How to Prevent Aging in The Sims

Last Updated: October 19, 2022

If you're writing a Sims story and need your characters to only grow up when you say so, or just feel attached to your Sim family and don't want to let them go, you can prevent them from getting any older. This wikiHow will teach you how to disable aging in the Sims games .

Method 1

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The Sims 4

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This is the white ... in the upper right-hand corner.
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Find the dropdown for "Auto Age (Played Sims)". From here, you have two choices for aging:
- Click No to disable aging for all households you've played, including the household you're currently playing.
- Click Only Active Household to disable aging except for the household you're currently playing.
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If you don't want townies and unplayed households to grow older, then just uncheck this box and they should no longer age as well.
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Once your changes have saved, your Sims should no longer age.

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The Sims 3

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You can't adjust the aging settings if you're not in a world - the option will appear grayed-out otherwise.
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Click on the blue ... on the lower left-hand corner of the screen and click Options .
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This is the tab with gears on it.
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This is on the right side of the menu.
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This will save your settings, and your Sims should no longer age.

Method 3

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The Sims 2

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This will open the cheat box .
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Type in aging off and press ↵ Enter . That's it! Your Sims will no longer age until you exit the game.
- You'll need to retype the cheat when you restart the game.
- To reenable aging, enter aging on .

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In Sims 3, Sims who are away from their home world (e.g., Sims who are traveling or at university) will not age until they return home.

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Young Adult Sims in The Sims 2 don't age by default, since the Young Adult stage is limited to university students. Young Adults will age up to Adults when they leave college.

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Some alternate life states, such as zombies and vampires, don't age in The Sims 2. This does not apply to PlantSims, however. (Sims 3 and later does away with the lack of aging, and instead gives these life forms a much longer time to live.)

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This cannot be used to age down a Sim. You'll need another means to age them down.

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