Apple Watch Dock Won't Show Favourites

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Apple Watch Dock Won't Show Favourites

I have an Apple Watch SE, with the software completely up-to-date (as of today) at Version 8.5.1.

I have "Favourites" ticked in the dock settings both on the watch and on my iPhone.

But the dock on the watch continues to show every app installed, meaning I have to scroll right to the bottom every time I want to select Workout. Hashtag First World Problems, I know, but it's irritating.

Nothing I've tried makes any difference to the apps that show on the dock. What am I missing here? Why can't I customise my dock? I see other people on this forum have asked the same question, but nobody has ever received a useful answer, as far as I can find.

Apple Watch SE

Posted on Apr 2, 2022 11:06 AM

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Apr 24, 2022 10:47 AM in response to dawngreg08

Thanks Dawn. If I understand your post correctly, you have ignored both my description of the steps I had taken and the photographs I posted demonstrating I had taken those steps. I'd like to help!

But for anyone having the same problem as I was and who stumbles on this thread in future, the solution, as I suspected, was maddeningly simple. To get the dock with your favourites, you press the little button that isn't the crown button. The sticking-out crown button gives you everything. The button underneath the crown button - the one that doesn't stick out - gives you your favourites. I hadn't even realised that was a button until I pressed it by accident changing the strap. Duh, etc...

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dawngreg08

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Apr 3, 2022 11:33 AM in response to FlexibleHead

Hello FlexibleHead,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

If we understand your post correctly, your Apple Watch Dock won't show your favorite apps. We'd like to help!

Choose which apps appear in the Dock

You can choose to show the most recently used apps in the Dock or up to 10 of your favorite apps.

See recently used apps: Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Dock, then tap Recents. The most recently used app appears at the top of the Dock with other apps below, in the order they were last opened.

See your favorite apps: Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then tap Dock. Select Favorites, tap Edit, then tap next to the apps you want to add. Drag to adjust their order.

When you choose Favorites, the most recently used app appears at the top of the Dock, allowing you to quickly reopen it. To add that app to the Dock, tap Keep in Dock.

Remove an app from the Dock: Press the side button, then turn the Digital Crown to the app you want to remove. Swipe left on the app, then tap X.

Switch from the Dock to the Home Screen: Scroll to the bottom of the Dock, then tap All Apps.

Tip: You can also add the apps you use most as complications to your watch face. See Customize the watch face.

Open apps on Apple Watch

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

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