Can’t delete apps on watch

Thank you! Apple has a very nasty habit of making updates impossible on old series devices but they are not cheap watches. It’s actually disrespectful to the buying public but they don’t care. I still love my phone and my MAC but won’t buy another Apple Watch. Take good care.

Well said! I wholeheartedly agree. Initially it was easy to delete apps on my Series 3, but I think somewhere along the way a Watch OS update must have impacted the functionality of being able to delete apps the same way I do on my iPhone (icons jiggle and I can delete). I know I should just contact Apple and ask them to explain why this functionality isn’t working, but after reading your last reply realized I’m not likely to have much impact. I hope your watch lasts long time, but hopefully you don’t end up aging while waiting for it to update!

That is because Apple in their very very unhelpful way he has determined that some apps are necessary and required for everybody to have such as health and fitness etc. whether we want them or not so they shove them down our throats. There’s no way to disable them; there’s no way to hide them they are on your watch forever.

Did this allow you to delete some of the Apple apps that they placed on there? I want to get rid of the wallet on my watch I want to get rid of the health and fitness on my watch, etc. but those I have been unable to uninstall. I’ve only been able to uninstall apps that I installed in the first place.

It allowed me to delete some, but not all Apple apps. Unfortunately, Wallet was among those Apple apps I could not delete. I don’t recall if there were default app installations on my initial watch pairing, which I am not allowed to delete later, or if it’s an issue with a Series 3 watch. I think it’s the latter.

Many other Apple apps remain, for which I’m not given the option to delete by being able to press app icon, wait for the movement and delete using the minus symbol. :(

I’m pretty sure if I were able to delete more I wouldn’t have to unpair and re-pair my watch every time it needed an update! Very frustrating. Not happy. Waste of money. 😠

Screen time is under settings in the second block under “do not disturb”.

I tried this & it doesn’t work. Toggles won’t move. I have an Apple Watch 3 w/ 4 apps installed & would like to delete two- HealthMate & Outlook.

How do you delete the apps that don’t have the “x”?

You can't.

I can't delete apps either. I don't have the x on my watch and toggle on phone won't budge.

I'm having the same issue and came here for help!

Why not?

That worked! You are the best! Thanks!! :-)

I found that you need to press the button below the crown and that resets something, then the apps will giggle and an x will appear and I was able to delete some of the apps.