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"Could Not Set Up Cellular" alert after canceling cellular service

Hi! I recently canceled the cellular service add-on for my Apple Watch Series 3 (on watchOS 5.0.1), and ever since then I've been getting an error alert on my lock screen: "Could Not Set Up Cellular: Open the Apple Watch app to finish setting up cellular." I'm getting this alert on approximately a daily basis. In the Apple Watch app's settings on my iPhone X (iOS 12.0), it's showing "Set Up Cellular" as I would expect to see; it's just this frequent error alert that is the problem. I don't want to (re-)set up cellular at all, so I'm not sure why my iPhone seems to think I do.

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Any ideas on how to get this error alert to stop appearing? I obviously canceled cellular service intentionally and don't want to set it up again. It's not clear why the iPhone appears to still be trying to.


Thanks!

Watch Series 3 Edition (Ceramic) 42mm, watchOS 5.0.1

Posted on Oct 2, 2018 10:21 AM

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Oct 3, 2018 10:10 AM in response to tltltetd

Hello tltltetd,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!

I understand from your post that you have removed your cellular plan after canceling the service from your Apple Watch but are still receiving a notification to set up your cellular plan. In a situation like this you may need to unpair and erase your Apple Watch to remove the cellular plan as described in the article below:

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Best Regards.

"Could Not Set Up Cellular" alert after canceling cellular service

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