Apple Watch saying card already in wallet but it is not there.

Hi. Just had this problem and couldn't add either of 2 different cards. I solved it by logging out of iCloud on my iphone and logging back in. Then it let me add all the cards, both previously on the apple pay and the 2 that wouldn't add earlier.

Hope this helps some people.

Changing the passcode worked for me. So relieved because Apple Support soln was to wipe my iPad which I would not do. Earlier they also asked me to log out of iCloud without saving data and that caused a huge mess. I spent all day resetting things. So definitely try this first!

My wife had her debit card replaced because of fraud. She received her new card and Apple Pay kept saying the new card was already in her wallet. Turns out the when IOS goes to verify the account with the bank, the new card was linked to her account (but it was a different card number) so it thought it was already there. Deleted old card, added new one, problem solved.

Hi

Given that you have already contacted your card issuer, next contact Apple Support:

https://www.apple.com/support/watch/contact/

I ran into the same issues with a VISA, I kept getting "The card is already in wallet". After trying multiple things to no avail, I gave up. I decided to add my secondary credit card, an AMEX. That loaded to my watch just fine. Encouraged, I thought I'd try adding the VISA again, it loaded onto the watch without any issues!

If you have another card to go through the setup process with, maybe you can give this a try. It might have been a fluke or I got lucky, but it worked for me. By going through the setup process with another card, it might have cleared the session that got stuck.

This worked for me too! I was getting an error using my Discovery via apple pay so I deleted it and for the past 2 days have been getting an error that this card is already in my wallet when trying to add it back in. Added in an Amex and then my Discovery was able to be added

Thank you!

Same issue here on iPhone 6S+. Amex card added, then came up with message "card deleted" and can now not re-add as "The card is already in the wallet". Don't have another card to add instead. Have tried Amex, reset, etc with no luck. Any other suggestions would be great!

Same thing happened to me after I deleted my card. I had to reset my iPhone and set it up all over again, but it resolved it. If you restore from a back up, make sure it's one that you made before you deleted your card from wallet or one before you added the card. Either way, a complete reset or a restore from a point before that error should resolve the issue. It worked for me.

After numerous attempts, I came upon a solution mentioned in a different but related thread that worked for me (basic issue was an inability to re-add an Amex card because the iPhone 6S continually told me it was already in the wallet -- root cause had been signing out of iCloud in an attempt to fix a different problem)...

Go into settings and change your passcode (Settings, Touch ID & Passcode, Change Passcode). You'll need to enter your current passcode, enter a new one and confirm it). Once I did this, I was able to enter the Amex Card that the phone thought was already in my wallet. Since I use a reasonably complex alphanumeric passcode, after I confirmed that Apple Pay was now behaving, I changed the PassCode back to my old one (for convenience).

Hope this helps!

Steve

Thank you!!

This solution worked for me. Thanks for the help!

Signing out of I cloud and signing back in worked for me. I am so relieved now. I do everything with apple wallet.