How to Fix Joy-Con Drift at Home! No tools required! | Nintendrew

In this video, I'll share my own method for fixing joy-con thumbstick drifting at home. Thanks for watching!

Recording/Live Stream Gear I use:
- Game Capture HD60 S
- Stream Deck
- Elgato Green Screen

[eggbuh]

the fact that there is 2 million views on this really shows that nintendo needs to fix drifting

[semmiebe]

Me in New Horizons: Ooh! A fossil spot! Let me dig!

Left Joycon: Na, fam. Dig to the left!

[tryhardnub]

Me in Breath of the Wild: Lemme put down my controller for a second
Left joycon: Suicide is badass!

[TheUltima_Werewolf]

Oh my god thank you. Every "easy" joycon drift solution requires me to take apart the whole damn joycon.

[CharlesShow]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you

Blowing in the cartridge 2

[honeytheproto]

Me: _turns my camera in any game_
Joycon: *”oh so you like turning huh?”*

[thatdefacer]

I actually tried this with the original joy-cons, my switch came with, they had a really bad drifting issue. After trying the isopropyl alcohol trick on them, the drift immediately disappeared. Thank you so much.

[garlicbread]

I have a Switch Lite and I can confirm this works just as well on it. You seriously have saved me from going insane because of the joycon drift, thank you so much! 😊

[CGR]

While this is a good solution, a better one would be for Nintendo to redesign the sticks to not eventually fail.

[rickynova]

Since everyone is memeing down here and nobody makes a feedback i'll do it for you:
As for now, it totally works, I'm going to play a bit and tell you if drift eventually occurs again

Edit: it worked for a couple of hours and then I had to recalbrate them. Now they work, I suggest you to try Anyway since this Will not damage your joycon, but of this doesnt work you should recalibrate and then drift shouldnt occur anymore

2nd edit: after more than two weeks drift in my left joycon isnt a thing anymore, while my right one still drifts a little, but it's doing it way less than before. I Hope I've been helpful to anybody.

3rd and last update: after 4 months, the right joycon failed completely, because of different hardware issues, while the left one is completely ok!

4th and actual last edit: I recommend to avoid doing so too many times and too often, as a guy below said, with too much alcohol the inner parts could get damaged, and cleaning it too often (in my experience) ended up not making any difference

[jayblade]

This sounds like a much better solution than banging my Joycons against a table

[kyoufuu]

Just want to say thank you so much, I tried this method a few nights ago on not one but two drifiting right joycons and it fixed both 100%. I asked my son to report any issues with his switch and he said there was no issue whatsoever. You saved me from having to send those back to nintendo to get repaired.

[mikehunt]

Me: Coming across an Enderman in Minecraft


My Right Joycon: *Eye contact is the best way to learn about someone.*

[tatethecowman]

Me: Just trying to select a game
My Right Joycon: time to get *down* and funky

[gggold]

Me: *stands still breath of the wild*
Joycon: now it is time

[BlouePickdMan]

Me: *is playing mario kart on 200cc*
joycon: im about to end this mans whole career

[UrBloodOnMyFace]

Everyone: Help, my left joycon is drifting

Nintendo: I missed the part where thats my problem

[Serapter]

Me: decides to get two sets of joy cons

Both of the left joy cons: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move

[stoneapollyon]

*Standing still in a switch game*
Joycons: “oh no we don’t do that here”

[oscalicious]

Just wanted to say, this really helped! I had 3 Joy-Cons that I couldn't use for over a year and a half that I can now use. For anyone wanting to try it, make sure that if you do it and if it doesn't work, try calibrating the control stick, that fixed one of my problems.