How to Delete Your Island on Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Hot take but why delete? Just start over a new area and keep your old memories. But if you must, yeah, do the whole Tom Nook settings chat. Just hurts to think about all the hours getting tossed, y'know?
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It's a pretty straightforward process but emotionally devastating. I reset mine after 500+ hours because I wanted a fresh start. Press ‘-’ on the title screen, talk to Tom Nook, and choose to delete your island. Legit felt like saying bye to my real pals.
Deleting your Animal Crossing island is like breaking up with a digital family you've spent months, or even years, building relationships with. Make sure you're ready for that emotional toll. The process itself is simple with the ‘-’ settings menu on the start screen, but the aftermath hits hard.
To delete your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, first launch the game. When you see the title screen, don’t press A to start. Instead, press the ‘-’ button on your left Joy-Con to access the settings. Tom Nook will pop up and after a bit of dialogue, you'll have the option to delete your island. Be warned, this is permanent, and you'll lose everything, so be sure you really want to say goodbye to your island pals!
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