{"id":15888,"date":"2011-03-16T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T16:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=15888"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:03:00","slug":"how-to-uninstall-sims-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-uninstall-sims-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How to uninstall Sims 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Elena stated in her full review of Sims 3 back in 2009<\/a><\/strong>, it’s one of those games you either love or hate. When it comes to uninstalling it however, it’s a game most definitely to hate. I’ve learned from bitter experience that removing Sims 3 from Windows is like yanking teeth out with pliers.<\/p>\n

At some stage during the uninstall, you’ll probably be confronted with an error message along the lines of:<\/p>\n

An error(-5005 : 0x8000ffff) has curried while running the setup. Please make sure you have finished any previous setup and closed other applications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many people think that the problem is due to the EA Download Manager<\/strong><\/a> running in the background but its got nothing to do with that. The problem, as is common in such cases, is that Sims 3 has rooted itself firmly in your registry meaning the tepid Windows Add\/Remove Program tool simply doesn’t remove everything properly.<\/p>\n

The simple answer is to use a more powerful uninstaller. I used the free version of Revo Uninstaller<\/strong><\/a> because it makes sure that absolutely everything is removed.<\/p>\n

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Select Sims 3 from the Program List<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Select the Uninstall Mode<\/strong>. Moderate<\/strong> was sufficient for me but if you find after wards that hasn’t done the job properly, use Advanced<\/strong> to be sure.<\/p>\n

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Let Revo Uninstaller do its stuff and when it detects the Leftover Registry Items<\/strong>, make sure you select them all and click Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Sims 3 is now completely uninstalled from your PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Elena stated in her full review of Sims 3 back in 2009, it’s one of those games you either love or hate. When it comes to uninstalling it however, it’s a game most definitely to hate. I’ve learned from bitter experience that removing Sims 3 from Windows is like yanking teeth out with pliers. … Continue reading “How to uninstall Sims 3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-15888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t