There is a point in time when restoring your Apple Watch becomes important and you need to unpair your apple watch and iPhone. We have got you covered. Here, you will be learning how to unpair an Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch is a great tech gadget that is used alongside Apple iPhone devices. However, there are times when you need a complete restore of the device. Especially if you want to pair with a completely new iPhone device, you will need to unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone in use and back up your data. You will also need to disable Activation Lock so you can set up the watch again.
It is important to know that unpairing an Apple Watch restores it to factory settings. This can be done on the iPhone device paired with it or directly from the Watch itself.
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How to Unpair Apple Watch from iPhone
Before you proceed with these steps, ensure you keep the Apple Watch and iPhone closer to each other to ease the unpairing process.
- Launch the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and visit the My Watch tab.
- Tap All Watches, then tap the info button next to the watch that you want to unpair.
- Next, tap Unpair Apple Watch.
- For GPS + Cellular models, please choose to keep or remove your cellular plan. But if you still want to pair the Apple Watch and iPhone again, you can keep your plan. If otherwise, kindly remove your plan. However, if you won’t be pairing with a different watch or iPhone, ensure you contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
- Now, tap again to confirm and enter your Apple ID password to disable Activation Lock. The iPhone creates a new backup of the Apple Watch before it erases all the content and settings. This backup can be used to restore a new Apple Watch.
After the Apple Watch has been unpaired, the Start Pairing message will show up.
How to Unpair Apple Watch Without an iPhone
- On the Apple Watch, go to Settings >> General >> Reset >> Erase All Content and Settings and enter your password.
- For GPS + Cellular models, please choose to keep or remove your cellular plan. But if you still want to pair the Apple Watch and iPhone again, you can keep your plan. If otherwise, kindly remove your plan. However, if you won’t be pairing with a different watch or iPhone, ensure you contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
- Finally, tap Erase All to confirm and reset your Apple Watch to the factory settings.
- This means that all contents and settings are erased from your Apple Watch including all media, data, and settings. However, this does not include the Activation Lock. You have to unpair the watch to remove the Activation Lock. In case you don’t know, before a watch is erased, a backup of its contents will be created on your iPhone.
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