Manual

Joy-Con Control Sticks Are Not Responding
or Respond Incorrectly
Applies to: Nintendo Switch Family, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite
The information in this article can help you when the control sticks on the Joy-Con controller
drift or do not respond correctly.
Important:
• These steps may fix your issue. If your problem isn’t resolved, you can set up a repair for
your Joy-Con.
• Prior to troubleshooting a controller, we strongly recommend you verify that the
control stick configuration is set to the standard inputs.
• You can tell that a controller's stick inputs have been remapped because throughout
different menus, a wrench icon will be displayed beside the controller in-use at the
bottom-left corner of the system screen.
Button Mapping: Joy-Con controllers attached to the system showing a wrench icon
Button Mapping: Joy-Con controllers detached from the system showing a wrench icon
• If you don’t know or remember the custom configuration for your controller, you can set
the system to sleep mode. Upon waking up the system, you’ll have the option to reset the
controller inputs.
• If the control sticks on Nintendo Switch Lite are not responding correctly, see Control
Sticks Are Not Responding on Nintendo Switch Lite.
Note: The Joy-Con cannot be attached to Nintendo Switch Lite. However, they can be used as
wireless controllers with Nintendo Switch Lite.
What to do