Storage Full on Apple Watch Series 3

My apple watch series 3 keeps saying storage full but the usage page is showing much less than 1GB used.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6

Posted on Dec 17, 2020 2:15 PM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2020 2:31 PM

Hi mzmills,


Thanks for reaching out through Apple Support Communities for help with the storage on your Apple Watch. We'd love to look into this with you and help.


This storage amount you're seeing that is used by apps on your Apple Watch isn't taking into account system files on your device, which may take up to 3GB of storage.


Let's head into the Watch app on iPhone and tap on General > About. If your Apple Watch has a total of about 8GB of storage, the issue you're seeing would be expected behavior.


We've got a great resource to share with you that has helpful information to make more space available, if needed:


If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch


Let us know if you've got any questions!


Have a great day.

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Dec 20, 2020 2:31 PM in response to mzmills

Hi mzmills,


Thanks for reaching out through Apple Support Communities for help with the storage on your Apple Watch. We'd love to look into this with you and help.


This storage amount you're seeing that is used by apps on your Apple Watch isn't taking into account system files on your device, which may take up to 3GB of storage.


Let's head into the Watch app on iPhone and tap on General > About. If your Apple Watch has a total of about 8GB of storage, the issue you're seeing would be expected behavior.


We've got a great resource to share with you that has helpful information to make more space available, if needed:


If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch


Let us know if you've got any questions!


Have a great day.

Dec 27, 2020 4:16 AM in response to Joseph_S.

Good morning,


I did exactly what you said and I still get the same problem every 24 hrs.

Basically everyday I had to unpair and reset to be able to use it. It is annoying.


It is an Apple Watch series 3


I have no music, no photos,... usually about 1.5 gig available and then within 24 hours got the message storage full.


I don't know what to do


Any suggestions ??


Thanks,


Christophe

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