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Dismiss button on Apple Watch not working

I have the GPS Series 6 with Watch OS 7.6.1.


when scrolling to the bottom of a iMessage I can’t select the dismiss button. It only works if I scroll where the button is only partially visible and it finally works.


I’ve verified that zoom is not on and have done a hard reset and the problem persists.


any other ideas?

Apple Watch

Posted on Aug 24, 2021 5:57 PM

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Aug 24, 2021 7:57 PM in response to brentfromantioch

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It 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


Dismiss button on Apple Watch not working

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