3DS Titles Disappeared From Home Menu

This page lists multiple examples of 3DS titles disappearing from the 3DS Home Screen and provides recommended solutions.

This issue does not affect anything installed as DSiWare, including TwilightMenu++ and games forwarded via nds-forwarder.

On the 3DS, Going to System Settings → Data Management → Nintendo 3DS → Software results in...

Titles with gray X's on them:

Install and run Faketik.

"The microSD/SD card software management information is corrupted. Reset it now?" message:

If you have any games or saves you'd like to keep, rebuild your Title Database. If you do not care about your current data, you can hit "Reset", which will erase the contents of your SD Card, rendering your current games and saves unplayable, and you can reinstall your apps afterwards.

"There is no available software data" message and/or installed custom theme is gone:

Your SD Card is not being read by your console. Ensure it is properly inserted into the console; if it is, backup the contents of your SD Card to a computer or phone, reformat the SD Card, then test its integrity.

Question marks or black boxes where game icons should be:

Your SD Card is likely corrupted. Backup the contents of your SD Card to a computer or phone, reformat the SD Card, then test its integrity.

Titles Appear Listed Normally, But are Still Missing from Home Menu:

If this occurred after installing 300+ 3DS titles:

Delete some games from the Data Management screen until you’re under 300 titles.

If this occurred and you have less than 300 titles installed:

Install and run Chalenged's gm9 title fixer per their guide.

If you run into any issues with the above option, join the Nintendo Homebrew Discord and mention that you've tried to use the title fixer script.

Alternatively, you can manually generate a file that describes the contents of your SD, join the Nintendo Homebrew Discord, and send it in the #bot-cmds channel for further instructions. To generate the file, you will need a Windows computer, and a way to access your SD on said computer. Follow the instructions below:

1. Insert your 3DS's SD card into your computer
2. Open the Nintendo 3DS folder on your SD
3. Open the folder with a long name (32 characters)
4. Open the second folder with a long name (also 32 characters)
5. Open the title folder
6. Hold Shift and right click on the empty space of the folder
7. Click on Open Command Prompt/Terminal/Powershell, depending on which ones appear
8. Type tree /a /f > title.txt into the terminal and then press Enter
9. Close the terminal
10. Upload the title.txt file into #bot-cmds channel of the Nintendo Homebrew Discord and follow its recommendations.