The Apple Watch is and will continue to be one of the most interesting devices of the company, although it lacks an extra independence from the iPhone to be much more attractive. However, there are many things it offers and many others that you should know as a user. The most important: how to manage your storage .
Apple Watch and its storage capabilities
Each Apple Watch offers a different storage capacity depending on the generation to which they belong and, in some cases, connectivity. So let’s first review all of this data. Just in case you never stopped to see what capacity you have available.
- Apple Watch Series 5 offers 32 GB of capacity in the GPS and GPS + Cellular version
- Apple Watch Series 4 offers 16 GB in both versions, GPS and GPS + Cellular
- Apple Watch Series 3 with GPS + Cellular offers 16 GB and the model with only GPS integrates 8 GB
If for some reason you did not know what generation of Apple Watch you have, you can go to the application of your iPhone. Within it, in the General> Information menu you will see the total and available capacity. In addition, you will also see other useful information such as the number of songs you have stored, photos and applications.
You can also check this from the watch, go to Settings> General> Use and there you will also see the available and used capacity. By scrolling you will see what the stored content occupies such as music, podcasts or photos.
How to free up space on the Apple Watch
Taking up the entire storage space of an Apple Watch is not easy, because until you gain full independence from the iPhone, many things will continue to be done from the phone. Still, you may need to free up some space to, for example, add a few more songs for when you’re going to play sports. So you can manage and delete all the data that you are not interested in having on your watch.
Remove apps from Apple watch
To remove any complications from the Apple Watch there are two options. The first is through the watch itself and the second from the iPhone application. How it is done in each of them is what changes slightly.
If you are going to use the iPhone application, access it and scroll until you see the list of installed applications . Select the one you want to delete and you will access a screen where you can decide whether or not to show on Apple Watch. Deactivate and you will stop seeing it. Also, the app will now appear as available to install.
In the case of using the watch itself, place yourself on the application grid and hold the application icon for a few seconds until you see the X on it. Press again and the application will be removed. Another option, in the list view of the applications, swipe the application to the left and the option to delete it will appear using a trash can icon.
How to delete music from Apple Watch
The great eater of the storage of your Apple Watch is the multimedia content, both music and podcasts or audiobooks that you can store to listen on it. As with apps, these audio files can also be managed from the iPhone and the watch.
Delete music from iPhone
To delete music from iPhone, access the Apps Watch application and then the music section. If you click on the Edit button you will see that an icon appears next to each playlist or album. If you press it, you will delete all the synchronized music if the What you listen to the most feature is activated.
Delete music from Apple Watch
Deleting music directly from Apple Watch is also easy, go to Library> Albums and there you can scroll through all your music content. When you find what you want to remove, swipe left and you’ll see the option to remove it.
About podcasts, once you listen to them they are automatically removed. Therefore, only those episodes that you have not yet listened to will occupy memory. If you’re subscribed to a good number of podcasts and have overdue chapters, it might be worth stopping to check.
For audiobooks the same, go to the watch application on the iPhone and in the audio books section check what you have pending. If you want to delete something in particular, uncheck the automatic synchronization option and then delete each item by swiping left over it until you see the option to delete.
How to delete photos from Apple Watch
Finally, photos can also take up space on your Apple Watch . Although it is not much, if you do not want them to be there, removing them is very easy to do. From the iPhone go to the Apple Watch application again and in Photo Synchronization mark or download the albums you want to have on the watch. As an additional option, you can set the maximum number of photos synchronized.
Done, with these simple steps you will precisely control the storage of your Apple Watch.
