If I connect my Microsoft account to my switch will it delete my local saves of Minecraft...

Hi there BeardedItalian1999, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

For questions regarding the Minecraft version for Nintendo Switch, please contact the game's dedicated support team, as they handle these types of inquiries. They can accurately tell you if doing this will delete your locally saved worlds or not, so you can be sure before proceeding.

You can reach out to them by using the following link:

https://help.minecraft.net/hc/requests/new

I appreciate your understanding and I wish you good luck!

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

Hi Georges,

thank you for your answer. I disagree. The problem is with a Microsoft account within minecraft. The issue is definitely with Microsoft.

In Minecraft on switch there is a button to logout from Minecraft. When you login again, the authentication of the first Microsoft account which was logged into is prompted. There is no possibility to change the Microsoft account.

There is an additional button "Delete Microsoft account login data". If this is pressed you are asked, if you are sure. If you press yes, nothing happens. Nothing has changed with login either.

Can you help us, please?

Issue is, I connected the Switch Minecraft version with my adult Microsoft account. Now my son is old enough and I want, that he logs into the switch with his own account. But I cannot change the Microsoft login account of switch minecraft. :-(

Best

Mathias

I recently downloaded Minecraft on the Nintendo Switch. I had to create a Microsoft account. I did that and it allowed me to sign in one time and was working great! Unfortunately, it will not let me sign in again. It says “connecting,” but then just goes
back to sign in screen. I’ve contacted Nintendo, they sent me to contact Mojang who said I needed to contact Microsoft. I’m very frustrated that this is happening!!

I see you're still experiencing an issue with this. I've done some research online and saw that some people had to delete the local save file and start over. Can you try that on the Switch? Go into your settings (or game settings), wherever your saves
are stored and delete the Minecraft save.

Hopefully that will get you up and running again.

This is not the first time I've signed into my Microsoft account for minecraft or Nintendo switch. I have tried multiple wifi connections, and the only error code it gives me is error code 500 and says xbox live cannot complete this request. I am able to log into my Microsoft account on the regular Microsoft website, just doesn't work for the website to connect it to my minecraft for nintendo switch

Try deleting the game save for minecraft on your switch and starting again inputing the correct microsoft account

To delete the game data

HOME Menu, select "System Settings

Scroll down and select "Data Management" > "Manage Save Data/Screenshots" > "Delete Save Data."

Select Minecraft

Select your switch user name

This will delete all saved data for the game on your switch and will not be recoverable so make sure that is want you want to do.