This also allows you to turn it on with the controller while staying on the couch, or to download games and updates outside of usage hours. But the fact is that it is very important to turn off a Nintendo Switch from time to time, as well as knowing how to do it and we explain everything to you.
What is the point of turning off a Nintendo Switch?
Avoid performance drops
While leaving it on standby for a few days does not have a big impact on the console, it is rather in the long term that it can prove more disabling for the Nintendo Switch. After a few weeks without any complete shutdown of the machine, your hybrid console risks on the one hand causing some problems in the game. Like a smartphone that starts to lag with age or the number of applications open, a Nintendo Switch is subject to unexpected slowdowns if it has been on for too long and you have launched the same game for days without turning everything off. Poorly optimized games on the console, such as FIFA / EA Sports FC to name a few, risk seeing their menus become slower and slower, more and more difficult to use, or even the game itself suffer micro-cuts, sometimes even to the point of seeing the whole thing crash entirely.
Taking care of the battery
On the other hand, even if the console was designed to remain on standby and on the dock most of the time... this is not necessarily easy for the battery of your Nintendo Switch. Since the arrival of Lithium in our electronic devices, we have constantly repeated that it is necessary to take care of it. While it is essential to prevent the battery from draining completely, it is also necessary, as far as possible, to avoid it being constantly overcharged; it is estimated that a charge beyond 80% is not always necessary. The Nintendo Switch, when it remains on its dock, is always at 100%. There are obviously safeguards so that it does not charge forever even once it has reached its maximum capacity, but the fact is that it will continue to receive small doses of electricity so as not to drop to 99%.
And that is the problem: your battery does not breathe. But at the same time, you do not want to risk finding yourself at 0% ... so what to do? The solution is simple: if you do not plan to use it for an evening, a day or more, take your console out of the dock, turn it off completely and put it somewhere safe. This will allow it to rest completely and its battery too.
This also applies to a Nintendo Switch Lite, or any other model used exclusively in portable mode. Even if you do not leave it on the dock, you will undoubtedly spend time recharging it. As much to save battery life as to avoid always having to charge it, it is good to think about turning it off completely. The restart will take a little longer, but your console will also have a chance of lasting longer.
Finally, if you don't use it often, turning it off completely drastically reduces the risk of seeing the battery drop to 0%. The Nintendo Switch is a capricious console with its autonomy, since it is not uncommon at all to not know how to turn it back on after a period of a few days of standby; the battery completely flat, you will have to let it charge sometimes for a few hours before it deigns to start up again!
How do I turn off my Nintendo Switch?
Whether you have the standard, Lite or OLED model, it is entirely possible to turn off your Nintendo Switch completely. To do this, follow these few steps:
1 – Locate the power button on your Nintendo Switch, the one used to put it on standby
Find below the location of the “Power” button, respectively on standard Switch, Lite and OLED.
2 – Press it for a few seconds until the power menu appears;
3 – Using the Joy-Con buttons, or via the touchscreen, press “Power Options”;
4 – Then press “Turn off”.
That’s it: your Nintendo Switch is now completely off! To restart it, simply place it on the dock or briefly press the power button. Don't worry: it will take a little longer to turn on than when it is in standby mode and this is completely normal.
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