How and Where do I delete aircraft that I no longer want (or fly) ?

Which sim?

 

In FS 2024, there are various alternatives, depending on the origin of the aircraft install...

.) if the aircraft was installed by a dedicated installer, then you should use the corresponding "uninstaller" for the job;

.) if the aircraft was simply pasted into the Community folder, then simply delete it from there;

.) if it's a streamed aircraft, possibly even from FS 2020 and available for FS 2024, then you can follow the methods bellow to disable it from the aircraft selection Menu:

("Copilot" is your friend...)

In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, many aircraft are streamed rather than locally installed, which means you can't simply uninstall them. But you can hide or disable them from the aircraft selection screen by editing a configuration file. Here's how:

✂️ Disable Aircraft via Content.xml

You can manually disable aircraft by modifying the Content.xml file:

1. Navigate to the file
   Go to:

   %localAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
   

   Paste that path into your File Explorer address bar.

2. Open Content.xml
   Use a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.

3. Find the aircraft entries
   Look for lines like:

   <Package name="fs24-asobo-aircraft-pitts" active="Activated"/>
   

4. Change Activated to UserDisabled
   Example:

   <Package name="fs24-asobo-aircraft-pitts" active="UserDisabled"/>
   

5. Save the file
   Restart the sim and those aircraft should no longer appear in the selection screen.

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⚠️ Notes

• Default aircraft marked as SystemDisabled shouldn't be edited unless you know what you're doing.
• After updates, you may need to reapply these changes.
• This method doesn’t delete aircraft—it just hides them from view and prevents them from loading.

 

Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by jcomm

1 hour ago, St Mawgan said:

Which sim?

MS2024

jcomm has kindly given you the instructions - disable via the content.xml. That is what I have done and my hangar is now only full of payware. 

Thanks to you both. Good context. Will read and digest 🙂

It is extremely satisfying to do and much easier than it was with 2020 because you can literally stop all the default aircraft from appearing. Every now and then I activate something if I fancy flying it for an hour - the Optica for example, and then I can stop it from streaming again after I remember why I like it but don't want to keep it. I'm a bit fanatical about having a clean and tidy hangar 🙂

2 hours ago, St Mawgan said:

It is extremely satisfying to do and much easier than it was with 2020 because you can literally stop all the default aircraft from appearing. Every now and then I activate something if I fancy flying it for an hour - the Optica for example, and then I can stop it from streaming again after I remember why I like it but don't want to keep it. I'm a bit fanatical about having a clean and tidy hangar 🙂

If I change my content.xml, will I have to re-do the content.xml every time the sim is updated?

12 minutes ago, Mace said:

If I change my content.xml, will I have to re-do the content.xml every time the sim is updated?

Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I don't remember having to do it again after SU2. If I did though it would have taken 10 minutes. 

1 hour ago, Mace said:

If I change my content.xml, will I have to re-do the content.xml every time the sim is updated?

Mine has survived a sequence of flighhting updates through SU3 Beta.

You can also hide/unhide (activate/de-activate) aircraft via the "my Library" option in sim, which means you can do this without a sim restart.

And if you're an addons linker user, that contains a content.xml editor option under the "Tools" menu.

I remember in a previous version of MS Flightsim (I can't remember which version though), it was possible to make a Favorite list with the aircrafts I used, and not seeing all the other ones, I never flew anyway. I wish MS would make that an option again.

Resurrecting an old thread. I cannot get this to work, and I would love to hide so many airplanes I am never going to fly. I have done the changes to the content.xml file but every plane still shows up. 

Any ideas? Steam version. 

Okay I think I found the issue. 

Okay still no joy. Anyone have this working in Steam for 2024?