I have iphone 16e bought June 2025. I easily erased the listed calls. I connected to my apple watch GPS+cellular
purchased Jan. 2026. Problem: On the watch, I have calls going back to at least 2022 or earlier. I'm not going to delete them one-by-one. There has to be a better way. Please Help! ( I don't want the technicalities of where they all came from...I just want them gone! Thank-you.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.7
Even though you do not want the technicalities of where the devices came from, it sounds like you purchased an Apple Watch that was previously owned and the original owner did not go through the process of removing the watch and the details from their account before selling it. If you know the seller, ask them to go through the steps outlined in the article below.
Even though you do not want the technicalities of where the devices came from, it sounds like you purchased an Apple Watch that was previously owned and the original owner did not go through the process of removing the watch and the details from their account before selling it. If you know the seller, ask them to go through the steps outlined in the article below.
You said: You should not have assumed that for one and two-I would have mentioned it.
When a poster does not provide enough details, all we can do is make an educated guess at what the surrounding details may be. Now that you have provided more detail, I have an answer that should help.
Data flows from your iPhone to your watch. So to delete call history, start with your iPhone. Here are instructions from Apple Support. No, you do not have to delete the calls one by one, but it looks like you have to select them individually. The instructions below are copied from: View and delete your call history on iPhone - Apple Support
Delete your call history
on your iPhone.
, then tap Calls, Missed, Unknown Callers, or Spam.To recover a deleted call history, restore your iPhone from a backup you made before the data was deleted.
Sounds like Phone and Facetime was not sync'd to iCloud when you did the cleanup?
Check on the paired iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], iCloud, see all, Phone and Facetime. On or Off?
I did not buy a Used watch. It was purchased from our local Apple Store.You should not have assumed that for one and two-I would have mentioned it. I looked at 2-3 yrs of calls trying to find "the bottom", looking for an "edit" or "delete all" button (never got to the end) and they were all mine.
More likely it has something to do w/ all of the calls from my old phone (not charged & just sitting in a drawer),
somehow transferring to my apple watch. I bought my new phone just 6 mos. ago, but not at an Apple store- at an AT&T store (I don't know why we did that) & maybe they didn't close out the old phone? Any more ideas from anyone?? I could use some help! I am paying for apple support but they are not responding...
Carol B.-thank you for trying to help, but I'm not sure you read my entire, very specific issue.
I have 2 phones. A new one that is synced to my new watch. This new watch has all the calls erased. The old phone has been shut off and I did not (consciously) sync it to my watch. I was told to keep the old one for reasons I can't recall. However, I never did erase calls from my old phone. What it looks like to me is that all the calls from my old phone ended up on my watch. I don't understand this, I am not very good with technology (am trying hard tho). ?? Will your directions work to remove the calls from my watch, if I remove the calls from an old phone that I never connected to my watch??
Unable to easily delete years old call history on 1 month old Apple Watch
