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Removing Apps from Apple Watch

I'm having trouble removing apps from my Apple Watch. When I press on the app from the list view, nothing happens - I don't get the x to remove the app. When I try to remove apps through the Watch app on my phone, I am also unable to remove the apps. What am I doing wrong? I'm unable to update the watch OS because of the apps I have installed. I need to free up storage space. Thanks.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6

Posted on Jan 19, 2021 10:10 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 12:07 PM

To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also see:

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


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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jan 19, 2021 12:07 PM in response to Plano1

To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also see:

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


Removing Apps from Apple Watch

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