I have an iPhone7, with an Apple Watch linked to it. Recently the Region on my iPhone automatically changes from United Kingdom to United States. I keep changing it back, but it reverts to US every few days. How can I fix this so it permanently stays set as UK? Thanks.
iPhone 7, iOS 13
Hello Smanfer,
Thank you for providing those additional details and trying those steps. Next, let's have you unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone, restart both devices and then pair them together again and test to see if the issue remains.
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
If after unpairing and then pairing the two back together, the issue remains, you'll want to reach out to Apple Support.
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Hi Smanfer,
Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! I understand the Region setting is reverting to a different location on its own. I'd like to explore this further to help.
I have a few questions to gain more information about the behavior.
-Was either your iPhone, or Apple Watch purchased in the United States?
-Do you have your Apple Watch set up to mirror the region setting of the companion iPhone? Open the Watch app > General > Language & Region.
-Is your date and time accurate in your iPhone under Settings > General > Date & Time? Set to Automatically? Change common iPhone settings - Apple Support.
-When you first began to notice this behavior, were there any changes to your iPhone around the same time?
I would then recommend trying the following steps in an attempt to solve this:
-Restart your iPhone: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support, and Apple Watch: How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support.
-Update to the latest iOS: Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support, and watchOS: Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support.
Keep me posted. Regards.
I've now resolved the issue. I'm not sure which of these fixed it but having removed a third-party app from the Watch that others have also had (different) issues with and reset my AppleID password the Region setting is now stable.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your reply. In answer to your questions:
-Both iPhone and watch were purchased in the UK.
-Watch is set to mirror the region of the iPhone.
-Date and time are set to automatic.
-Started happening around a month ago. Haven't changed anything or noticed any changes around this time, only that the date format had changed, and hence me checking the region.
I have restarted both devices and both devices have the latest iOS.
I have also checked my region in my Apple ID and that is also set to UK.
Thanks for your help :o)
I have the same issue. Region keeps changing from U.K. to US randomly every week or so. I am also using an iPhone 7 with the latest OS patch but no Apple Watch. Restarts don’t fix the problem.
Region automatically changes on iPhone
