When upgrading your equipment, you often must erase your data and break connections with other devices, especially if you plan to sell your old smartphone or watch. The practice of a single ecosystem is widespread, but Apple stands out in particular. Everything is more complicated on their devices than just clicking a few settings. How to Unpair Apple Watch
In this article, we will examine how to unpair an Apple Watch and the steps needed to do so
How to unpair
If you have an iPhone
First, you need to have your smartphone and watch closely at each other. Connect them to the same Wi-Fi network and place them on the same surface. Then go to the Watch app on your iPhone and follow our instructions:
- Open the “My Watches” section and tap on “All Watches”;
- In the field with the Apple Watch that you plan to unlink, click on the information icon;
- At the bottom of the window that opens, click on “Unpair Apple Watch.”
- If you have a GPS + Cellular model, choose whether to save your mobile operator plan. You may need it when switching to another similar model and without a backup you will have to contact your operator. If you don’t need it, refuse to save;
- Enter your Apple ID password to unlock your device and confirm the transaction, then select Unpair.
Before deleting your watch data and information, your iPhone will create a backup copy. If you decide to do a full reset and disconnect your watch, you can download the information to a new or old watch.
In the absence of an iPhone
You can use the internal interface if you don’t have an iPhone nearby but need to break the pairing to transfer the watch to another person. To do this, follow the instructions on how to unlink the Apple Watch without a smartphone:
- Open “Settings”;
- Go to the “General” section;
- Select the “Reset” option and tap the “Erase all content and settings” button;
- Enter your watch password if required by security settings;
- Choose whether to keep your plan if you have a GPS + Cellular model;
- After all operations, click on the “Erase All” button to reset the watch to its “out of the box” state.
After that, you can give the watch to another person or set it up again. The main thing to remember is that you will need the passwords for both your Apple ID and the watch itself to delete the data successfully.
Also, remember that this method not only breaks the pairing between the devices but also erases all settings and media files while keeping the activation lock. You will still have to use the first method to remove it and break the pair via iPhone.
In this article, we have analyzed the official methods for unpairing an Apple Watch from an iPhone. Follow our instructions, and remember to keep your data safe.
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