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the fact that there is 2 million views on this really shows that nintendo needs to fix drifting

Me in New Horizons: Ooh! A fossil spot! Let me dig! Left Joycon: Na, fam. Dig to the left!

Me in Skyrim: so we're gonna slowly sneak up to the enemy and- my joycon: Run to the left, understood

Oh my god thank you. Every "easy" joycon drift solution requires me to take apart the whole damn joycon.

Me in Breath of the Wild: Lemme put down my controller for a second Left joycon: Suicide is badass!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Blowing in the cartridge 2

Me: *is playing mario kart on 200cc* joycon: im about to end this mans whole career

You sir are a wizard. I was getting ready to order a whole new set of joycons and then tried this once and you’d never be able to tell they ever had drift

Me: _turns my camera in any game_ Joycon: *”oh so you like turning huh?”*

While this is a good solution, a better one would be for Nintendo to redesign the sticks to not eventually fail.

I have a Switch Lite and I can confirm this works just as well on it. You seriously have saved me from going insane because of the joycon drift, thank you so much! 😊

Just want to say thank you so much, I tried this method a few nights ago on not one but two drifiting right joycons and it fixed both 100%. I asked my son to report any issues with his switch and he said there was no issue whatsoever. You saved me from having to send those back to nintendo to get repaired.

Me: Just trying to select a game My Right Joycon: time to get *down* and funky

Me: Coming across an Enderman in Minecraft My Right Joycon: *Eye contact is the best way to learn about someone.*

I had really bad drift and this actually worked. A lifesaver tutorial. Thank you for making this! You earned a new sub 😊

Just wanted to say, this really helped! I had 3 Joy-Cons that I couldn't use for over a year and a half that I can now use. For anyone wanting to try it, make sure that if you do it and if it doesn't work, try calibrating the control stick, that fixed one of my problems.

Since everyone is memeing down here and nobody makes a feedback i'll do it for you: As for now, it totally works, I'm going to play a bit and tell you if drift eventually occurs again Edit: it worked for a couple of hours and then I had to recalbrate them. Now they work, I suggest you to try Anyway since this Will not damage your joycon, but of this doesnt work you should recalibrate and then drift shouldnt occur anymore 2nd edit: after more than two weeks drift in my left joycon isnt a thing anymore, while my right one still drifts a little, but it's doing it way less than before. I Hope I've been helpful to anybody. 3rd and last update: after 4 months, the right joycon failed completely, because of different hardware issues, while the left one is completely ok! 4th and actual last edit: I recommend to avoid doing so too many times and too often, as a guy below said, with too much alcohol the inner parts could get damaged, and cleaning it too often (in my experience) ended up not making any difference

Everyone: Help, my left joycon is drifting Nintendo: I missed the part where thats my problem

Thank you so much for this! The drift on our family's switch had my son worrying for a while, but we saved a lot of money and time in the end because of this!

This is a Miracle, I stopped using my Switch for over a year because I thought it was broken and I thought fixing it would be technical and expensive, but all I did was do your method, Calibrate the Joysticks and Update them, and BOOM, No more Drift.

Me: *stands still breath of the wild* Joycon: now it is time

This sounds like a much better solution than banging my Joycons against a table

i saw a couple people say this tip too and was skeptical at first but decided to try it out. Completely fixed my drift, it was so bad before but it works perfectly and is not longer effecting my games :) thank you so so much

Two years later and this vid's still a big help. Thanks Nintendrew!

Me: decides to get two sets of joy cons Both of the left joy cons: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move

Me: doing crazy tech on Mario My left joy-con: prepare for trouble My right joy-con: and make it double

Omg, it actually worked!!! Thank you so much, I thought I couldn’t fix them so easily, but I did! Loved this video!

I have been trying every few months since 2017 to repair my joy cons that both got lazy and this has worked greatly, you have earned a sub!

*Standing still in a switch game* Joycons: “oh no we don’t do that here”

My Joycon: *has joycon drift in games* Me: *goes to Joycon calibration* There is no Joycon Drift Me: *goes back to game* Joycon drift:

Everyone: “calibrate your joy-con” Me: “you honestly think I can do that, the whole reason I came here is because my joy-cons physically will not take inputs and physical movements as a directive command”

My left joy con from launch was drifting pretty hard lately, and this cleared it right up! Thanks, Nintendrew!

