How to Perform Factory Reset a Nintendo Switch

It’s needless to say that Nintendo Switch is a video gaming console that’s very compact, lightweight, and can be used as both a tablet or docked home console. This hybrid kind of gaming console isn’t as powerful as other popular consoles in terms of gaming but offers an easy-to-carry option due to wireless & lightweight options. But if you want to sell it to anyone else or having issues with the system performance, you can easily Perform the Factory Reset of a Nintendo Switch by following this guide.

Well, it’s quite common these days to purchase and sell a gaming console like Nintendo Switch after using it for a year or so. In that scenario, performing a factory reset is a must-to-do process to clean up all the system cache, installed games, removing your personal data from the device, etc. Additionally, the chances are high enough that the Nintendo Switch console isn’t working expectedly. So, factory reset is important to clear data, system cache, temporary glitches, corrupted files, etc.

How to Perform Factory Reset a Nintendo Switch

If in case, you’re thinking that why performing a factory reset is useful on an operating system running device then it’ll give your system a fresh start by cleaning out all previous files, cache. Then you or someone else can easily set up a new account and start using the device as a new one. Additionally, another person can’t access any of your data or account info from the device easily.

Please Note: Before heading over to the factory reset guide, make sure that your Nintendo Switch console has enough charge and connected to a Wi-Fi network. If not, do it first.

• Select System Settings from the Home Menu on your Nintendo Switch.

• Scroll down to the bottom on the left pane and select System.
• Now, choose Formatting Options from the right pane window.

• Select Initialize Console > Scroll to the bottom and choose Next.

• The system will ask whether it’ll attempt to connect to the Internet to unlink any Nintendo Accounts on the console or not. Choose Next.

• Select the red Initialize button and the system will wipe out all the data. (Once the console has been initialized, the deleted data cannot be recovered)
• Enjoy!

That’s how you can easily perform a full factory reset on your switch console. Once all done, set up the initial configuration, connect to the network, and sign in/up for your Nintendo account.

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