What to do earlier you lot sell, give abroad, or trade in your Apple Watch, or buy one from someone else

Use these steps to remove your personal information from a device, even if yous don't have it anymore. Or make sure that the lookout man that yous're about to buy from someone else is fix for you lot to utilise.

If you have a child or other family member who doesn't have their own iPhone, you tin can give them the communication and safe benefits of your old Apple Lookout man Series 4 or afterward with Family Setup.

Before you sell, give abroad, or trade in your Apple Lookout

Y'all need to plow off Activation Lock and remove your personal data from your device. Here'south how:

Prompt to enter your Apple ID password to disable Activation Lock.

  1. Continue your Apple Watch and iPhone close together.
  2. Open the Picket app on your iPhone and tap the My Watch tab.
  3. Tap All Watches at the top of the screen.
  4. Tap the information button next to your watch's proper noun.
  5. Tap Unpair Apple Watch, and so tap the Unpair button again to confirm.
  6. Tap Remove Cellular Plan if you accept a cellular Apple tree Scout model.*
  7. Enter your Apple ID password to plough off Activation Lock. If you forgot your Apple tree ID password, you can reset it.
  8. Tap again to confirm. When yous unpair, your iPhone will attempt to create a fill-in of your Apple tree Watch. If you get a new Apple Watch, you lot can use the backup to set it up.

* If your Apple Watch has cellular, remember to contact your carrier to abolish your cellular subscription. Carrier fees might apply.

If you lot already gave away your Apple tree Watch, yous tin erase and turn off Activation Lock from iCloud.com. Here'southward how:

  1. On a computer, go to Find My iPhone on iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID.
  2. Select All Devices, then click your Apple Watch.
  3. Click Erase Apple Watch. Select Next until the device is erased.
  4. Click the X push next to your Apple Lookout.

Larn more nigh Activation Lock.

When y'all erase your Apple Watch

When yous erase all content and settings, it completely erases your device, including any cards you added for Apple Pay and whatever photos, contacts, music, or apps. It likewise turns off iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, Game Center, and other services. Your content won't exist deleted from iCloud when you erase your device.

Earlier you buy a watch from a third party

Before you purchase an Apple Sentry from someone other than Apple tree or an authorized Apple reseller, make sure that the device is no longer linked to the previous owner's account.

  1. Identify the model of Apple Watch.
  2. Brand sure that the previous owner removed Activation Lock from the sentinel and that the watch has been erased. They must unpair the sentry and remove Activation Lock by inbound their Apple ID password, so yous can use the sentinel.
    • If y'all run across the passcode lock screen or the Home screen, the device needs to exist erased.
    • If y'all can, try to pair the watch with your iPhone. If you're asked to enter the previous possessor'due south Apple ID password during setup, then Activation Lock is withal on.
  3. For cellular models of Apple Watch, make sure that the previous possessor removed and cancelled any active cellular plans.

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