# Keyboardio model 01-Q change switches

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**Created:** [April 17, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/keyboardio-model-01-q-change-switches/5274 "2022-04-17T00:47:08Z")\
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Hi and welcome,

short answer: with the model01 it is not possible to change the switches. BUT: you _can_ change the enterior of the Matias switches. There is a thread [here](https://community.keyboard.io/t/swapping-out-keyswitch-mechanisms/335), where someone posted a good explanation on howto change the switch mechanisms without changing the whole switch. I did that too, because:

- the Matias clicky switches in my keyboardio Model 01 started failing
- I wanted to try linear switches

So, I replaced the keyswitch “internals” about 3 times (clicky to linear back to silent tactile).

IF you want to do that, be prepared that it is _dangerous_ - if you break a switch, you’d have to desolder it and replace it. And it is really taking a while.

The other option: Pre-Order a model-100, that one has swappable switches!

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