How To Remove Joy Con Straps

Nintendo Switch Guide: How to Remove Joy-Con Wrist Strap

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The Nintendo Switch is an uncommonly well made device. The system is solid, the Joy-Con are fascinating, and the way they interact is ever impressive. 1 thing is causing a lot of headaches though: the Joy-Con wrist straps. These add-ons make the Joy-Con work better when used past themselves, but they're tough to have off, and some people are putting them on backwards, resulting in an almost totally locked device. Hither's how to remove the Joy-Con wrist strap, even if you lot put it on backwards.

First off, brand sure that the + and – symbols match up with the controller. If they do, so the Joy-Con wrist strap is on the right way, and you can have it off the normal manner. To do this make sure that the locking mechanism is not engaged on the bottom, if it is you want to pull it downwardly, away from the controller. Then just remove the wrist strap as if the Joy-Con was connected to the Switch itself, by pressing downwards the release button on the top and sliding information technology.

If the Joy-Con wrist strap is on backwards, with the + or – symbols on the wrong side, then information technology's a bit trickier. The method is all the same like, but the lock likes to engage randomly. Make sure information technology is disengaged by pulling on information technology, and mayhap property it in place, then agree downwardly the release button and slide the wrist strap off the same way you put information technology on, past sliding it downward. This will crave a lot of force, and then don't worry about breaking it too much.

If this doesn't work then yous need to get really serious well-nigh information technology. Find a flat head screwdriver or something with a similarly apartment edge. Well-nigh the locking machinery, which should wrongfully be nearly the top of the controller, slide the flat head in while holding the lock mechanism in a disengaged position. This should trigger the internal switches, allowing you to slide the wrist strap off.

Hopefully this helps solve the mystery of how to remove the Joy-Con wrist straps for Nintendo Switch. Let us know in the comments if you lot need whatever boosted assist.

- This article was updated on March eighth, 2022