Joy-Con Drift: *exists* Isopropyl Alcohol: I'm about to end this man's whole career

I actually tried this with the original joy-cons, my switch came with, they had a really bad drifting issue. After trying the isopropyl alcohol trick on them, the drift immediately disappeared. Thank you so much.

My new joycons literally arrived today and they already had a drift. I LITERALLY COULD OF FIXED MY OLD ONES WITH THIS VIDEO! shame I didn't find it sooner, thanks for the help!

Why didn't i think of this. It actually worked, and it's so simple. You know your stuff, sir! ❤

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. -Homer Simpson (1997)

Joycon drift: *occurs in-game* Me: *goes to recalibration* Joycon joystick: “well I’m not gonna do it anymore”

Brother you just saved me from burning another $20+ for another Switch Pro Controller. I've tried so many other "solutions" but none of them even came close to fixing my problem. You just earned a sub my dude. Thank you so much!

I actually can’t believe this worked so well. I have two pairs of the og joycons I’ve had for a few years that I never touched cause the drift was so bad, made games completely unplayable. Decided to try this out and now they both work flawlessly. Thank you so much.

My left joycon: Slide to the left! My right joycon: Slide to the right! Both of them drifting at once: Criss Cross!

Disclaimer: that video was made when rubbing Alcohol was still readily available in any normal store, before people start hoarding like crazy all kind of stuff.

I was about to try the cardboard method, and tbh i was really scared of messing it up and making the situation worse but then i saw your video AND I THINK THIS HAS FINALLY FIXED MY DRIFT ISSUE! Thanks a lot!!

Brilliant this took us 2 minutes and it worked perfectly - thank you :)

Me in Animal Crossing: Money rock! Let’s hit it. Joycon Drift: Nah man, we gonna dig 15 different areas and pick up a flower.

Provided that the drift issue in your joycon is due to dirt underneath the controller this method will work. If the issue is due to wear and tear no amount of cleaning will fix it for good unfortunately , you’ll either have to send it to repair or buy a new set.

bro, someone give this man a nobel prize; he just solved the worlds hardest problem.

This worked! 10/10 tutorial, straight to the point.

youre my savior i had such terrible drift and could barely play most of my games!!! this pretty much fixed it (i ended up using a bobby pin with an isopropyl alcohol wipe on it and it seems to have worked!)

Me: looking in the comments to see if this actually works Everyone else: making this damn meme

I had the worse joy-con drift. For a while I couldn't even play games, due to how bad it was. I used your method and its amazing how well my joy-cons work. They're practically brand new. This actually saved me so much money! Now I don't need new joy-cons. Thankyou so much!

Wow! I can't believe that actually worked. I was already thinking about buying another pair of controllers until I found this video. My controllers drifted like crazy and VERY VERY OFTEN. I tried this and within the first cleaning it worked like new again!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Nintendo: We are not liable for ghosts in your console

This sounds like a better idea then jamming the joystick in the opposite direction of where it is drifting.

Literally WOW. You deserve all the praise for this video.

Wow, that was a lot easier than I thought and worked like a charm!

FYI use 91% isopropyl alcohol its safer on electronics as it dries very quickly. He used 91% but it wasn't mentioned in the video. Don't want people using 70% and soaking their controllers.

Joycon drift in Animal Crossing was driving me crazy! This worked like a charm. Thank you so much for posting! 😊

I was thissss close to sending the controllers to Nintendo… then stumbled across this video and thought I’d give it a try. Both controllers work beautifully now! Great advice!

Started having drift with a con of 3 years and this worked like a charm. Thank you :)

Me playing animal crossing:this view is awesome My left joycon: Lets take a walk

I'm literally watching myself stand there motionless in animal crossing because I am so happy my character isn't walking without my permission. Thanks, my joycon went from drifting like crazy to working perfectly!

Worked for me. Thank you so much. I've put in so many repair tickets but never shipped my joy con back to Nintendo. I decided to try this before my trip and man I'm so happy I did. I can actual play my switch again without getting frustrated.

