How do you delete a save file on Pokemon Sword and Shield?

Jun. 29, 2020

I don’t want to delete my save file, but I am seeing responses on this site about how people deleted their save file on Sword and Shield. I didn’t know you could do that. I thought Game Freak expected you to just make another switch account and then start over. Is it another button combination like it was on the 3ds?

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Go to System SettingsGo to the Data Management tabSelect Delete Save DataSelect Pokemon Sword / Pokemon ShieldDelete the Save Data for the relevant userSelect Delete Save Data when prompted

Hope this helped!

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Here are the steps that you’re going to have to do to restart Pokemon Sword and Shield and to delete your existing save data:

No, actually, to delete a save file, you must do the following steps:

Source(I also tried it myself)

Hope this helps! :)