How to Delete Wii U Console Data, Including Save Data, Update Data, Downloaded Games, and Other Data
Wii U
In this article, you'll learn how to delete save data, update data, downloaded games, and other data on the Wii U console or USB storage device.
Note: You can delete a downloaded game without deleting the save data. If you play the game in the future, either downloaded or on a disc, this save data will still be usable.
Complete the steps:
- From the Wii U Menu, select System Settings.
- Using the Left Stick, scroll to the Data Management and press the A Button.
- Select Copy/Move/Delete Data. (If the latest system update has not been installed, this will be listed as Move/Delete Data.)
- Select the location of the data you wish to delete. Update data and save data are located in each game's folder, but not all games will have update data.
- Select the application that has the data you wish to delete and press the A Button.
- Select what you wish to delete from within the application data and press the A Button.
- If you wish to delete multiple items, press the Y Button to select multiple items, select the items you wish to delete, and then press the X Button. Items selected for deletion will be marked with a white checkmark on a red background.
- The ability to delete multiple items was added in a system update. If this update has not been applied, then pressing the Y Button will delete all items.
- Once an individual application item is chosen, select Delete and press the A Button.
