How to transfer User data to a new Nintendo Switch OLED

If you were lucky enough to score a Nintendo Switch OLED on launch day, here's how to move all your user data to the new handheld console, and how to redownload all your games and apps. 

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[joshuacantrell]

This helped so much, I was trying to send straight save data from source switch rather than user data. It worked. THANK YOU!!!

[hqizyyy]

The one thing I never see in these guides is what to do with the SD a card in my old Switch, I just don’t want to mess anything up or lose info 😭

[SilverMoonCrystalPower]

🌟Thank you so much! This is a very helpful video! I'm about to get my new OLED (White) Switch this coming weekend and I really need this tutorial so I can successfully transfer my Nintendo account, data, and games accordingly. 🎮

[cesarswc]

the way you described the Switch NSO account was pretty dope ...would love a video on that

[luccabuss]

Wait sorry can you do a video on explaining how I can actively use both switches for game play?

[KelKel]

This was very helpful I managed to get BOTW on my switch.

[littlebeen]

thank you so much. This was very helpful

[gamingsquared]

I got mine 2 days ago on Saturday and it is amazing 👏

[returnow]

This is very simple, very easy, my old neon switch i’m giving it to my cousin because she’s earned it and it’s like i’m a proud bigger brother and an uncle kind of LOL, im also giving her some games and controllers, i wanted to know how to transfer data bc it’s confusing. Thank you so much! I got an OLED right when she graduated

[AcoolUchiha]

This is so helpful I wondered because I’m getting the Pokémon switch OLED 😅 so I wanted to make sure I could transfer everything

[RavensSoTired]

This video help so much! My battery on my old Nintendo got wrapped, so Had to get a new switch

[Tailsfan]

Just an fyi if you play Animal Crossing New Horizons. If you want to transfer your island over you will have to get the Island Transfer tool on both consoles.
Once you do that, just follow the on screen instructions. If you don't do this you will loose your island. Unless you are completely OK with starting over from scratch.

[CarbajalQZ]

Thank you I really appreciate this video!

[daspork]

So I got a new switch for Christmas right? I’m still keeping my old one and I’ve been trying to transfer over my Pokémon BD data to my new switch but it just says it couldn’t connect

[zacharyhamilton]

Is there a way to transfer game save data to the nintendo switch oled, like with Pokemon Sword?

[jamonvasquez]

What about the sad card. I have a 400 so card on my old switch will that get messed up if I take it out and put it in the new one?

[Strife]

1:49 could someone explain this part to me? I wanna make my new console my primary one but I still wanna use my old one for things like Animal Crossing (I wanna have an island on each console so I can transfer things back and forth) would I click Yes to do just that?

[ifad]

Hey, thanks very much for the video. I got an OLED model now, and I found the error that the switch comes up with when you click “yes” to using both systems for some reason, while trying to maintain the same account on both devices. What is the solution for this?

Do I have to transfer the data to the new Switch (while erasing it from the older one), and then log-in again, so that the new Switch is primary, and the old Switch is "non-primarily" linked to the same account? Please let me know, thanks.

[winniethepooh]

So how do you transfer your Nintendo online account information to the new switch? Alot of my games are threw the online account.

[Nobodyisthere]

Thanks ur the best cuz i want to buy a new switch but i don’t remember the password so i was searching till i found this video now i can transform my all data