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How to Access the Power Menu (Turn Off, Restart, Sleep Mode)

Description:

  • Instructions for accessing the Power Menu on a console in the Nintendo Switch family.

  • Instructions on how to turn off, restart, or put the console into Sleep Mode.

Complete These Steps:

  1. To display the Power Menu on a console in the Nintendo Switch family, press and hold the POWER Button for at least three seconds.

    The POWER and Volume Buttons highlighted on the Nintendo Switch

  2. Select "Power Options," then choose to either turn off, restart, or put the console into Sleep Mode.

    • Important: After ten seconds of inactivity while the Power Menu is being displayed, the console will enter Sleep Mode.

  3. To exit the Power Menu, press the B Button or the HOME Button.