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Recover Stopwatch App accidentally deleted from Apple Watch

How to recover stopwatch app when accidentally deleted on Apple watch



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Posted on Jun 21, 2023 12:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 21, 2023 1:51 PM

According to:

Delete built-in Apple apps from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch - Apple Support

you should not have been able to delete that app. Unless, maybe, you deleted the Clock app from your iPhone.


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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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jun 21, 2023 1:51 PM in response to BtHpLans86

According to:

Delete built-in Apple apps from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch - Apple Support

you should not have been able to delete that app. Unless, maybe, you deleted the Clock app from your iPhone.


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


Recover Stopwatch App accidentally deleted from Apple Watch

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