Disable Night Mode in watchOS 10

Not having Night Mode controlled by the bezel is a major inconvenience. I use this watch while I am doing both visual and astrophotography at night and the convenient bezel controlled Night Mode was one of the primary reasons I bought this watch. Having to go to my phone to activate it and then back to the phone to disable it is way too inconvenient and cumbersome (too many steps). Whatever happened to the simplicity of the Apple products?? Apple engineers and designers are loosing focus of their customers... Revert the Night Mode operation back to what it used to be PLEASE!!!!

That’s right. Always on; always off (my new selection since the “Digital Crown” no longer turns night mode on as an “on demand” feature) or this awful new “auto” mode that flickers between red screen and wayfarer screen. Bad update; Bad! No update biscuit!!

I liked the way night mode worked in OS 9.x I like having an option to handle it the way that I want it to behave, not some automatic nonsense. That seems to be either disabled or automated. OS 10 is a real step backwards.

I wouldn’t mind it auto-dimming as long as I could control it and turn it back. The fact that I can’t turn the crown to toggle it on and off is infuriating.

Leo.1906, the setting for night mode is in the screen when you edit the watch face, as mentioned by ekassos. This is only for Apple Watch Ultra and faces that support it. If you don't see this option try recreating your watch face and make sure you've updated to the most current WatchOS.

So wait, if it's not set to Auto, there's no manual way to turn it on anymore? That would be insane. Somebody please tell me it's not true...

I agree with several other commenters that watchOS 10 seems to be a pretty amazing step backwards in a lot of ways. You gotta wonder who's paying attention at Apple anymore. Have they just gotten too big to have real dialog and debate between the developers and the UX/UI experts?

In the dark, the ambient light sensor on Apple Watch Ultra now automatically activates Night Mode on the Modular Ultra or Wayfinder watch faces. You can turn it off by editing the watch face, and in the “Night Mode” slide (section on the iPhone companion app) turn it from Auto to Off.

This update is a significant downgrade in users being able to find or use common functions such as battery charge and turning off sleep mode if I wake up early. Found how to locate charge level on line but not how to turn off sleep mode. Guess they don’t want people to wake up early and use the watch

Please, if everyone give Apple feedback here:

Feedback - Watch - Apple

…that’s our only chance to get them to revisit these recent knucklehead changes. Remember, don’t be rude, but be detailed in your feedback.

Thanks!

John

phooiseeh, the control center in now found by pressing the side button just under the Digital Crown. If you do not have the icon to find your phone, you can add it by scrolling to the bottom and tapping Edit.

JimC23, I agree this should be an option you can set, perhaps by the control center. I recommend filing a feedback at Feedback - Watch - Apple

This was so annoying. Thank you.

I found it by going to my phone to the watch app and taking off focus from mirror my phone. Because it wasn’t mirroring my phone, which had night mode off. So turning it off in the Apple Watch App gets rid of that stupid thing. I wish I never download it just update it’s horrible.

I don’t like the items that they have when you swipe up. They have no use to me at all! Sorry for my rant on your question.

I couldn’t agree more, @osprey912, but the only way they’re gonna go back to the old way is if enough of us post feedback at the link I shared above. Long-time users of these forums will tell you that it’s highly unlikely that anyone from Apple reads these posts (or has the power to forward them up the chain of command anyway).

Although not all of our issues have been addressed in the 10.2 update, there is evidence that Apple is listening and reacting. Obviously they are in a slight rabbit hole with the swapping of button functions, but I can now arrange apps to my liking in grid view which helps.

Apple does seem a little obsessed with the quick view thing (accessible by more than one route) which is a shame as they do not allow all apps to be docked there.

but let’s keep the noise going and maybe they will also amend the silly night vision situation and also the watch face switching problem.