What does the hour glass icon mean? My apps don’t work when this icon is on

My Apple Watch will get an hour glass icon and lock out most of my apps on my watch. How do I fix this?

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Posted on Oct 13, 2019 10:12 PM

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Christiaan1st

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Posted on Oct 14, 2019 2:56 AM

You have screen time enabled and can disable it From Settings and then to Screen Time

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Christiaan1st

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Oct 14, 2019 2:56 AM in response to bethaniereed

You have screen time enabled and can disable it From Settings and then to Screen Time

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