How to unpair your Apple Watch

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Whether you’re in the market for an Apple Watch upgrade or you’ve lost your iPhone and need to pair your watch with a new phone, there will come a time when you need to permanently unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone. Heres how to do it.

We’ve got you covered. Follow the steps below to unpair your Apple Watch quickly and efficiently.

How to unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone

Take a second to make sure you have the latest updates installed on both of your iPhones And Apple Watch

Place your iPhone and Apple Watch in the same vicinity

On your iPhone, open File Apple Watch app

Click on my watch Unpaid invoice

handle All hourslocated at the top of your screen

Click on information to search specifically for the name of the Apple Watch that you want to unpair

handle Unpair your Apple Watchlocated at the bottom of the screen

You will be asked if you wish to keep your cellular plan. Plan keeping only makes sense if you plan to pair your exact Apple Watch again in the future

handle Sure When prompted to unpair your Apple Watch

Enter your Apple ID and password to authorize the command

Wait for your phone to back up your Apple Watch

When your Apple Watch is not fully paired, a Start pairing A message will appear

there he is! This means that you have successfully unpaired your Apple Watch

Note: If you own two clocks, make sure you click on the correct clock that you want to remove. To avoid confusion, consider renaming your watches.

If you have two Apple Watch, make sure the correct Apple Watch is unpaired

Now that your watch is unpaired and your cellular plan removed, consider gifting the watch to a family member or friend, selling the gadget, or keeping it as a backup in case your new watch doesn’t quite fill your old shoes.

You two do have a history together, after all.