Update for watch interrupts use of iPhone- how do I remove it?

I used an older Apple Watch for less than a month- not useful. Now my iPhone keeps interrupting my use of the phone with notifications to update the watch . I turned off notifications for the watch, but this notification continues to pop up and interrupt me. Is there anyway to remove it or remove the watch application within the iPhone?

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 6:07 PM

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Apr 30, 2022 1:05 AM in response to Ick21

Once you've unpaired the watch through the watch app then you can delete the watch app.

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