Settings
Settings is split into five sections: Appearance, Scanning, Notifications, Advanced, and Account.
Settings is split into five sections: Appearance, Scanning, Notifications, Advanced, and Account.
Appearance
Themes
SimSweep has 33 themes split across tiers:
- Free: 6 themes (Light, Dark, Midnight, Slate, Ocean, Forest)
- Decrypt: 24 additional themes (Neon, Plumbob, Aurora, Darkroom, Glacier, and more)
- Override: 3 exclusive themes (Zenith, Apex, Solstice) plus custom theme creation
Custom themes (Override): Upload any image and SimSweep extracts a 6-color palette using k-means++ clustering. It generates a full theme with gradients, glass effects, and tinted shadows. You get a live preview before saving.
Text Size
Five scale levels from 90% to 120%. Useful if the default text is too small or you want to fit more on screen. Capped at 120% to prevent layout overflow.
High Contrast Mode
An accessibility toggle that boosts all text colors for better readability. Works on top of any theme, so you keep your preferred look while making everything easier to read. Especially noticeable on darker themes where secondary text (file counts, metadata, subtitles) can be hard to see. All text meets WCAG AA contrast ratios (4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text).
Scanning
Options that control how scans behave:
- Community sharing - When enabled, anonymous CC metadata gets sent to the CC Hub after each scan. You can turn this off if you don't want to contribute.
- Watch for file changes (Decrypt+) - Monitors your Mods folder and triggers a rescan when files are added or removed. Free users see this toggle locked with a Decrypt badge.
- Auto-scan on launch (Decrypt+) - Automatically runs a scan when SimSweep starts. Free users see this toggle locked with a Decrypt badge.
- Safe mode - Uses fewer parallel threads during scanning. Slower but gentler on your system.
- Other scan-specific toggles as they apply to your setup.
Save Protection
Controls for how SimSweep interacts with your save files:
- Whether to match CC against saves for usage tracking
- Which save files to include
Guided Tour
You can replay the product tour any time from Settings > Appearance. It's the same walkthrough that runs after your first scan.
Notifications
Configure what triggers notifications:
- Download ready (from the browser extension)
- Game update detected
- Scan complete
- Other alert types
Advanced
Paths
Your Sims 4 folder paths:
- Game directory
- Mods folder
- Tray folder
You can change these manually if auto-detection got it wrong.
Performance
- Safe mode toggle for scanning
- Thread count preferences
- Memory-related settings
Storage
- Clear scan cache - Wipes the SQLite database and forces a full re-scan next time
- Diagnostic report - Generate a report for troubleshooting (system info, mods listing, scan summary, recent logs)
- Cache size information
Update Channel
Switch between Stable and Beta update channels. Beta is available to Decrypt and Override subscribers.
When you switch channels, the app downloads the correct version and installs it automatically. No need to uninstall first.
Account
See Account for the full breakdown of the Account page.