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So I bought an Apple Watch 3 series but the owner didn’t unlink his account and I can’t contact him, how can I reset it myself? I don’t have a computer either.

So I bought an Apple Watch 3 series but the owner didn’t unlink his account and I can’t contact him, how can I reset it myself? I don’t have a computer either.

Posted on Nov 30, 2019 8:45 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2019 10:00 AM

Sorry but only the previous owner can do that, it can be done without the watch being present, on their computer.

This article explains how to do that:

About Activation Lock on your Apple Watch - Apple Support


If you can't get in contact with the previous owner, you can't use the watch.

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So I bought an Apple Watch 3 series but the owner didn’t unlink his account and I can’t contact him, how can I reset it myself? I don’t have a computer either.

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