Would you like to unpair your Apple Watch? Are you looking for a method to successfully factory reset your Apple Watch? Do you want all content on Apple Watch to be deleted? In the following instructions, we show you how to successfully unpair an Apple Watch and restore it to factory settings. This is undoubtedly a desirable process if you plan to sell a device.
How to Unpair Apple Watch from iPhone?
- Start from keeping your Apple Watch and iPhone close together.
- Nextly, open the Watch app on your iPhone.
- After that, go to the My Watch tab and tap on All Watches.
- Now, click the info button next to the watch you want to unpair.
- Then, tap Unpair Apple Watch.
- For GPS + Cellular models, select to keep or delete the cellular plan.
- If you want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, keep your plan.
- If you don’t want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, erase your plan. If you are not going to pair it with another watch or iPhone, you may need to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
- Afterward, tap again to confirm. You may need to enter your Apple ID password to turn off the Activation Lock. Before erasing all content and settings on your Apple Watch, iPhone creates a new backup of your Apple Watch. You can use the backup to restore a new Apple Watch. When you unpair your Apple Watch, you’ll see Begin pairing.
- Now, you can set up your Apple Watch again.
How to Restore Apple Watch Defaults?
- Firstly, activate your Apple Watch and go to the Setting app.
- In the second step, choose General.
- Then, tap Reset.
- Now, click Erase All Content and Settings.
- In the end, enter your password if prompted.
- For GPS + Cellular models, choose to keep or delete the cellular plan.
- If you want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, keep your plan.
- If you don’t want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, delete your plan. If you are not going to pair it with another watch or iPhone, you may need to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
- Finally, Erase Everything to confirm. This operation will reset your Apple Watch to factory settings.