My Apple Watch and my iPhone are unpaired and I want to pair them, but my Apple Watch won’t go into pairing mode. I had an issue where I couldn’t update my watch so I tried troubleshooting and disconnected everything. But my watch is still acting like it’s paired to an iPhone but when I go into the app it tells me to pair to a watch.
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Hey there Dwarfzz,
Thanks for going through those steps. If that didn’t work, put your Apple Watch on its charger, then press and hold the side button until you see Power Off. Firmly press the Power Off slider, then lift your finger. Tap Erase all content and settings. Once that is complete, see if you can set it up with your iPhone once more. If you can access the Settings on your Apple Watch, go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. Go through the steps and once the process is complete, you can set your watch and iPhone back together. You can read more about this here:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
Cheers.
Hey there Dwarfzz,
Thanks for going through those steps. If that didn’t work, put your Apple Watch on its charger, then press and hold the side button until you see Power Off. Firmly press the Power Off slider, then lift your finger. Tap Erase all content and settings. Once that is complete, see if you can set it up with your iPhone once more. If you can access the Settings on your Apple Watch, go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings. Go through the steps and once the process is complete, you can set your watch and iPhone back together. You can read more about this here:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
Cheers.
Hi Dwarfzz,
Do you have Find My enabled on your companion iPhone? If so, go to iCloud.com from a computer and sign in with your Apple ID. Go to Find My iPhone and select your Apple Watch from All Devices. Click Erase Apple Watch. Go through the prompts until the device is erased. Once this is complete, try pairing your Apple Watch and iPhone together again.
Set up and pair Apple Watch with iPhone
If the issue continues after this, reach out to Apple Support using the following link to continue to look into this with you:
Take care.
Hey there Dwarfzz,
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. I understand you’re having issues connecting your Apple Watch with your iPhone. I’ll be happy to help.
Go through the following link for steps that can get your iPhone and Apple Watch paired together:
If your Apple Watch isn't connected or paired with your iPhone
Let me know if this helps.
Hello, I tried everything and my watch is cleared and I unpaired it from my phone, but my watch still shows up like it is still paired, it says it’s disconnected but I can’t figure out how to put the watch into pairing mode. The watch just shows the time and my activity and it won’t do anything else.
Thank you for trying to help me and I did all of the steps and it cleared all of my data but It still shows the time on the watch and when I go into the watch app and I try to pair, the watch just doesn’t do anything.
Hello, my Apple Watch and iphone won’t pair
