There are several steps involved and sometimes there is more than one way to do it.

I will try to explain everything as easy understandable as possible.

If you do have any problems with this, please post in my Bad CC thread in the official Sims 3 forum.

The launcher as well as CASBuildBuy Menu have little icons next to clothingobjectsetc.

This lets you easily distinguish if something is a third party content or came from the Sims3 Store.

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Houses, worlds and Sims that you download from the Exchange or other sites are displayed as CC.

CASBuild and Buy Mode have some extra icons but the red flower that indicates cc does not display.

All downloads that are installed through the launcher show as if they were bought in the Store.

Folder icons can be package files, files that came directly with a Sim or something you saved ingame.

The Store Icon was supposed to be for Store items and all other Sims3Packs should have the red flower like presented in the launcher.

For whatever reason all Sims3Packs are displayed with the Store Icon ingame.

To find out how that pic looks, see this blog entry: How to find a certain download in your Launcher.

Either way, you will need to do the binary-search method (aka the 50 method ) to find the guilty party.

If you are using Scripting Mods (like the ones by Twallan, Buzzler or treeag ) make sure that you read the description of the mods.

There are certain mods that need some extra steps before uninstalling them.

Make sure, you check your Installed Content and not Downloads.

Also make sure that you have the tab with the Infinity Symbol to see all your installed stuff.

Some of these unwanted files do not have a categorization and therefor cant be found if you filter f.e.

Clothing. Do not try to uninstall while the game is running.

Close it.

This step is NOT necessary and has nothing to do whether they show up in your game or not.

To read up on what those files are actually for, read this: User Files.

Unfortunately the launcher doesnt seem to be able to display all CC if you have a lot of it so thats why sometimes you cant seem to find stuff.

This will remove everything except Store Items, HousesHouseholds and Sims.

Check your game if the CC is now gone.

If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.