

This will uninstall the game but keep the game's icon on your Home screen to find it quickly if you ever want to re-download it. Select Archive when asked to confirm that you want to archive the game. If you want to keep a game's shortcut on your Home screen, archive it instead of deleting it. The difference between deleting and archiving comes down to one thing: When you archive a game, its icon remains on your Home screen as a shortcut to re-downloading it. How to archive a game on your Nintendo Switch It will not delete game save data, which means anytime you want to put the game back onto your Switch, you can pick up where you left off.

This will uninstall the game and remove the game icon from the Home screen. Select Delete when asked to confirm that you want to delete the game. Select Manage Software from the menu on the left.

How to delete a digital game from your Nintendo Switch
