Where Is Nintendo Switch SD Card Slot?

SD cards are good portable storage units for all your important documents, photos, and videos.

Inserting an SD card on your Nintendo Switch can let you install more games and files. Here is how you can do it.

Where To Put SD Card In Switch?

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Each version of Nintendo Switch has its own dedicated SD card slot. Adding a microSD card to your Switch is pretty easy.

You will find the Nintendo Switch memory card slot at the back side of the Switch near the bottom of the console.

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You will have to open the backside of the Nintendo Switch, and you will find the SD slot mostly at the bottom left side of the Switch for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch OLED models.

For the Nintendo Lite model, the slot is also at the bottom left corner. The Nintendo Switch Lite model does not have a kickstand.

This is because it is a handheld device without a docked model. But the location of the SD card is more or less at the same place.

How To Put SD Card In The Nintendo Switch?

Follow these steps to know where and how to put your Nintendo Switch memory card:

First of all, turn off the Nintendo Switch console. Then open the adjustable stand at the back side of the console.

Here you will find the SD card slot Switch.

Position the SD card so that the label faces away from the console.

Insert the microCD card in the Nintendo Switch memory card slot and push it down gently until you hear a clicking sound.
This clicking sound indicates that the card is properly seated in its place. Now you can close the backside cover.

How To Remove Nintendo Switch SD Card Slot?

If you want to remove Nintendo Switch, follow these steps to do so:

Turn off the Nintendo Switch console. Gently open the adjustable stand from the backside.
Push down on the top of the microSD card gently.
As soon as you hear a clicking sound, slide the card out of the Nintendo Switch memory card slot.

What Is The SD Card Limit For Switch?

Nintendo Switch comes with 32 GB of inbuilt storage space.

Avid gamers often want to increase their card space.

The users can expand the storage capacity of their microSDXC or microSDHC cards up to 2TB.

But there are no 2TB readily available cards in the market. The maximum size available in the market is 1TB.

For most users, the 1TB SD cards are cost-prohibitive. To adjust this, many of the gamers who want to maximize the amount of storage space prefer to choose SanDisk 1TB Ultra microSDXC memory card.

This is much cheaper than buying two 1TB cards separately, but it helps to load the games faster.

Also read: How To Get Nintendo Switch Customer Service?

Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]

Can Nintendo Switch use 512GB SD?

The officially licensed SanDisk microSDXC card for Nintendo Switch allows you to add up to 512GB of space.

How many games can a 128GB SD card hold on Nintendo Switch?

A 128 GB SD card can hold about 19 games on Nintendo Switch.

What is the life span of a microSD card?

The average lifespan of a microSD card is six months to one year. But this is directly proportional to the usage, stress, and building up of bad blocks.