Although putting your Nintendo Switch to sleep is easy, powering down your Switch off completely (or restarting it) requires an extra step that’s not obvious. Here’s how to do it.
Normally, when you tap the power button on the top edge of your Switch, it puts the console into a low-power Sleep mode but doesn’t turn it off completely. If you’d like to preserve battery life, aren’t planning on using your Switch for a while, or want to troubleshoot a bug, you’ll need to turn off the console
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