Nintendo Switch 2 Shield Plate Removal

Use a JIS 00 driver to remove the three 4.4 mm‑long silver screws securing the lower antenna.

Use tweezers or your fingers to remove the lower antenna.

Use a JIS 00 driver to remove the two screws securing the upper antenna:

One 4.4 mm‑long silver screw

One 4.6 mm‑long green screw

Use tweezers or your fingers to remove the upper antenna.

Insert an arm of angled tweezers under the metal neck of the white interconnect cable coaxial connector (located beneath the lower antenna) and lift straight up to disconnect it.

Repeat this procedure to disconnect the three central coaxial connectors from the board.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the MicroSD card reader press connector, located next to the bottom USB‑C port.

Use a JIS 00 driver to remove the seven screws securing the shield plate:

Two 6.2 mm‑long silver screws

Five 4.4 mm‑long silver screws

Insert the flat end of a spudger between the shield plate and the processor's heat sink, next to the square (⛶) marking on the shield plate.

Twist the spudger to lift the shield plate and separate the thermal putty bonded to it. Keep lifting the shield plate until you don't feel resistance.

Lift the left edge of the shield plate to ensure it's fully separated from the thermal putty.

Gently set the shield plate back down.

Insert one arm of angled tweezers underneath the gray antenna cable at the bottom-right corner of the console.

Lift the cable out of the black clip securing it to the frame.

Unroute the gray antenna cable from its channel along the right edge of the console.

Lift and slide the shield plate away from the right edge of the console until the gray antenna cable is completely free.

Pick up and remove the shield plate.