The popularity of packs like Laundry Day and Bust The Dust Kit lets us know one thing:
Simmers sure do like to clean.
If meticulous cleaning is a must in your Sim households, you’ve noticed that the variety of in-game cleaning items and decor are limited. And some really essential ones are missing altogether.
From dish soap to sponges and mops, the immersion we need for cleaning is sorely lacking… until today!
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After searching far and wide, we’ve compiled a bunch of awesome CC options to make your game really sparkle and shine.
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Cleaning Essentials Set
This Cleaning Essentials set by Spacesims gives you everything you need for efficient cleaning without any of the extras.
There are a couple of in-game decor alternatives (brooms and a bucket, for example), but the vast majority are must-haves (sponge, plunger, window squeegee, and more).
This is a great little cleaning kit for a single Sim in a small apartment or tiny home!
And there’s a lot you can do with just this CC by itself. But don’t leave just yet, we’ve got plenty more stuff to share.
Supplies Party
Ravasheen’s party CC collection was made for small business-owning Sims who take pride in keeping their stores and restaurants clean.
It comes with two boxes, a yellow Simlish ‘caution’ sign for wet floors, an industrial vacuum cleaner, and a janitor-style mopping station.
What’s not to like here?
These are Maxis-Match friendly and base-game compatible, so no need to worry about styles clashing if you’re not into Alpha CC.
TS4 Cleaning Supplies
Don’t fret, Alpha players: this TS4 Cleaning Supplies set will certainly be at home in your game.
YourDorkBrain’s 22-item collection has every real-life cleaning supply item and product available to fill your Sim’s pantry or linen closet.
This includes dish soaps, trash bags, cleaning solutions, disinfectant sprays, dishwasher tablets and much, much more.
They are very high-quality items, so if you value realism in your game above all, don’t hesitate to add it to your downloads.
Boxroom Vacuum Cleaner
I’ve got good news and better news about this entry.
But here’s one little thing to keep in mind: Solny’s Boxroom vacuum CC was released long before the release of Bust the Dust from EA.
The good news?
You’ll have an awesome, Maxis-Match friendly decorative vacuum in your game.
The better news?
Because it’s only decorative, you won’t have to worry about the incessant autonomous vacuuming and endless dust bunnies that plague your Sim homes.
Choose from three different swatches: red, blue, and black.
House Cleaning CC
Big Sim households call for lots of brooms, brushes, scrubs, and sponges.
And that’s exactly what the House Cleaning Set by LeoSims offers, in five different swatches, no less.
Plus the quality is as high as you can go without stepping into Alpha territory, which is a rare find when it comes to CC.
Laundry Detergent and Softener
Laundry is serious business in The Sims 4.
Washer and dryer, wash bucket, or clothesline – doesn’t matter.
Many of us spend more time than we probably should making our Sim’s laundry rooms perfect.
AroundTheSim’s Laundry Detergent & Softener Set takes things to the next level.
You’ll get a total of nine items here, including fabric softener and laundry detergent, and these come with anywhere from a single swatch to six different options.
And if you like real-life brands but prefer lore-friendly CC, most of the items are designed to look like products we know and love – but have Simlish text instead of English.
Laundry Decor Set
“I want the appearance of laundry in my game, without actually having to do it. Laundry Day Stuff’s just not for me.”
Sound familiar?
DaraSims’ Laundry Decor Set was made with you in mind.
All the cool decor, none of the annoying clothes piles or malfunctioning appliances.
The standouts in this 14-item CC set are the seven-slot friendly ironing board, iron, and clothesline.
Best of all? You don’t need Laundry Day Stuff Pack to use it.
Clutter Crazy – Garden, Kitchen, and Cleaning
Everyone knows clutter is life.
And this Clutter Crazy CC Collection by Martine will give your Sim’s a little more spice in their clutter piles.
While there are your staple cleaning supplies here like sponges, this set is an awesome CC find for your gardening Sims too.
