You won't loose game progress, game saves or your custom content. Before you uninstall/reinstall, just back up your Sims 4 folder to the desktop and all your Sims 4 files should be fine.
I usually cut my Sims 4 folder and paste it to the desktop and then cut/paste it back to the Electronic Arts folder afterwards.
Right-click on your Sims 4 folder, select Cut and Paste it to the desktop.
Then uninstall Origin. - Manually uninstall the Origin client
https://help.ea.com/en-au/help/origin/Origin/manually-uninstalling-origin/
You don't need to backup the whole Sims 4 folder, but it's the easiest way to back your Sims 4 files up that I've found. Everything gets saved, including game saves, mods and user options, and you won't loose anything. 🙂
I need some help too:c
I played the sims 4 back in 2016 and I had I think 2 expansions on it. The vampire pack and the city one(I can’t remember the specific name) anyways I was downloading CC and I ended up getting a virus on the computer. So my dad worked his magic on the computer and got rid of virus. The bad news is that he restarted the whole computer. He deleted everything from his computer so it was like it was brand new. Three years later which is now, I found my sims 4 game (I have the disk version) I can play the sims 4 but all my expansion packs are gone :/ I don’t remember if I made the back up files for the sims 4 but even if I did they must have been deleted when my dad restarted the whole computer. I really don’t want to repurchase those expansion packs because it’s expensive. Is there away I can get them back? Shouldn’t there be a history of things I purchased? If not then idk ;-;
I have sims 3 as well do I need to paste it to my desktop as well? I don't want to lose the saves there either
@o0MorbidGrim0o If you're uninstalling Sims 4 only, you don't need to do anything to protect your Sims 3 content; it won't get removed when you uninstall Sims 4. But if you want to be extra careful, you can back up the Sims 3 game folder in Documents\Electronic Arts. Like its TS4 counterpart, this folder holds your saves, saved sims, builds, mods and cc, etc. and can be removed and put back at any time.
Ok but what about the expansion packs, would I end up losing those? I ask because I have a lot of them adding up to well over $100.
@starwarrior1645 Your expansion packs are also owned by your account, not your computer. So they'll be available when you reinstall, provided you sign into the same EA account you're using now.
when i uninstall it a pop up on my computer says “ All add-ons and bonuses in the game installation directory will be removed. Are you sure you wnat to uninstall The Sims 4?” what does this mean???
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