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This is a guide to deleting your save data and moving islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). In addition to how to erase your saved data and start a new game, we will show you how to move your data to another switch.
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Unlike other games on Nintendo Switch, which can make use of the Nintendo Switch Online Cloud Backup feature, Animal Crossing: New Horizons does not use this function.
Since the normal Nintendo Switch Cloud Backup can't be used, a special service, which will allow you to recover your backed up save data was created.
Not much is currently known about the backup service, so instructions on how to use it will be added after its release.
| ① | Go to the Switch Home Screen |
|---|---|
| ② | Select “System Settings” |
| ③ | Go to “Data Management” |
| ④ | Choose “Delete Save Data” |
| ⑤ | Select Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| ⑥ | Select the profile who's saved data will be deleted |
First, press the Home Button on the Switch to go Home. The Home Button is the small round button found underneath the right joystick.
From the Home Screen, find the Settings Icon from the bottom right side of the screen.
From Settings, scroll down on the left hand column until you find Data Management, then select it.
After selecting Data Management, scroll down on the right hand colum. Find Delete Save Data from the bottom of this list.
Fire Emblem's saved data is used in the image
After choosing Delete Save Data, select Animal Crossing: New Horizon from the list of games.
After selecting the game, it will ask you which profile will have the save data deleted for. Choose Delete Save Data for [Name]. This will complete save data deletion.
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Will moving one person’s save data to another console remove the island completely for another profile? Or will their save data stay?
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>>2 Nintendo has had an Animal Crossing game for each console, since Game Cube.