this, we can eliminate the problem by disabling the Steam family view plugin.

• Run the Steam application.
• Click on the "Steam" option at the top left and click on the "Settings" option in the opened tab.
• Click on "Family" on the left in the new window that opens and click on "Manage Family View".

• On the screen that appears, activate "Friends, chat and groups", "My online profile, screenshots and achievements" and "Next Click the " button.

After this process, you can check if the problem persists.

6-) Resize Image

We can eliminate the problem by resizing or renaming the image.

• Select the picture you want to upload and open it by typing "Paint" in the start search screen.
• Click on "File" at the top left of the application and click on "Open".
• Select and open the image you want to upload in the new window that opens.
• Then maximize the application and click "Resize".

After this process, resize the image you want to upload via Paint and save the image by clicking the "CTRL + S" key combination. Then try changing the name of the picture and saving it in the Steam application.

Yes, friends, we have solved our problem under this title. If your problem persists, you can ask about the errors you encounter by entering our FORUM platform that we have opened.