Why does my Apple Watch SE constantly asking for passcode?

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Why does my Apple Watch SE constantly asking for passcode?

I have the SE, and it is consistently asking for my passcode. Like a ridiculous number of times. Even though it is never left my wrist. The wrist detection is on & the passcode is different from my iPhones, but every time I look at my watch, it wants my passcode. Is there anyway other than to just turn off the passcode to get this to stop asking so much? It’s horribly annoying and inconvenient.

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iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 21, 2025 4:26 AM

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javaliga

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Feb 21, 2025 4:57 PM in response to NLBoyce72

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

If that doesn't help, the next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup just created. This should result in no loss of data. It deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

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