Eliminating Joycon Wiggle 

thank god this is common on every switch. I thought that I held the switch a bit too tight and that was the cause of my wobble, but it only does when it's attached to the screen.

Insane that I have to put tape on a 300$ console

This video helped out so much, I could barely stand the wiggle and it even did it with the middle section for the joy cons and this completely stopped it, thank you for making this video

I recently got the OLED and noticed this issue with both joycons, the right one only moves a little bit like yours but the left one moves a bit more. It is kinda annoying that this issue exists but it seems like the electrical tape mod could be an improvement. I'll definitely give this a try and see how it works out. UPDATE: So I gave this a shot, and it definitely made a huge improvement! They are harder to remove now but they always stay connected to my Switch now anyway as I have 2 proper controllers. At first the second layer of tape would come right off when reattaching my joycons but what I found really helpful was leaving a little bit of overhang with the second layer that goes inside the rail just a little bit. The tape stays on real good now as it's not grabbing onto the joycons whenever they slide down. It also makes them feel a lot more firm and they don't wiggle or move around at all now unless I force them to. Really good little mod!

That worked even better than I thought it would. Almost feels like one single unit now. Thanks!

Just did one single layer for my brand new OLED and it works like a charm. Such a relief! Thank you!

I used painters tape (less possibility of any gummy residue over time) and it worked great. Thank you!

Thank you so much man, I found out about this video on a reddit post and it is all I could hope for. I got the OLED - my first switch - very recently and the wiggle on my right joycon was driving me crazy. I guess it wouldn't be a problem for many people but it really was bumming me out (I play handheld like 99% of the time). What you show in the video worked per-fect-ly and only cost me a couple bucks for the tape. Again, thank you so much. Cheers

Please read: THIS WORKED PERFECTLY ON MY SWITCH OLED! Thank you so much. That wiggling was driving my nuts. I ordered and returned 3 different new switches and they ALL had this exact same problem. Always on the left joycon and never the right one. So if you are having a problem with your switch left joycon wiggling just know YOUR SWITCH IS FINE. They are just made this way for some reason

The year is 2022, I am about to try this but can already say it will most likely work. Wherever you are who posted this fix, you’re a hero. Thank you

I had this problem really bad, but noticed that the rails were extremely wiggly. Tightening the screws that are inside the rails got rid of most of wiggle for me. I then used the tape hack on the bottom, and it's working like a charm now. Much thanks!

Life changing. For extra stability: add a little tape to the joycon itself as well, right on the little section at the top of its rail before it indents.

Thanks for this, you just saved me some money because I've been having this issue for a while and I thought the problem were the locks in the joycons so I orderer a kit with metal locks and replaced the plastic ones that come from factory with the metal ones. That made a small diference, it was harder for the joycons to come loose/disconnect when in handheld however it still happened from time to time and it just frustrated me. I was just about to order a new set of rails for the switch and replace those to try and fix this wiggle issue once and for all (if the issue wasn't the joycons it could only be the rails, at least that was what I thought), and I stumbled upon your video. It's amazing what a couple of pieces of electrical tape can make, issue solved and I can enjoy playing on handheld without the constant anxiety of the joycons disconnecting because of the wiggle.

Watching this on my switch and I have to say this is really a legit fix mate ! Thanks a lot 🙏🏽

Just picked up a switch today and was disappointed about how jiggly it was and this made it so much better thank you

Best Switch hack ever, totally works! Yes, it's a shame we have to do it in the first place, but it's just a tiny bit of electrical tape and isn't going to leave any marks or residue if you decide to remove it (assuming you use a good quality one).

Man You saved me. I was about to return my brand new Split Pad Compact Gengar edition when i found this video. It works like a charm. Thanks a lot. Btw if any of you have problem with springy noise coming out of joy con sticks, i have a solution for this. Just put some electrical use WD-40 into a joystick (there's a little rubber cover, you have to lift it with some tweezers or something and just spray a little under this cover)

PSA for anyone with an oled switch: If one of your joycons are wobbly while attached to the switch, It's the joycon. Not the switch rails itself. I tested it with other joycons and they don't wobble. Seems like there's some sort of manufacturing issue with the newest batch of joycons

Thank you! Just like you did, 2 layers is the sweet spot. And it no longer feels like trash when holding it.

You are a freaking magician !!! It worked perfectly on my brand new OLED :D Thank you so much !

I didn’t have electric tape but I had clear tape. 4 small square layers and boom back to action! The simple things us ocd ppl go through to maintain perfection! Thank you sir You made me a happy gamer & fall in love with my switch oled all over again 🙏🏽

I can't believe how effective this was, tysm!!

Just fixed my Zelda oled wobble! Thank you so much, I was about to buy a second one hoping to swap out the joy cons. Saved me tons of trouble!

