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How to bypass the user selection screen on your Nintendo Switch

We’ll show you how to make your Switch a little more efficient.

Nintendo Switch is a fast and responsive console that combines customization with robust hardware and software. Suitable for many types of gamers, the Switch can be a great addition to your and your family’s gaming devices.

You can have multiple users on Nintendo Switch, but if you’re the only person using the console, there’s no point in bothering with the user selection screen. Fortunately, you can skip it.


How to log in faster on your Nintendo Switch

The Nintendo Switch starts up with a user selection screen before bringing it to the dashboard, which is useful if there are multiple users on the console. However, if you are the only user, this user selection screen does not make much sense.

To bypass user selection and access your Switch panel faster, do the following:

  1. Turn on your Nintendo Switch and sign in.
  2. To go System Settings > User.
  3. Under your icon and username, turn on Skip selection screen.

You should now automatically be taken to the control panel when you sign in to the Nintendo Switch and you won’t have to bother with the user selection screen.

While you’re in system settings, you might want to take a look at what else you can do. You can customize the Nintendo Switch theme to best suit your needs, adjust your notifications, enable parental controls, and more.

How to remove a user from your switch

If you have two or more users on your Switch, you will not be able to bypass the user selection screen. If your console used to be used by multiple people, but now only you use it, you can also remove the other users from the console.

Please note that this will also delete your save data on the console and prevent you from using any deleted user-purchased content.

To remove a user from your Nintendo Switch, do the following:

  1. Turn on your Nintendo Switch and sign in.
  2. To go System Settings > User.
  3. Navigate to the user you want to delete and press okay.
  4. About him User settings page, navigate to delete user.
  5. When prompted, confirm that you want to remove the particular user account from the console.


The user should now be removed from your console, allowing you to bypass the user selection screen.

Get to your Nintendo Switch control panel faster

If you’re the only user on your Switch, there’s no point in bothering with the user selection screen. Luckily, you don’t have to.

Nintendo Switch offers Amiibo for users, which is a fancy way of saying avatar. These Amiibo can be linked to all profiles on your Nintendo Switch and are worth checking out for a little more fun.

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