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hi i am unable to unpair the watch and reuse it on a different iphone

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 2:54 AM

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Go to icloud.com and login

Open Find iPhone.

In the All Devices pulldown menu select your Watch.

In the resulting sheet that appears to the right choose erase Apple Watch. Select Next until the device is erased.

Then Remove the watch from your Apple ID.


This should reset the watch to the factory settings for you to setup as new and repair to your iPhone.


You can restore the watch from a previous backup if you have one.


M1 Mac mini, macOS 11.2.3; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 7.3.2; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 14.4.1; iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14.4.1; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.4.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 14.;  HomePods, audioOS 14.4.1 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 4:08 AM

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Mar 13, 2021 4:08 AM in response to raluca82

Go to icloud.com and login

Open Find iPhone.

In the All Devices pulldown menu select your Watch.

In the resulting sheet that appears to the right choose erase Apple Watch. Select Next until the device is erased.

Then Remove the watch from your Apple ID.


This should reset the watch to the factory settings for you to setup as new and repair to your iPhone.


You can restore the watch from a previous backup if you have one.


M1 Mac mini, macOS 11.2.3; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 7.3.2; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 14.4.1; iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14.4.1; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.4.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 14.;  HomePods, audioOS 14.4.1 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

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