How to delete all completed reminders on an Apple Watch?

I have been having problems with reminders on my Apple Watch (iPhone/iPad/iMac) for a couple of weeks. I’ve been getting as many as five notices on my Apple Watch that a particular reminder has not been completed, even though I have already marked it completed. Per support’s recommendation, I deleted all completed reminders on the i-devices, then they told me to delete all reminders and then add them back on just one device (I picked my phone). I did that, and re-entered my current set of reminders. However, there is over 2000 completed reminders on my Apple Watch. I want to wipe them all out and start fresh with only one device having reminders on it.


The only way I can see to remove completed reminders on my Apple Watch is to delete them one-by-one. I’ve removed over three hundred of them in the last 40 minutes, but thousands still remain. I want to get to a zero reminders completed or not, re-enter them on my phone and start the habit of deleting the completed reminders the next day.


Any one know a better way to delete the completed reminders on my Apple Watch?


(Note: most of my devices are fairly new. The oldest is my iMac which I got in 2021. My watch was purchased in March, this year (replacing an older Apple Watch).

Apple Watch Series 8, watchOS 9

Posted on Jun 24, 2023 6:48 AM

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Posted on Jun 24, 2023 7:01 AM

If your Apple Watch is not following and mirroring the reminders in your iPhone I think there is something wrong in the pairing. My recommendation would be to check software is all up to date (Settings, General, Software update) then make an iCloud backup from your iPhone. Then unpair your Apple Watch and pair/setup again.


Notes: (1) You will need your Apple ID login credentials for the watch setup. (2) All the data on your Apple Watch should be mirrored from your iPhone, so you are unlikely to lose anything like this. (3) The unpairing process makes an automatic backup of your Apple Watch to your iPhone and you will probably be offered the option to reload the backup during the new setup. It is your call whether you accept to restore the backup or go to start again as a completely new watch - my choice would be to try first time with the backup, and if this brings all the junk back then wipe again and reload without the backup.

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Jun 24, 2023 7:01 AM in response to arthur0452

If your Apple Watch is not following and mirroring the reminders in your iPhone I think there is something wrong in the pairing. My recommendation would be to check software is all up to date (Settings, General, Software update) then make an iCloud backup from your iPhone. Then unpair your Apple Watch and pair/setup again.


Notes: (1) You will need your Apple ID login credentials for the watch setup. (2) All the data on your Apple Watch should be mirrored from your iPhone, so you are unlikely to lose anything like this. (3) The unpairing process makes an automatic backup of your Apple Watch to your iPhone and you will probably be offered the option to reload the backup during the new setup. It is your call whether you accept to restore the backup or go to start again as a completely new watch - my choice would be to try first time with the backup, and if this brings all the junk back then wipe again and reload without the backup.

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