This pack includes some gardening gloves, a mini rake and spade, and a garden sign and pots!
There are 23 items in all, many of which have several swatches, and they’re all Maxis-Match friendly.
Janitor Cart & Cleaning Stuff
Sims 4 Cc Cleaner Mod
This one’s for the proprietary Sims in your game who need a little more than what the Supplies Party can offer.
As the second entry by CC maker AroundTheSims, this Janitor Cart and Cleaning Stuff Set is an 18-item collection, and the ultimate in commercial cleaning.
It has everything your Sim’s employees will ever need to keep their properties in tip-top shape, including the janitor cart, mop, broom, cleaning supplies, and several others.
And like the Laundry Detergent and Softener Set mentioned earlier, all the items here are quite complementary to the in-game world.
iRobot Roomba
Cats and Dogs Pack owners, your cats can now ride around in style.
Nordica-sims iRobot Roomba functions exactly the same way as the in-game robot vacuum, but now it has name recognition.
The design’s also pretty sleek, with its all-black theme (though there is another swatch that incorporates a little more white).
It’s a small change, sure. But sometimes the little things go the furthest in breathing new life into our games.
Joung Laundry Clutter
Look, you can never have enough clutter.
It’s just not possible.
And this Joung Laundry Clutter Set from Slox takes a different approach from the other laundry clutter on this list, by featuring often-overlooked items like plastic storage bins, clothespins, and a stool for folding laundry.
Sims 4 Cc Cleaner Mac
There’s a happy medium between Alpha and Maxis-Match here, with high quality textures and Simlish text.
Country Kitchen Liquid Soap
Sometimes, the basics are all you need.
Your minimalist sim will love Kardofe’s Country Kitchen Liquid Soap.
Why, you ask?
Because this two-item set has dish soap, and a stocked scouring pad holder. Talk about details.
It’s got everything you need to bust some suds, with no filler. Knox Greenburg would be proud.
Spring Cleaning Washer & Dryer
This custom CC pack by Hamburgercakes offers a prime example of the power of recolors.
It expands the color swatches of the Laundry Day washer and dryers (which, head’s up, you’ll need that pack for this CC).
And this expansion takes those originals rom a scant handful of designs, to over 20 distinct bold colors.
There are also some subtle style changes that make them look a teensy bit more realistic, without stepping too far away from the Maxis design.
Cleaning Frenzy For All
Neat Sims are a joy to control, because they’re just as obsessive about cleaning as you want them to be.
They’re so passionate about dust-busting that they can enter cleaning frenzies. So it’s real entertaining to watch them fly from room to room, mopping and scrubbing like their lives depend on it.
It’s a bummer, but unless you make every Sim with the neat trait, this special state is locked for everyone else.
That’s before creator Iced Cream thought, “Nope. I want all my Sims to experience cleaning frenzies.”
The Cleaning Frenzy For All mod removes the trait restriction, so now all of your Sims can mop like mad and vacuum until perfection! Trust me, once you have this in-game, cleaning gameplay will never be the same.
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This tutorial deals specifically with fixing Create-a-Sim items. For a way to fix the CC chairs that broke with The Sims 4 in March 2021, read this article.
If you play with Sims 4 mods or CC, then you are probably familiar with the hellish visions of Sims being transformed into punctuation marks that look like they have crawled out from the underworld. (PS: Wouldn’t an underworld pack in The Sims 4 be awesome?).
Moving on. We love using Sims 4 custom content. That’s not hating on EA or The Sims 4 team, there’s just so much gorgeous stuff available. And bunk beds. There are functional Sims 4 CC bunk beds.
The problem with Sims 4 CC is that sometimes it can break. Mods and CC break with updates or sometimes you download them in a broken state. It can be quite traumatising to see the Punctuated Sims from Hell appear.
That question mark slapped in the middle of their virtual foreheads will make you question your life decisions and haunt your dreams.
