How do I remove an Apple Watch Source from Health App?

Here is a simple and easy solution to this issue:

1. Open the Health app from your iPhone.
2. Select the Sources option.
3. Select and open on the Device you wish to remove from the list.
4. Scroll to the bottom to where it reads "Delete All Data from..." and then select it.
5. Confirm this action by selecting Delete again.
6. Close the Health app entirely then re-open the app again.
7. Select the Sources option again.

You will now see that the Device has now been removed from the list. I hope this helps.

Thanks- This is good news for people who haven't yet botched up their sources with multiple unpaired watches. My first watch was broken and I got a replacement. When setting that replacement up, I forgot my watch password (didn't actually forget but must have entered it incorrectly with the tiny buttons -38mm), so In had to unpair the device. I didn't want to restore from the backup and retain the password I didn't know, so I set up as new watch. Now I too have all 3 watches as sources, two are unpaired, and can't get rid of them.

Apple, if you are reading this- In future updates please allow us to swipe left or right to delete the sources we no longer want.

I had this problem and just found a solution. So you go to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage > Manage Storage (first one) > then scroll down near the less than 1 Mb range and find Watch or Apple Watch. Then delete the backups from before. Unfortunately they're all named the same so you will have to go off of the dates of the backups to figure out which ones you wanna delete.

I solved this issue for myself, removing bad and stale health sources from the iOS health app.

There are three ways to backup an iPhone.

1) iCloud

2) iTunes - encrypted

3) iTunes - not encrypted

I noticed that the note next the iTunes unencrypted backup option specifies that it will not back up account passwords and health data. Sure enough, backing up the phone then restoring from an unencrypted iTunes backup removed iOS health sources for me.

Good luck!

The actual devices are listed in an encrypted database alongside the other health app data. That being said, as of now, the only way to remove an orphaned device is to restore a non-encrypted backup. Health data is only backed up via encrypted backups.

As I said in a previous post, to prevent this from happening make sure to always restore your Apple Watch from backup. Doing this restores the randomly generated GUID that is assigned to the watch during the pairing process. This GUID is what is referenced in the device source list (on the backend).

I tried manually deleting the items using an app called iBackupBot. But I was unable to modify the database tables due to it being encrypted.

I had the same issue today and I accidentally deleted the data, not knowing what it would do. After getting off the phone with Apple Support and reading through posts in the community discussions, I have lost hope that the data can be recovered without having to restore the phone from and old backup (which would delete data that was created in the meantime).

Let me know if you find a solution.

I'm 99% sure the backup is stored somewhere in the Apple Watch app on the iPhone. A backup gets created when the watch is un-paired.

I found some screenshots via the Google that shows the option. It shows up when you pair the watch (it is a button that says restore from backup).

I had exactly the same issue and I ended up saving the iPhone and then reinstalling the iPhone from the backup I just made. Ok, it took a while but it cleared everything up and now I have just the one Watch and iPhone as Sources.

I'm having the same problem. I have two watches listed under Heath app's "Sources" -> "Devices" list. Both are called "Joshua's Apple Watch." One reports "Go to the Apple Watch app to change health data settings for this Apple Watch" and the other reports "This Apple Watch is no longer paired with this iPhone."

How do I REMOVE that second one entirely?

Any solution appreciated!

Same issue here. I had to reset my Apple Watch, and now I see two "Adam's Apple Watch" devices listed in the Health App's sources tab.

I think this is just an aesthetic thing, as it shouldn't cause any issues. It would still be nice to be able to remove it.

I don't think i'll restore my phone just for that though.

Did anyone else find a solution to this?

Same problem here, but since the phone and watch are working I'm not willing to go to the drastic measure of wiping and restoring my phone from a backup. Apple has opened up a case on this for me and maybe I will get a fix.

Same here, but the problem is probably is due to the fact that your first have to unpair you Apple Watch before erasing all its data. More interesting is the fact that the Activity app is still installed even if you do not have an Apple Watch paired.

well, I guess Apple will come with a fix with a new iOS update 🙂

So, I have an update on this issue.

If you restore from backup when re-pairing your Apple Watch, it will not generate another source in the Health App.

This is helpful if you don't already have a duplicate listed. I haven't figured out a way to remove them. Hopefully they'll add it in iOS 9.

Had I known there was a "backup" and or "restore from backup" option I would've used that..

THe way I unpaired was thru the reg Bluetooth settings option on iOS settings app (not watch settings app)

so where is this backup watch option located at?

ugh stinks I could've prevented this, but I hope we can remove from list asap!

thx for update Adam

Yes, I think it will delete all of the health data. For me, this was worth it, not only did i have a bunch of old sources in the list but one of them was in a bad state that prevented adding a new Apple Watch.