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Update/Storage

I’m trying to update my watch but it says I can’t due to not enough storage and that I need to delete apps. I deleted all the apps I’m able to and it still says not enough storage. Help!

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6

Posted on Jan 28, 2021 11:53 AM

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Posted on Jan 28, 2021 12:32 PM

Unpair your Apple Watch via the Watch app on your iPhone.

Then Re-pair your Apple Watch,this frees up a surprisingly large amount of storage space.And without any loss of your data.

Or this;

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

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Jan 28, 2021 12:01 PM in response to Steph2630

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 and, in some cases, can free a lot of storage.

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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