If you are a bit of a Sims 4 custom content hoarder, then it can feel like a real struggle to figure out which CC is broken.
We have all had that moment where we get so fed up with broken Sims 4 CC that we just go and delete the whole mods folder and start over. Once that recycle bin has been emptied, regret follows instantly.
But there is an easier and far less traumatic way to fix broken CC in The Sims 4. It works best for Create a Sims (CAS) content that’s broken, but you can also use it to get rid of Build/Buy custom content that’s broken or that you no longer use or simply don’t like the look of.
It is also a great way to find any custom content that might be missing from your game. This is useful if you have downloaded some Sims households, lots or objects that do not show up in your game.
Best way to fix broken or bad CC in The Sims 4
To easily fix broken or bad custom content in The Sims 4, you will need to use the Sims 4 Tray Importer from L’Univers Sims. It’s a completely free download and it is safe to use. You can download The Sims 4 Tray Importer from the official website over here.
This little application is life changing for Sims 4 players who use a lot of CC. If you have a bad batch of broke custom content, it can help you clean things up in no time.
Once you have installed The Sims 4 Tray Importer (which runs separately to your Sims game), you will be able to quickly delete any broken CC whenever you want. It can even help you clean up your library if it has gotten a bit full.
To get started, you will have to save a household in The Sims 4 with Sims dressed in the broken custom content.
Don’t worry about how they look. They’re not going for a fashion show, they are going into the bin. Do you care what your garbage looks like before you chuck it out? Yeah, didn’t think so.
How to use The Sims 4 Tray Importer to fix broken CC: Step by step
As mentioned already, save your broken Sims to your library to get rid of CAS CC that is broken. If you are trying to delete build/buy CC, then save a room or lot.
We find it is quite useful to have a “delete me” room next to every build, so that we can easily put objects into it we want to delete later. For this example, we will only deal with broken CAS CC in The Sims 4.
You can access all the households, lots and rooms in your library through The Sims 4 Tray Importer. You can refine accordingly using the filters shown here.
Here is a household of ours. For our American readers, this is the national rugby team of South Africa. Well, our version of some of them anyway. For our English readers: Do you remember the 2019 Rugby World Cup?
Once you have found the offending family (they will show up like the zombies from CAS, or you can name the family “broken” or “delete this” to make it easier).
If you want to just get rid of a household, room or lot without also deleting the CC, you can switch over to the files tab. Highlight the files and right click.
Apple Mac Sims 4 Cc
Then select the “Show containing folder” option. Your Tray folder will open with the files highlighted. You can just hit delete in the folder and the files bell be deleted.
To get rid of broken Sims 4 Custom Content or find missing CC by using TS4TI, switch over to the CC tab on the application.
You will see a list of all the CC in use for that household, room or lot. Any missing mods or CC will show up highlighted in red like in the screenshot below.
If you want to find the missing CC, right-click and use the “Find on Google” option. Note: Some users recently reported that there are issues with this option showing up. If you are having problems, refer to the TS4TI support forum. There could be an issue with your firewall blocking access or you might be running an out of date version, or other similar issues. It is best to check with the app’s developers for troubleshooting. If the option is there, a browser tab will open and you will find the websites where the CC is hosted. You can then download it and add it to your mods folder. This is quite useful to help find missing meshes.
If you simply want to get rid of the bad or broken CC, click over to the CC tab, select the items and right click to open your Sims 4 mods folder by using the “show in folder” option (like you did with the household/lot/room files earlier).
Sims 4 Cc Cleaner Macro
If you select more than one item of Sims 4 CC to delete, several windows will open up with the selected items highlighted in your mods folder. You can just delete them one-by-one by going through each window and hitting delete.
And that’s it. This easy way to find and delete broken or bad CC in The Sims 4 works for rooms, lots and CAS items. If you found this tutorial helpful, sign up to our Sims 4 newsletter over here or check out the rest of our Sims 4 content here.