Do you need to rinse the salt water off your watch when you finish your workout? If you do, can you pause the watch and rinse it off or is the water lockout off once you pause the watch? How do people clean their watch after the workout?

Do you need to rinse the salt water off your watch when you finish your workout? If you do, can you pause the watch and rinse it off or is the water lockout off once you pause the watch? How do people clean their watch after the workout?

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 9

Posted on Dec 9, 2022 6:22 PM

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Posted on Dec 10, 2022 3:34 AM

While the little blue drop is showing top centre of watch face the lock is still on. It should not unlock when pausing. Rinse with fresh water and dry the case then turn off water lock by holding in the crown. The buzz sound will remove excess water from the speaker. .

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Do you need to rinse the salt water off your watch when you finish your workout? If you do, can you pause the watch and rinse it off or is the water lockout off once you pause the watch? How do people clean their watch after the workout?

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