Delete Sims

The Sims lets you create all kinds of people, but unfortunately that includes the obnoxious cheating husband who leaves dirty dishes on the floor. You could always trap him in a room without food, but haven't enough virtual people starved over the years? Send your irritating Sims out of town instead, using in game options or cheats.

Steps

The Sims 4

  1. Open the Manage World screen. Click the menu button in the top right corner of the screen. Select Manage World.
    • A prompt will appear asking if you'd like to save the game. This is a good idea, just in case you change your mind or delete the wrong Sim by accident.
  2. Select the household you want to edit. Find the house where the Sim you want to delete lives. Click on it to open household management options.
  3. Open the Manage Household screen. Click the More Options button (the ... icon), then click Manage Household (two silhouetted heads and shoulders). From here, you can either delete a Sim permanently, or move it to a different household. Both options are described below.
  4. Delete a Sim permanently. If you never want to see a Sim again, use the Create A Sim menu to delete it:
    • Click the pencil icon to open Create a Sim for the selected household.[1]
    • Hover over the icon of the Sim you'd like to delete, in the lower left corner. Click the red X when it appears.[2]
  5. Move the Sim out of the household instead. If you just want the Sim out of the household, but don't want to remove it permanently, follow these instructions:[3]
    • On the Manage Household screen, click the icon with two arrows to open the transfer Sims screen. You should see a left pane with the Sims in your household, and an empty right pane.
    • Click Create New Household. This is a small button above the right pane.
    • Click the Sim you would like to transfer to select it. This will highlight it green.
    • Click the right-facing arrow in between the two panes to move this Sim to a new household.

The Sims 3

  1. Back up your save file (recommended). In the Sims 3, you'll need to resort to cheats to delete your Sim. These cheats has a chance to cause bugs, and in the worst case scenario it can permanently ruin your save file. Back up your game before you begin:[4]
    • Find the folder Documents (or My Documents) → Electronic arts → The Sims 3 → Saves.
    • Create a copy of the Saves folder by right-clicking it and choosing Copy, or by selecting the folder and using command+C.
    • Past the copy to your Desktop or inside another folder by right-clicking the screen and selecting Paste, or by selecting the folder and pressing command+V.
  2. Enable testing cheats. Open the cheat console with Ctrl + Shift button|C}}. Type TestingCheatsEnabled true and hit Enter.
    • If you're using Vista, you may need to hold down the Windows key as well to open the cheat console.
  3. Delete a Sim permanently. Hold down Shift and click on the Sim. Select Object, then Delete. That Sim should permanently disappear.[5]
  4. Reset a Sim instead. If your Sim is acting buggy (such as getting stuck in one location, or falling partway through the floor), you can use a different command to reset it. Open the cheat console again and type resetSim followed by a space and the Sim's full name. For example, if the Sim Joira Johnson is stuck, type "resetSim Joira Johnson".[6] Hit Enter.[7]
    • This will cancel all the Sim's wishes and moodlets.
  5. Try another reset method. If the reset command doesn't work, use this workaround:
    • Enter moveObjects on in the cheat console.
    • Enter Buy mode and pick up your Sim to delete it.
    • Open the options menu (... in the lower left corner), then select Edit Town.[8]
    • Click the icon that shows two houses. This is the Change Active Household option.[9]
    • Switch to any other household. Play for a couple minutes, then switch back to your bugged family. The "deleted" Sim should reappear near the sidewalk.
  6. Disable testing cheats. Open the cheat console and enter TestingCheatsEnabled false. This will prevent you from accidentally introducing bugs or deleting objects.
    • If you want to try some more cheats first, Use-Boolprop-on-the-Sims-3.

The Sims Freeplay

  1. Tap the Sim you want to delete. Ever since the Witches & Wizards update, you can delete Sims in the middle of playing the game.[10]
    • If you have an old version of the game (before October 2014), the delete button is a menu option in Create a Sim instead.
  2. Tap the red circle. Find the red circle with a line through on the right of the Sim portrait. Tap this to delete the Sim.
  3. Confirm your decision. In the popup menu, confirm that you want the Sim to "move out of town." This will remove the Sim from your game.



Tips

  • There are plenty of ways to kill off your Sims as well. Try these ideas for Kill-Your-Sims-in-Sims-3 or Kill-Your-Sim-in-the-Sims-2.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/tutorials/moving-sims.php
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLzmCYzTD_Q
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vObP6EFkLso
  4. ↑ https://help.ea.com/en/article/how-do-i-backup-my-saved-games-in-the-sims-3/
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpdnOYeB7ng
  6. ↑ https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/the-sims/the-sims-3/how-to-reset-your-sim-in-the-sims-3/
  7. ↑ http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Moveobjects
  8. ↑ http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/buildedit/editmodetutorial.php
  9. ↑ http://modthesims.info/t/359995
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtg7kAGQG5Q
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