How to un-pair an Apple Watch without the Watch?

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How to un-pair an Apple Watch without the Watch?

A friend of mine tested an Apple Watch with his iPhone. The watch is long gone, but the Apple Watch app still asks for pairing after every iPhone reboot (see German screenshot below).

Unlike in this thread "How to Unpair without iPhone (or I Did Something Stupid)", the Watch does not show up in iCloud.com

I deleted the Watch from the known Bluetooth devices on the iPhone, but this did not change anything.

So the question remains: How to un-pair an Apple Watch without the Watch?

Thanks a lot in advance 🙂

Posted on Nov 3, 2015 5:03 AM

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Answer 1

Jonathan UK

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Nov 3, 2015 5:54 AM in response to derzornigemarkus

Hi

On the iPhone, in the Watch app, if the option remains available, choose to unpair the watch:

- My Watch > Apple Watch - Unpair Apple Watch.

Otherwise, it may help to force restart the iPhone: press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home button for around 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

If that does not help, try backing up, resetting and restoring the iPhone:

Backup the iPhone:
- via iCloud (encrypted as standard) or;
- via iTunes on a computer - IMPORTANT: choose to "Encrypt iPhone backup", so that the backup includes sensitive data (eg Health data, saved passwords and Wi-Fi settings);
- https://www.apple.com/support/iphone/backup/
Erase all content and settings on the iPhone:
iPhone: Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
Restore iPhone from backup:
Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Nov 3, 2015 9:28 PM in response to Jonathan UK

Hi Jonathan,

thanks for the ideas and sorry for the slow reply. We tried both and they did not work. Seems like this former Watch-Phone-connection is part of the backup. A shame that Apple does not let you use only parts of an older backup, all or nothing 😟

Kind regards,

Markus

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Answer 3

Nov 3, 2015 5:06 AM in response to derzornigemarkus

Forgot the link to How to Unpair without iPhone (or I Did Something Stupid)

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