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How to Use Resetti's Reset Service in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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January 20, 2026•2 days ago

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons players can now use Mr. Resetti's Reset Service to clear their islands. After updating the game, players find Mr. Resetti, who offers to reset specific areas, the beach, or the entire island. The service allows players to choose whether items are disposed of or stored and provides a preview. The initial reset is free; subsequent services cost 60,000 Bells.
If you have been busy building up your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, then you may have decided that it's time to make some changes. Maybe you want to build something new, but you don't want to spend all the time it takes to break down the items you have already placed. That is where Mr. Ressetti comes in.
How to use Resetti's Reset Service to clean up the island - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Make sure that your game version is updated to the newly released 3.0 update. If you are unsure how to do this, you will find a useful guide here.
The first thing you will need to do is find Mr. Resetti. This won't take long, as he will be randomly wandering around your island somewhere. Track him down and talk to him, and he will have a long conversation with you about what resetting is. After that, he will ask you if he should start resetting. Select "Yes, please".
Now, he will have some dialogue options for you:
I'll pick the area.
Just the beach.
The entire island.
I changed my mind.
If you select "I'll pick the area," he will give you an item called the transceiver. You can use this to call him later, and you will find it in your inventory. Now, no matter where you are on the island, you can use the transceiver to call over Mr. Resetti, and this will cause a grid to appear on the ground. That is the area that can be reset if you select the option to do so.
Now, the best part of this service is that Mr. Resetti will ask you if you want certain items disposed of or placed in storage, so you need to pay very close attention to his dialogue when he arrives, as this will vary depending on what is in the area. Best of all, he will give you the option to preview what the area will be like if he does reset it.
If you select the beach, you will automatically transport to the beach and, once again, will be able to see a preview of what it will look like with everything cleared up.
Mr. Resetti will reset the following items:
Fences
Furniture
Objects on the ground
The option to reset Flowers
Workbenches
The option to reset custom pathing
Naturally occurring items like bushes, weeds, trees, etc., will all remain. He is a reset service, afterall, not a landscaper. Keep in mind that if you don't want to use his service the first time you find him, you can visit Isabelle at Resident Services and hire him from there, as long as you have already found him once.
Your first time using his service will be free, and after that, it will cost you 60,000 Bells. That fee will cover an entire day, so it's best to figure out multiple areas that you would like to clear before hiring him.
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