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Repair guides, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the Nintendo Switch 2, the much-anticipated successor to the original 2017 Switch. Announced January 2025, and officially releases on June 5th, 2025.

Using Switch 2 without any Bluetooth when docked?

With the first generation of Switch (which I’ll call “Switch 1”), it is possible to use the console in dock mode (plugged to a TV) while preventing the console to emit Bluetooth. As documented there in the last two comments, all you need to do is use only a wired controller and enable the setting that forces it to communicate with the console via its cable.

I’m wondering if the same thing could be done on Switch 2.

The user manual says that, when docked, the console always activates its Bluetooth antenna. This behaviour is identical to Switch 1. However, I suspect it does not emit any signal as long as no wireless controller tries to communicate with it. This is how Switch 1 works, thus enabling to play in docked mode without any Bluetooth.

I contacted customer support at Nintendo. Twice. But the persons I got in touch with did not understand my question, and replied that I “just need to turn off Bluetooth”, which is impossible when the console is plugged to a TV (as Nintendo’s own user manual says).

A friend of mine confirmed that the setting to force wired controllers to communicate via their cable is still present on Switch 2. So the only remaining question really is to know whether the Bluetooth antenna stays silent as long as not wireless devices tries to communicate with it, exactly as Switch 1 did.

Thanks for any help!

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Hi Loïc!

Correct. The Switch 2 has the option to force wired controllers to communicate via cable.

Bluetooth IS enabled, but is not transmitting everything when there are no controllers connected through Bluetooth.

You cannot disable Bluetooth entirely unfortunately. You CAN enable airplane mode, but this will disable the wifi as well.

If you have any more questions, please let me know!

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