How to Set Time Limits on Nintendo Switch

Mar. 15, 2021

TheNintendo Switchis an amazing gaming console. Not only does it offer aton of gamesand features (like the ability toshare Switch screenshots to your phone), it also offers parents a lot of control over their kids’ gaming habits. If you’re worried that your kid (or even you yourself) might be spending too much time playing games, you can easily set time limits on the Nintendo Switch to control their (or your own) gaming time. Well, here’s how to set time limits on Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo Switch Parental Controls

As mentioned above, the Switch offers a very comprehensive set of parental controls that you can use for all sorts of things. You canset bedtime alarms, suspend apps, and of course, set time limits and restrictions. In this article we will take a look at how you can set time limits on Switch users so you can rest assured that your kids aren’t spending all their time playing games.

Setting time limits on the Nintendo Switch is quite easy, but you will need to use your smartphone to do so. The parental controls for the Switch are only accessible through a smartphone app.

At this point, you have successfully set time limits on Nintendo Switch. The Parental Controls app also lets you add more restrictions. You can set up a restriction level for your child in order to ensure they are not exposed to mature content, and even disallow them from communicating with others in-game. Once done, tap on ‘Complete’.

If you don’t want to set a strict time limit that just blindly applies to every day of the week, you can actually set up time limits on a per-day basis as well. This way, you can ensure that your kids don’t play too much during school days, while also allowing them to get their game on at the weekend. Here’s how to do that.

Setting time limits is good, but what good is it if you reach the time limit and you simply get a notification for it. That’s not enough to stop kids (or myself, for that matter) from ignoring the alarm and just continue gaming. Fortunately, you can set apps to suspend once the time limit is reached. Here’s how.

That’s it, you’ve successfully set up parental controls to limit game time on your Nintendo Switch. You will get notified when the time limit is over and you can even set apps to suspend once the time limit expires. That way you can ensure that your kids can’t just continue playing after the set time limit is over.

It’s a pretty feature-rich app with considerably granular controls. So, if you have kids at home, or if you’re trying to cut down on your gaming time, you should set time limits on Nintendo Switch with the parental controls feature right away. Let me know in the comments whether you’re using this feature for your kids or for yourself. Don’t be shy, I’m using it for myself as well. That said, if you ever get too annoyed with the console, you canalways reset itand sell it off; just saying.