On your Apple Watch, tap Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.

It’s important to follow these steps in order! You should always erase it first and then remove it from the activation lock! If you no longer have your iPhone available, you can still unpair the watch from it–you have to jump through a set of different steps. Lost your iPhone? How to unpair your Apple Watch without your iPhone After your Apple Watch unpairs, you see the Start Pairing message on your watch.Or you can start fresh and not restore the backup–it’s your choice You can use this backup to restore your data if desired. During the unpairing process, Apple automatically creates a backup of your watch.If asked, enter your Apple ID password to disable your watch’s iCloud Activation Lock.If you don’t want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, remove your plan.If you want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, keep your plan.For Apple Watches with GPS & Cellular services, choose to keep or remove your cellular plan.

Next to the name of the watch you wish to unpair, tap the “i” info button.

Choose the My Watch tab and tap All Watches at the top of the screen.

On your paired iPhone, open the Apple Watch app.

We recommend inches or centimeters instead of feet/meters

Place both your Apple Watch and iPhone near one another.

Place both your Apple Watch and iPhone on their chargers OR make sure they each have 50% of their battery capacity available.

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