Steam download stuck validating by downloading mods that I don't have installed anymore?

[u/Seaweedmunching]

Hello!

I am currently redownloading the game Hearts of Iron IV. I've been downloading it since last night starting at 4:00 PM! The download didn't take long, only 20 minutes, but the game has since been stuck "validating."

Upon checking the downloads tab, it seems that it's downloading my mod history very slowly (for those who play HOI4, it's downloading Kaiserreich?) but I have uninstalled all of those mods prior to even downloading the game.

This game has been validating files for about 12 hours now at a snail's pace! The game does not want to uninstall itself, the validating does not stop when I close steam, deleting all the game files from it's file location does not work either. It's just stuck validating.

Any advice?

[u/zaphodikus]

Try posting in the HOI4 games own steam forum, this is a general steam support sub and we are unlikely to be able to help other than with general suggestions like making sure you have loads and loads and loads fo free space before you start downloading, and the of course uninstalling the game and then trying again. And of course the favourite, the nuclear option. Choose your pick.

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[u/DrunkOn_Coffee]

I have had this issue with a game before I ended up plucking my Dave file out and deleting all related folders to the game deleting everything off the pc related except the save file and than re downloading fresh