Thank you so much, man. both my joy cons wiggled like crazy on my old switch but it was fine with my oled. Then after a few weeks they started to wiggle as well and I was already looking to but new joy cons to see if that would fix the issue. I copied your method and it feels solid as a rock. THANKS!

This tape method really worked for me, always felt uncomfortable playing my switch and having the joycons feel loose as, they were wobbly as hell when connected to the switch and now it’s comfortable to play!

Bro i come back to Thank you! My Switch is super solid now!!!

I have an OLED Switch. There are two tiny little bumps molded into the plastic on the top of the joycons and two tiny bumps molded in the plastic on the bottom of the switch itself where the joycons touch which I believe are there to prevent wiggle, but also they get worn down very easily because they are so small. The little plastic bumps get crushed slightly and then you get a wiggle in the connection. I noticed my right joycon developed this wiggle and then my left one started doing it seemingly after I used the strap attachments one time. The first time i used the straps, i didn't "unlock" them before sliding the joycons on (it was a very tight fit when I did that). i have a theory that the strap attachments caused these little bumps wear out even quicker due to the tight fit.

Worked perfectly! I ended up doing 3x pieces because my left one was a little loose and kept sliding up a tad which really bugged me 😅 legend!

Omg this was so easy, thank you. I was about to order some metal screws and a bunch of nonsense when all I needed was tape. You think Nintendo would just add a small rubber bumper to the end of the rail to fix this.

Wow! Thanks for the tip. Works great! I thought that I had broken the railing system on my Switch when I dropped it some months ago. I'd never noticed the wiggle before that moment. After that, I assumed that it was my fault even though I couldn't see any damage to the console (and the rails) itself, aside from some mild scuffing of the left Joy-Con. So, the saying is true that with (Duct or Electrical) tape, one can fix anything! :)

Thank you so much dude! Now I can play in handheld!

HUGE difference. How it should of been from the beginning! Thank you

Wow, thank you sooooo much. Worked like a charm! I just got my switch oled since a week and the joycon wiggling was driving me crazy and giving me a lot of stress and anxiety. Because its a huge investment and i was worried i will have to find a way to live with it this way. I will see if i can order a grip because I have heard that will help to prevent the wiggle as well but this is working amazing in the meantime.

this completely eliminated my problem thank you so much

Great idea man. Just did it but with the soft side of a Velcro tape 👍👍

Thanks! Dropped my new OLED from 20cm height and it landed on the joycon, after that it started to wiggle a bit, but this helped a lot!

Thank you now they are steady as a rock.

Worked great for my disconnecting joycons...Thank You!!!

This helped me out somewhat. Only because I did notice a slight difference, but it was still wobbly after layering about 3 pieces of electrical tape. After yanking on the left joycon out of frustration, I noticed the metal pieces holding the joycon were loose. I grabbed a small screwdriver, tightened the screws and the issue was fixed immediately. I still kept the tape on and my switch feels just as new now.

Bro this is ridiculously helpful !!! Changed the game if you will 😂 corny jokes aside this hack is dope. (Couldn’t find my dad’s electrical tape so I used painters tape) still works great.

This and a little bit of electrical cleaner fix my joycons disconnecting all the time. Great tip

This worked perfectly and i just so happened to havea fresh new pack of electrical tape with the exact color of my switch. Awesome!

Thanks a ton for the advice! Just did this and it totally works! Awesome, God bless you man!

One hour of use in my NS Oled and I have the same problem, thank you for the solution 🙏

Thank you so much! My switch is solid as a rock now

I just found out the cause of this creaks and wobble upon tearing down the joycon. First thing is that the cause of creaks are the screws holding the back panel of the joycon which are a bit loose. Wobbles is that the bottom of the rails that is attached to the joycon inside do not have any screw which makes them very wobbly, I notice that Nintendo only put one screw on top of the rails just to keep the rails attached to the joycon. Which is a shame for Nintendo's product quality.

Can't wait to try this! Thank you!!!

This video was so helpful that im considering changing my career to a. Nintendo wiggler. Thanks John Blanco

Works perfectly on my new oled it was bugging me to -thank you for the video and help

Guys carefully if you have the oled if you apply the tape bad you can damage the frame on the front and on the back I just did i scratched the front and the back as well when I pulled in the rail because of the tape. And is pushed either on left side or right side the controller.

Excellent work! This helped me, I used 3 pieces of Washi Tape, which was all we had on hand and it also worked, I just cut it a little smaller to fit in, I might cut it even smaller later on but it definitely worked!

Big Thanks, works great on the OLED, feels like a switch lite.

so thankful i found this video mine was exactly like yours, JUST enough tiny vertical wiggle that it was disconnecting frequently can't believe this was so damn effective and so damn simple!

