# How to restart the game on Switch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (Nintendo Switch)\ **Created:** [November 17, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256 "2019-11-17T15:26:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pfredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pfredd/32/58344_2.png) [@Pfredd](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pfredd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/1 "2019-11-17T15:26:48Z")
I would like to restart my game on the Switch from the tutorial with a new character. I tried deleting the game’s save data but that did not work. Deleting and re-installing the game didn’t work either. How do I do this? ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/2 "2019-11-17T15:31:05Z")
How about making a new switch profile? (Not a new Nintendo profile) That’s what I did with Zelda after I took a break for too long and wanted to start fresh. That worked so I assume the same here. ---
**Author:** ![Pfredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pfredd/32/58344_2.png) [@Pfredd](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pfredd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/3 "2019-11-17T15:45:23Z")
I created a new Switch user, but when I started GOW, and selected the new user, it insisted that I link it to a Nintendo Account. I am not going to go through the hassle of creating a new account. ---
**Author:** ![Casper1875](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/casper1875/32/21441_2.png) [@Casper1875](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Casper1875)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/4 "2019-11-17T15:56:37Z")
Why are you trying to restart? There’s not much that you can do with a new account that you haven’t already done first time round? ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/5 "2019-11-17T16:01:18Z")
> [@Pfredd](#): > > I created a new Switch user, but when I started GOW, and selected the new user, it insisted that I link it to a Nintendo Account. > > I am not going to go through the hassle of creating a new account. Well Nintendo accounts are free. And you’re actually going to a bigger hassle trying to find a different way than taking 5 minutes to make a new one of those (assuming you already have an alternate email address. 10 minutes if you don’t. 😀) Also, I’m sure this isn’t an issue exclusive to Switch. Plus this will mean you can have both accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/6 "2019-11-17T17:03:03Z")
I feel like there’s some way in the menus to clear your account-related data. Odds are if the saves are linked to your Nintendo Account that’s the place. Close the game and on the home screen check all the UI text. I think + brings up game-specific options. Probably something like this: > **[How to Delete Backed Up Save Data](https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Nintendo-Switch/Nintendo-Switch-Online/How-to-Delete-Backed-Up-Save-Data-1441181.html)** > > Important: Once backed up save data is deleted from the server, it cannot be downloaded to a Nintendo Switch console. ---
**Author:** ![Pfredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pfredd/32/58344_2.png) [@Pfredd](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pfredd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/8 "2019-11-17T19:39:52Z")
> [@Casper1875](#): > > Why are you trying to restart? There’s not much that you can do with a new account that you haven’t already done first time round? I want to restart because I just blew through the initial introduction without really understanding what was going on so I would like to start over so I can take the learning opportunity a bit more seriouslu. ---
**Author:** ![Pfredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pfredd/32/58344_2.png) [@Pfredd](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pfredd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/9 "2019-11-17T19:41:49Z")
> [@awryan](#): > > Well Nintendo accounts are free. And you’re actually going to a bigger hassle trying to find a different way than taking 5 minutes to make a new one of those (assuming you already have an alternate email address. 10 minutes if you don’t. 😀) > Also, I’m sure this isn’t an issue exclusive to Switch. > Plus this will mean you can have both accounts. I will probably end up doing this. I submitted a support ticket on this. I will post the response when/if I receive a reply. ---
**Author:** ![Pfredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pfredd/32/58344_2.png) [@Pfredd](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pfredd)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/10 "2019-11-17T19:44:05Z")
> [@Slypenslyde](#): > > I feel like there’s some way in the menus to clear your account-related data. Odds are if the saves are linked to your Nintendo Account that’s the place. Close the game and on the home screen check all the UI text. I think + brings up game-specific options. Deleting the save data on my Switch does not delete my game in GOW. They are syncing to their own cloud server. ---
**Author:** ![Casper1875](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/casper1875/32/21441_2.png) [@Casper1875](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Casper1875)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/11 "2019-11-17T20:00:48Z")
Ah ok, fair enough I suppose. To be honest though, you probably haven’t missed much - the tutorial is very basic (it only explains that you need to match 3, or 4 or more for an extra turn & how to fill your mana / cast a spell). The rest you usually figure out by yourself (or even better, with your guild). There are plenty of good guides out there, plus plenty of help on this forum & it seems a shame to lose any progress that you’ve already made is the point I think most of us were trying to make. ---
**Author:** ![oninowon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@oninowon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/oninowon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-to-restart-the-game-on-switch/59256/12 "2019-11-18T07:54:50Z")
There is a beginner’s guide floating around this forum for update 4.6