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Apple Watch text keyboard disappeared

I have a brand new Apple Watch for about 2 weeks now. Suddenly the keyboard has disappeared from the texting screen and the only thing there is the scratch pad. How do I get the keyboard back?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Mar 7, 2022 3:38 PM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2022 5:35 PM

If you don’t see the keyboard, swipe up from the bottom, then tap the Keyboard button. For more info, see:

Send messages from Apple Watch - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, 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



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Mar 7, 2022 5:35 PM in response to P_german

If you don’t see the keyboard, swipe up from the bottom, then tap the Keyboard button. For more info, see:

Send messages from Apple Watch - Apple Support


If that doesn't help, 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



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