This also solved joycon sliping out while playing in handheld for me. Thanks. 👏

worked like a charm, thank you

i’ll have to try this. mine is so bad that when I wiggle it even slightly the joy con briefly disconnects from the switch, makes playing games almost impossible

this worked so well thank you!

Thanks man I had been lucky and my switch was perfect it fell off my bed tonight however and now the wiggle 😅 this fix worked and they feel normal again

Lucky for me my dad's an electrician so we always have electrical tape laying around! This worked great!

woow literally a game changer, thank you so much!

I tried it. So far so good. Though I put the tape on the joycon itself. A different joycon fits fine so I figured if I pug it in the switch rail, there would be an affect on all the joycons for that side. Thanks.

They now sell a genetic brand joycons on Amazon that have a stretchable bracket that eliminates the wiggle. The switch console sits inside the stretchable bracket and the joycons attach the the stretchable bracket that the console sits in.

I'm gonna try this, i hope it works Update: it feels really well sturdy after put it about 3 layer, thank you for the tips!

Incredible, you are a hero!!

yeah, i was a bit disappointed and annoyed with my brand spanking new switch OLED wiggling. what worse was the latch. I have since upgraded the latch to the metal match to a secured lock.

Does any body know if this fix will cause some kind of damage in the long term?

I dunno how this happened but when i was doing it handheld mode again from the dock the electric tape went off but it is still solid lmao

Hi! I just got my switch last week then suddenly I noticed that my right joycon is wiggling so I watched so many videos it worked but the tape doesn't hold for a long time so i did this. I cut a big one and i covered the whole lower part not only the square but until the dot part and don't cut the excess one on the right or you can cut a long one too on the right then stick it there, that way the rail doesn't have a chance to slip the tape away. It worked for me but if this works then great.

Really helped me out on my oled model

I just got splatoon oled and it started doing this after the 3rd day playing and it is super annnoying it’s the left one that really does it , can’t wait to try this

Works like a charm. Thank you for this fix. 😍😍😍😍

This is frustrating for sure. I bought two switch OLEDs last November -- the TotK SE for myself and the S/V SE for my SO -- and hers has no wiggle problem at all whereas mine is very annoying (tbf I have put a lot more hours into mine and I don't know if I really noticed the wiggle so much in the first week or so). I also recently bought us each a Zengrip Ronin from satisfye thinking that would at the very least ease concern for my issue but I still notice a slight wiggle on the left side. Going to have to give this a shot.

I've had mine for a month and I noticed last night the bottom of my right joycon has the wiggle.

Thankyou very much for the tips man👍

gonna give it a try, got an OG switch recently and this kept me from really enjoying it. will update.

omg this is actually really helpful

Nice easy fix, thanks man.

this hack is great except i still got half a mm of vertical travel. at least if fixed my wobble

Had to do this with the switch oled thanks for the tip

Works like a charm fixed right joy con gonna get more tape to fix left

oh thankgod, I just got a switch oled for my boyfriend as a gift and noticed the wiggle on both joycons, and im not a gamer and haven’t used a switch ever before, so thought the shop sold a faulty product, I was really nervous

Just perfect I solve the problem with your video, thank!

Would this work if we put the tape on the joycons instead of the switch itself? Wouldn't it be better for long term if we keep removing and placing the joycons again? Also, aside from just wobbling and feeling weird, this is fine and you can play all the same on the switch right? So, there's no risk of further damage?

Gonna try this ! Thanks mate

So mines was like that and I notice the screws that hold the track the joy con's go in was lose and the screws needed to be tightened

thanks man! worked perfectly for my oled.

thanks so much actually my OLED has this problem too but it's fixed now! works perfectly

i'll definitely try this. also i noticed that it's super common to be loose on the left joycon...weird. i wish they fixed this, and i even have this problem with my OLED switch.

In my case it's the joycon itself. It's wobbly in any switch that I put it into, any controller adapter, etc.

This works amazingly

I thought I somehow messed up my joycon in the first few days, thank goodness that's not the case. the funny thing is I also have the second version grey switch and my left joycon is the issue as well lol

Bought the new Oled switch and had this issue. annoying as hell. This helped, so thanks 👍 I wonder of this solution will damage the switch or joycons in the long run, like expanding the rails or push the plastic on the joycons. time will tell.

ALTERNATIVE IDEA: Put 1 piece of electrical tape on the Switch console. Put the other piece of electrical tape on the joycon.

I have this issue on my OLED. The up down wiggle is the worse, if I use my Hyperion Joy Cons I really notice it when using the D Pad, it’s very annoying!

He clearly likes it!

thanks John super simple fix works 100%

Thank you dude!

Thanks so much!

Put the tape where on the bottom, the true bottom or the horizontal part of it?

Mine does it on the right red joycon and my left one doesn’t wiggle it just goes up and down like if you was to push down or up it’s annoying but really doesn’t interfere with my gaming but i am looking for a fix