I need to unpair my watch with my old apple phone
I lost my phone and had to get a new one. Now I need to set up my Apple Watch with my new phone
iPhone 11, iOS 15
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Hi Chrissie126,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. Here the steps you can perform to unpair an Apple Watch without an iPhone in hand:
How to erase your Apple Watch if you don't have your iPhone
1. On your Apple Watch, tap Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
2. Type your password if prompted.
3. For GPS + Cellular models, choose to keep or remove your cellular plan.
* If you want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, keep your plan.
* If you don't want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, remove your plan. If you aren't going to pair with a different watch or iPhone, you might need to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
4. Tap Erase All to confirm. This resets your Apple Watch to the factory settings.
Now you can set up your Apple Watch again. You'll need the Apple ID and password associated with the watch turn off Activation Lock.
Following these steps can help and if needed it is outlined in this article: Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Kind regards.