An accent wall in a room in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

How to Remove Accent Walls in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

What goes up must come down during a remodel.

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Key Takeaway

To remove an accent wall, enter decorating mode and open your storage. In the wallpaper tab, the design being used on the accent wall will be marked with a green checkmark. Hover over it and press X to remove it.

The 2.0 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons added familiar faces from the franchise, along with some requested features and decorating options. You can now change the wallpaper on a single wall to give a room some pizazz, but removing an accent wall isn’t as intuitive as putting one up.

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    How to Place Accent Walls

    To learn how to place accent walls in your home, you’ll first need to purchase the Pro Decorating License. This handy certification also gives you the ability to hang things from the ceiling. The license can be purchased from the Nook Stop Terminal found at Resident Services for 2,500 Nook Miles.

    After getting the license, return to your home and find where you’d like to place an accent wall. Enter decorating mode by pressing down on the D-Pad.

    How to place an accent wall in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

    Press right on the D-Pad to open your storage and use the R button to find the wallpaper section. When you find the wallpaper you’d like to place on your accent wall, ensure that the camera is facing the wall you’d like to change. Press the X button and the wall will be transformed.

    Placing an accent well in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

    Additionally, if you have a wallpaper you’d like to use in your pockets, walk up to the wall you’d like to change. Select the wallpaper by pressing the A button, then press Set Accent Wall.

    How to Remove Accent Walls

    To remove an accent wall, you’ll need to enter decorating mode by pressing down on the D-pad. Open your storage by pressing right and return to the wallpaper section by using the R button.

    Removing an accent wall in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

    The wallpaper being used on the accent wall will be marked with a green checkmark. Hover over it and press the X button to remove it.