Although it occurs rarely, Apple Watch may have a malfunction either because you notice it is going very slowly or does not finish connecting to the iPhone. In these cases the most advisable thing is to erase all the data of the smart watch to leave it as if we were going to take it out of the box. This process can be done from the iPhone or through the watch as we will explain in this article.
Restore your Apple Watch from the iPhone
One of the most comfortable ways to format the Apple Watch is from the iPhone through the Watch application with the ‘unlink’ function . It is important to note that although some may think that unlocking simply disconnects the iPhone watch, the truth is that what we will do is leave it as new or to be able to make a new configuration.
To format the Apple Watch using the iPhone it is important to keep in mind that both computers have to be close. Once they are together we must follow the following steps:
- Open the Watch application on the iPhone.
- At the bottom we will click on the ‘My Watch’ tab and select our watch k at the top.
- Click on the ‘i’ that we find next to the watch we want to unlink.
- Click on the option ‘Unlink Apple Watch’.
- If you have a watch with LTE, it will ask you if you want to delete the hired mobile data plan . If you are going to link the Apple Watch back to your iPhone, keep it, but if you want to get rid of it, you must eliminate the plan and get in touch with the operator.
- Disable the activation lock by entering your Apple ID and enter the lock code on the Apple Watch.
Once you have followed all these steps, the watch will turn off and start the outcome of the iPhone next to the deletion of all the data. A few minutes later we find on the watch screen the first steps to configure the Apple Watch as if it were new.
Restore the Apple Watch without the iPhone
If for any reason you cannot have the iPhone near the Apple Watch because you have reset the iPhone for example without unlocking the watch before, you can restore the factory state of your watch without the need of the mobile. You just have to follow the following steps:
- In the Apple Watch we must follow the path Settings> General> Reset and click on the option ‘Delete contents and settings’.
- If you have an LTE watch you must choose whether to maintain or delete the data plan.
- We confirm that we want to make this option by clicking on ‘Delete’.
- Enter your unlock code.
With these simple steps, the factory settings of the Apple Watch will be restored and within a few minutes we can re-link them to an iPhone as if it were new. 0
In addition to serving to solve the problems we may have with our Apple Watch will also allow us to sell it safely. As with any other technological equipment that we put on sale in the different online laptops, it is important to make sure that we erase all the personal data that has been stored inside it and not give it with personal information. We do not know who the other person who acquires this watch can be and obviously we are not interested in having access to this data in a relatively simple way.
It is important in this case to eliminate the mobile data plan if we have it active in our Apple Watch LTE in addition to contacting the operator to be able to cancel it.
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