Backup Animal Crossing Save Data

How to Support and Restore Island Salve Data (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)

In this article, you'll learn how to enable island fill-in in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and how to restore your island data if your Nintendo Switch console is ever lost or damaged.

Important

Island backup is a feature exclusive to Animate being Crossing: New Horizons. If you accept an active Nintendo Switch Online membership and are looking to restore your save data for games compatible with the Nintendo Switch Online Save Data Cloud service, run across our steps on How to Download Salve Data Cloud Backups.
Recovery is just available in situations where a Nintendo Switch console is lost or damaged. A new or repaired Nintendo Switch console is required. An active Nintendo Switch Online membership is as well required. In the issue of loss or damage, contact Nintendo Customer Support, and a representative can help you lot restore the isle and user save data on your new or repaired Nintendo Switch panel (standard charges apply for non-warranty repairs).
If you lot have access to your original Nintendo Switch console and you want to transfer your island or an individual resident to a new panel, you can transfer your Animal Crossing: New Horizons save information.

Annotation

The island fill-in and restore features are available after installing the latest software version for the game (1.4.0 or subsequently).
When enabled, island backup data is stored periodically when no ane is playing Fauna Crossing: New Horizons on your Nintendo Switch panel and the console is continued to the internet. Island data is shared across all residents on the island.
Afterward restoring island backup information, the fourth dimension spent playing in your account'southward Play Activity may not reflect your actual total time playing the game.
Any Creature Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise save data is likewise backed up with this feature. The DLC must exist downloaded on your replacement Nintendo Switch console in lodge to gain access to the DLC content.

Practice you lot want to enable island backup, restore island information that y'all accept backed up, or disable isle backup?

Enable island backup Restore island data Disable island backup

Open Animate being Crossing: New Horizons and select a user with a uniform Nintendo Business relationship.
- In order to enable island backup:
  - Use a Nintendo Account with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.
  - Apply a Nintendo Account that has a resident on the island. Each user on a Nintendo Switch console can create a resident and movement to the island presently after starting the game.
  - Your Nintendo Switch console must have a stable connection to the internet.
  - Your game must be updated to the latest software version (i.4.0 or later).
  - Island backup cannot already exist enabled. If whatever other resident on the island has already enabled island backup, you volition not exist able to enable information technology as a unlike resident. The original resident can disable island backup if y'all wish to enable information technology using a different account.
From the title screen, press the − Push button to access the Settings menu.
Select Island fill-in, then Enable island fill-in.
- If isle backup cannot be enabled, information technology may exist because your Nintendo Switch console is not currently connected to the internet or your Nintendo Account does not currently accept an agile Nintendo Switch Online membership.
After island backup is enabled, you can view the date and time of the concluding backup on the title screen of the game. A fill-in is made periodically whenever the game is not existence played and the Nintendo Switch console is continued to the internet.

Important: Island data tin can only be restored if your Nintendo Switch console has been lost or damaged and you lot had enabled island backup in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on that panel. It is not possible to remotely enable island backup without access to the console. If your console was lost, you will also need a replacement console to restore the island data.

If you have access to your original Nintendo Switch console and you want to transfer your island or an private resident to a new console, y'all can transfer your Animal Crossing: New Horizons save data.

Was your panel repaired by a Nintendo Service Centre?

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Important: If your console was repaired, your save data may already be on the console. Open up Animal Crossing: New Horizons to determine if your island appears on the championship screen. If so, no farther action is necessary to render to your island.

Select Creature Crossing: New Horizons and choose the user with the Nintendo Account that originally enabled island backup.
- In guild to restore island data:
  - Your Nintendo Switch console must take a stable connection to the internet.
  - Your game must be updated to the latest software version (one.iv.0 or later).
As the game begins to open, y'all will see a black screen with the Nintendo logo in the tiptop-left corner. When this screen completely fades to black, press and hold the – Button.
If performed correctly, a bulletin will appear that asks if y'all desire to cheque for island data to restore.
- If you lot see Timmy and Tommy at the Nook Inc. reception desk, the button input failed. Shut the game and reopen it to try once more. Make sure you lot press the – Button when the Nintendo logo fades to a full black screen and before the island in the bottom-right appears.
- If you meet a title screen with villagers walking around an island, then you may have already started a new island on your Nintendo Switch console. If you wish to replace this island with your isle backup data, y'all must first delete the new salvage information for Animal Crossing: New Horizons from your console, and so reopen the game and try again. Your new island will not exist able to be recovered after y'all delete the salve information.
Tom Nook volition ask if you want to search for island backup information to restore. Select Cheque.
- If island data cannot be found, it may be because your Nintendo Switch panel is not currently connected to the internet or you are not using the same Nintendo Business relationship that was used to enable island backup.
If you enabled isle fill-in for multiple islands, you will be presented with each island name and some details. Select the island you lot wish to restore on your Nintendo Switch console.
Select Aye, please to confirm you are gear up to restore the selected island backup.
- If y'all started a new isle on your Nintendo Switch panel, it volition be lost and replaced with your island backup.
Later your island is restored, the game will restart. Select Close when letters appear to check for island backup information, then yous volition return to your isle.

Were you able to restore your island?

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If your island is restored, you're all set! Cheque out the official Nintendo website for the latest news and games.

If you are unable to restore your isle after post-obit these steps, please contact our Client Support: select "Gameplay Assistance" > "Animate being Crossing: New Horizons". If y'all are already using the contact form, please select "Contact Nintendo Support".

In club to restore your island data, please contact our Customer Support: select "Gameplay Assistance" > "Animal Crossing: New Horizons". If you are already using the contact grade, delight select "Contact Nintendo Support".

Open up Animal Crossing: New Horizons and select the user with the Nintendo Account that originally enabled island backup.
- In order to disable island backup:
  - Your Nintendo Switch console must accept a stable connection to the cyberspace.
  - Your game must be updated to the latest software version (one.iv.0 or subsequently).
From the championship screen, press the − Button to admission the Settings menu.
Select Island backup, Disable island backup, then Yes, disable backup to confirm.
- If island backup cannot exist disabled, it may be because your Nintendo Switch console is not currently connected to the internet or you are not using the same Nintendo Account that was used to enable isle backup.
Afterwards island backup is disabled, it will non be possible to restore island data in the case that your Nintendo Switch panel is lost or damaged. You can re-enable island backup using a Nintendo Account that has a resident on the island and an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.