Hacking Deleted game via goldleaf, but no space was freed, how can I actually delete it?

straKK · May 21, 2019

After "deleting" it, I can no longer find it in goldleaf or in data management. How do I delete the game?

I've heard that one method is to find out the NCA and then delete it from my Nintendo folder. How do I figure out what the NCA is?

Ninn · May 21, 2019

Did you restart the switch after? i think it will show the free space once you do that. I am not sure though, can't quite remember, but give it a try.

linuxares · May 21, 2019

You need to exit Goldleaf and enter it again to see any difference.

straKK · May 21, 2019

Ninn said:
Did you restart the switch after? i think it will show the free space once you do that. I am not sure though, can't quite remember, but give it a try.

linuxares said:
You need to exit Goldleaf and enter it again to see any difference.

I did restart the switch afterward, but it didn't show any free space, I also tried exiting and re-entering goldleaf but that also didn't work.

Someone suggested to me that I could find the NCA of the title and delete it from my Nintendo folder, would that work? How do I figure out what the NCA is? Or is there an easier way to delete it.

TR_mahmutpek · May 21, 2019

Try delete from data management or reinstall then redelete

straKK · May 21, 2019

TR_mahmutpek said:
Try delete from data management or reinstall then redelete

It's not showing up in goldleaf or data management. Will the reinstallation overwrite the old one? Because I don't have enough space to install 2 copies of the game side-by-side. My SD is almost full.

Deathscreton · May 21, 2019

straKK said:
It's not showing up in goldleaf or data management. Will the reinstallation overwrite the old one? Because I don't have enough space to install 2 copies of the game side-by-side. My SD is almost full.

When you say it's not showing in Data Management, did you check the very bottom of the list? When games fail to install for me, Horizon reports that the space is taken up, but doesn't report the game file's correct size, so it gets sent all the way to the bottom and has a gray icon as a picture.

straKK · May 22, 2019

If anyone else has a similar issue, reinstalling then deleting via data management worked for me.

newfreezer · May 23, 2019

I use to delete with nxshell.

szymmon · Oct 2, 2019

Deinstalling / Deleting another software with nintendo's built in software management solved the issue. It freed the space from the previous programme, deleted through goldleaf.

sleeperdk · Oct 26, 2019

szymmon said:
Deinstalling / Deleting another software with nintendo's built in software management solved the issue. It freed the space from the previous programme, deleted through goldleaf.

This worked for me..

Zkajavier · Oct 27, 2019

I usually solve this by installing the title again, then using the switch built in software manager to delete it. Same as when an nsp install fails but space is not freed.

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