The Nintendo Switch has been sold out at major retailers like Amazon, Toys “R” Us, Best buy and more. The few people who got a hold of the hybrid console are confused on how to turn the Switch off. Although this is a pretty straight forward action on most electronic devices, Nintendo has made this a little bit more complicated then necessary. The Nintendo  Switch has an outstanding battery life in sleep mode, making it unnecessary to turn it off completely. It only uses about 2% of Battery life within 8 hours of it being in sleep mode. If you want to turn it off regardless, here is how to do it.

Pressing the power button on the Nintendo Switch will only put the console into a sleep mode – it will not turn it off. If you want to turn it off completely to conserve battery life, you will have to bring up the power option menu to do so.

Here is what you need to do

• Access the console directly, not using the controllers at all
• Hold down the power button for more than five seconds
• A popup will appear on the screen, giving you the option to put the console in sleep mode – or you may chose more power options.
• Select the ” Power Options “
• Here is where you will have the option to either restart the console or turn it off entirely.

You now have turned off your Nintendo Switch. It will not use any batter life, if you are traveling and you know you wont be playing for several hours, this may be a good option for you.