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Your Apple Watch might still be paired with your old iPhone. Use the steps below to unpair: Erase your Apple Watch. Set up your new iPhone and sign in to iCloud. If you've already set up and signed in, skip this step. Open the Apple Watch app on your new iPhone, then pair your watch with your new iPhone. Try to restore from a backup.
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- How to unpair and erase your Apple Watch if you have your iPhone
- How to erase your Apple Watch if you don't have your iPhone
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Unpairing your Apple Watch restores it to its factory settings.
•If you have the iPhone that your Apple Watch is paired with, you should follow the steps to unpair your Apple Watch. This removes Activation Lock from your Apple Watch as well as erasing all its content and settings. If you don't have the paired iPhone, you can erase your Apple Watch, but Activation Lock will remain.
•If you're using your Apple Watch with a transit card in the Wallet app, remove your transit card from your Apple Watch before you unpair.
1.Keep your Apple Watch and iPhone close together as you unpair them.
2.Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
3.Go to the My Watch tab and tap All Watches.
4.Tap the info button next to the watch that you want to unpair.
5.Tap Unpair Apple Watch.
6.Tap Unpair [your Apple Watch name].
1.On your Apple Watch, tap Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
2.Type your password if prompted.
3.For GPS + Cellular models, choose to keep or remove your cellular plan.
•If you want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, keep your plan.
•If you don't want to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again, remove your plan. If you aren't going to pair with a different watch or iPhone, you might need to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.
4.Tap Erase All to confirm. This resets your Apple Watch to the factory settings.
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