This wikiHow teaches you how to archive software on the Nintendo Switch. One of the drawbacks to the Nintendo Switch is it has a limited amount of storage space (32 gbs). If you download a lot of games from the Nintendo eShop, you may find yourself running out of storage space pretty quickly. One solution is to archive games you don't play anymore. Archiving games keeps all your save data, and the game icon on the home screen, but it deletes the game. This frees up space for more games. Archived games can be downloaded again at anytime.
Steps
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Select the gear icon on the home screen. The icon that resembles a gear on the home screen of the Nintendo Switch is the System Settings icon.
- To select an item on the Nintendo Switch, either tap it on the screen, or use the controllers to navigate to it and press the A button.
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Select Data Management . It's the 7th option in the left sidebar in the System Settings menu.Advertisement
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Select Quick Archive . It's the first option in the Data Management menu.
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Select games to archive. The Quick Archive menu displays a list of all the games installed on your Nintendo Switch. Select all the games you want to archive. The circle to the right of the game title will have a checkmark in it. The sidebar on the right displays how much data you will free up by archiving the games.
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Select Archive Data . It's the green button in the lower-right corner. This displays a confirmation pop-up with a list of all the games you selected.
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Select Archive . It's in the lower-right corner of the confirmation pop-up. This archives all the games you selected.
- To download an archived game, tap All Software on the Nintendo Switch home screen and tap the image of the game you want to download. Tap Download to download the game again.
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1. Open System Settings
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2. Select Data Management
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3. Select Quick Archive
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4. Select games to archive.
5. Select Archive
and confirm in the pop-up.
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