The kickstand snapped off your Switch

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Switch · Symptom guide

The flimsy plastic flap on the back has snapped off, or it no longer holds the console upright.

The original Switch kickstand is a thin piece of plastic on a small hinge, and Nintendo made it the one part that is designed to come off rather than break the console. It is the most commonly broken part on the system by a wide margin.

Do these first. They cost nothing.

Check this before you buy anything

  1. Check whether it has simply popped out rather than snapped

    It is designed to detach. Look at the hinge pins before assuming it is broken.

  2. Look inside the recess for the microSD slot

    The slot lives under the kickstand. If that is damaged too, you have a bigger job.

If every one of those comes back clean, now it is worth buying a part.

If that did not fix it, here is the part

Nintendo Switch KickstandNintendo Switch Kickstand$6.99

Before you order

Original Switch only, HAC-001 and HAC-001-01. Clips into the same recess with no tools. The Switch Lite has no kickstand at all.

What this is not

This is not the OLED stand. The OLED model has a wide adjustable stand that is a completely different part.

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