You can't transfer files from one Switch to another

If you start a game on a device, you will have to finish it on the same console.
Text: Islem Sharouda
Published 2017-03-07

The Switch, which has been available since last Friday, is beginning to reveal its full potential as well as some of its limitations. For example, it is impossible to transfer you save files from one Switch console to another, because Nintendo has blocked all possibility of sharing SD cards and data between two console. Backups are saved to the internal memory without the ability to move them to external storage. Since the Switch does not let you backup your data online, any adventure begun on a console can only be completed on the very same console.

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