BEST VIDEO EVER I’VE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS AND TRIED MULTIPLE WAYS TO FIX IT BUT THIS REALLY WORKED SO SO WELL. I got so excited when I tried it myself

[Villager asks to move away] Me: No stay here! Left Joycon: *I wish you the best of luck friend*

Me: playing any game with a movable camera Camera: *f l o o r*

This just worked perfectly on my old joy-cons! Thanks Nintendrew 👍🏻

Brooo, I’ve been playing tears of the kingdom freaking out because my joycon is throwing me around everywhere, did this and so far it’s amazing. My man!!!

i was so close to throwing my left joycon in the toilet and taking a shit on it until I saw this video.

Ok let's just run forward and dash attack. Joy cons: *W A L K*

Thank you! I think you’ve just saved me a month of waiting for Nintendo repairs!

Thank you so much. This actually helped me and after 1 year of drifting, it finally stopped with a few simple steps. Thanks again.

Me in New Horizons: *About to catch a tarantula* My left joycon: it would be a shame if you were to miss.

“I dont have the switch lite..” The dudes got literally every single video game in the background.

Thank you so much! I've been really not enjoying Splatoon 2 because of my drift. It's one of the few things I enjoy after a long day at work. Your method worked perfectly!

This worked PERFECTLY. Thank you!

Just tried it on a joycon that hasn't worked for about a year. The controller now works. Thanks for the quick fix.

Me in Pokemon: OMG a shiny! *Tries to press attack to lower health* *Joycon drift makes it go down to run* Pokemon: You have successfully fled.

Omg, after a year of not using my old joycons finally I fixed them Thank you❤❤❤

My left joycon started drifting last year, decided to give this a whirl before trying any more advanced methods (taking apart the joycon, sending it to Nintendo, etc.). Worked like a charm, thanks!

Can confirm this 100% works with the original switch. I tried it with four joy-cons that ALL had this problem, and they are as good as new.

me: tries to look forward in splatoon 2 my right joycon: i have great interest in *floor*

Thank you so much Nintendrew! I have been having this issue for a long time and you were right again thank you so much!!!!!

Nintendrew, thank you very much for the help😁😁😁😁😁 I bought another set of joycons, because of this problem. But I saw this and followed the instructions, and boom it calibrated like butter. Again thank you. And I also watch your channel alot, and find many thing informative. Keep up the great 💪👍😁 I have subscribed 👍😀

Hey everyone! Just a side note: This method may not work for ALL forms of Joy-Con drift (especially if there has been some sort of real, long-term mechanical failure), but like I mentioned, it's worked for all 4 of my launch day controllers. 😄 Let me know in the comments if it works for you! Cheers.

Testing this out atm Update: Marry me, Nintendrew. It worked like a charm. Drift is now gone!

So simple. Had a massive drift issue. Worked for me. Thanks for the video.

Easy fix. Worked for me! Thanks for the video

I went to check the comments to see if this worked for people and every damm comment is a "me: my joycon:" joke

After catching Tarantula and your bag is full. Me: Swap it Joy con: Let’s release it.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS COMPLETELY FIXED THE DRIFT! i don’t have the money to replace or fix so this was perfect

This worked amazingly - you don't need to push the q-tip even that far in, you can be very gentle with it if you're afraid of hurting the joycon and it still works

instructions unclear: used drinking alcohol and now my switch is drunk

Me:trying to wish for shooting stars in animal crossing Nintendo: oh you want to stand still? That's a good one (Also it worked for a few hours then it came back)

I can not believe this worked so easily. Thank you!!

Took a few tries with the q-tip. My joycons are 5 years old so they were probably really dirty. I actually got a small juice box straw and put a few drops of isopropyl in there and worked it around.... But can confirm this method worked.. thanks.

Animal crossing : Would you like to put the house here? Player: hmm let me imagine it Joy con: nah fam this is the spot fosho

Launch day owner - severe drift. This made them back to as if they were new. Thanks man.

thank you so much. im horrible at anything involving a screwdriver, so i was scared of ripping apart my joycons. this helped and was a SERIOUS game changer. you rock!