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The Sims 4: How to Disable Packs

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There are a number of reasons why you’d want to disable a certain The Sims 4 pack – it could help you improve your game performance or just get rid of the content you don’t play with that much.

Although this tutorial won’t teach you how to completely remove a certain pack, it will teach you how to disable a pack and not have that pack’s content included in your gameplay.

To disable a Sims 4 Pack of your choice, right click on The Sims 4 in your Game Library and select “Game Properties”. Select the “Advanced Launch Options” and write the following in the Command line arguments:

  • Add -disablepacks:
  • Write down the pack code by the order of its release. If, for example, you want to disable Spa Day Game Pack, write GP02. If you want to disable City Living, add EP03 and so on..
  • If you want to play only with the Base Game, enter the following:
    • -disablepacks:EP01,EP02,EP03,GP01,GP02,GP03,GP04,GP05,SP01,SP02,SP03,SP04,SP05,SP06,SP07,SP08,SP09,SP10,SP11
  • You can disable multiple packs by seperating pack codes with a comma.

The Sims 4: How to Disable Packs

Note: You’ll be greeted with messages such as “Pack download in progress” (although it’s not downloading at all) and “Content missing” when you load up your old save game. You can continue and ignore the messages but do know that, for the safety of your old saved games, you should start up a new game instead of using your old saved games which contain disabled pack content.

The Sims 4: How to Disable Packs

Note #2: The packs won’t disappear from your “Your Collection” section in The Sims 4 Main Menu but they’ll still be disabled.

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Mariah
Mariah
7 years ago

I liked in the sims 3 how you could just unclick certain supernaturals so you’re town isn’t flooded with faries and werewolfs.

Hana
Hana
7 years ago

I have another question; how could you enable the packs once they are disabled? I would like if you could specify. I want to disable a pack for fun and be able to enable it once I want to play it again. Thank you in advance.

Morgan Proft
Morgan Proft
5 years ago

How do I find the pack codes?

Savanna Hudson
Savanna Hudson
5 years ago
Reply to  Morgan Proft

James Turner actually has a tool to help with this. It’s available at https://jamesturner.yt/disablepacks

Johana
Johana
4 years ago

Is this work for the sims 4 without origin?

Johana
Johana
4 years ago

Is this work for the sims 4 without origin?

Mariah
Mariah
4 years ago

I liked in the sims 3 how you could just unclick certain supernaturals so you’re town isn’t flooded with faries and werewolfs.

Morgan Proft
Morgan Proft
4 years ago

How do I find the pack codes?

Savanna Hudson
Savanna Hudson
4 years ago
Reply to  Morgan Proft

James Turner actually has a tool to help with this. It’s available at https://jamesturner.yt/disablepacks

Hana
Hana
4 years ago

I have another question; how could you enable the packs once they are disabled? I would like if you could specify. I want to disable a pack for fun and be able to enable it once I want to play it again. Thank you in advance.

Sue Hunt
Sue Hunt
2 years ago

This is no longer working – I’ve tried this to disable island living multiple times and it will not work