Is there a way to undelete deleted characters?

[Tyraa Rane]

Okay, so a friend of mine accidentally deleted a YA sim from the students bin. Now...I know the game doesn't shred or otherwise get rid of character files that are deleted from the sim bins, since they still show up in SimPE and all that. So what I'm wondering is, is there any way via the teleporter shrub or SimPe or whatnot to get that sim back into the game, undeleted?

[Ancient Sim]

Easiest way would probably be to go into SimPE and put the Sim into a Uni household.  Alternatively, teleport them in and move them in.  Hopefully either should work, but can't guarantee it because I've never done it.  When I delete them it's 'cos I don't want 'em so I've always deleted their files manually since I discovered that they don't actually go away otherwise.

[Tyraa Rane]

Hmm...just tried it myself with a test sim in SimPE, and it doesn't seem to work--I can add them into a household, but they don't actually appear in-game, probably because SimPE says they have no character data.

Tried again, in-game, with both the teleporter shrub and boolprop in the family I'd added them to in the first place and an unrelated family--no luck there, either. Looks like the deleted sim is gone for good...oh well.

[J. M. Pescado]

Sims deleted from the sim bin are in a "shredded" state. They cannot be returned to normal, yet will continue to take up space in your game, much like BlueSoup's fat head. Do not delete sims from the sim bin. Ever.

[Orikes]

Is there a way to get rid of unwanted Sims from the Sim bin then?

[jsalemi]

Is there a way to get rid of unwanted Sims from the Sim bin then?

Move them into an empty lot, and
1) turn them into townies with a utility like the Transporter Plus bush, Insiminator, or enabling testing cheats
2) make them die a horrible death.

[Nailati]

Does that go for deleting them from the bin in Body Shop, or just in CAS?

[Jelenedra]

I believe it is just from the SimBin in neighborhood view.

As the bodyshop and CAS premade sims don't have any info attached to them yet (mystery sim memories, relationships with roomies/welcome wagon/gyspy, or personalities and LTWS yet)

[Nailati]

Oh, that bin. *headsmack*