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How do I delete apps on the Apple watch

How do I delete apps on the Apple watch

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on Mar 19, 2021 7:38 PM

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Posted on Mar 19, 2021 8:22 PM

You can't really delete an app on the watch without also deleting it from your iPhone also.

Delete built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS 14 or iPadOS device or Apple Watch - Apple Support

How to delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


However, on your iPhone, tap:

Watch > My Watch

and tap on an app in the "INSTALLED ON APPLE WATCH" section. You can disable it from showing on your watch.


To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system. This should result in no loss of data and in some cases can free a lot of storage.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also see:

If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Mar 19, 2021 8:22 PM in response to Crites-5

You can't really delete an app on the watch without also deleting it from your iPhone also.

Delete built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS 14 or iPadOS device or Apple Watch - Apple Support

How to delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


However, on your iPhone, tap:

Watch > My Watch

and tap on an app in the "INSTALLED ON APPLE WATCH" section. You can disable it from showing on your watch.


To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system. This should result in no loss of data and in some cases can free a lot of storage.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Also see:

If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


How do I delete apps on the Apple watch

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