When I click on “my watch” on the Apple Watch app on my iPhone it continues to prompt me to pair my watch but I’ve had it for 3 years now. When I do pair it I get a notification that my watch has already been paired to another iPhone. All I want to do is log in so I can see more data on my watch but there is no sign in button anywhere on the app
Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 8
Multiple watches can be paired with a single iPhone, but not the other way around. You will have to unpair it from the previous iPhone first. Here are two ways to unpair your watch if you no longer have the paired iPhone:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Multiple watches can be paired with a single iPhone, but not the other way around. You will have to unpair it from the previous iPhone first. Here are two ways to unpair your watch if you no longer have the paired iPhone:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Hi, thanks for your response! When I unpair my watch will it erase all of my watch data? I want all of that to stay I just need to pair it to my new phone because when I originally got my watch I had an older phone. How do I keep all my watch data but pair it to my new phone ?
When you unpair your watch a backup of your health and fitness data is made automatically as long as the paired phone is signed into iCloud and the backup is uploaded to icloud,when you come to re-pair your watch you are asked if you want to set it it up as new or restore it from a backup,you choose restore from backup then all your health and fitness data is downloaded back to the phone and watch from the icloud backup and you carry on using your watch with all previous data intact.
Thank you! are the phrases “erase” and “unpair” essentially the same? I don’t have my old iPhone that my watch is paired to so I’m going through the watch itself to unpair it’s and the only option is to erase all data. When I do that and then re pair to my current phone will the my recent backup my watch has still show up to install ?
See this page and read the section "if you don't have your old phone or have erased it"
Apple Watch App not allowed me to log in
