Will deleting and reinstalling the Apple Watch app on my iPhone delete the existing apple watch back-ups?

1) Unpair my apple watches

2) Delete the Apple Watch app on my iPhone

3) Reinstall the Apple Watch app on my iPhone


Question: After reinstalling the Apple Watch app on my iPhone.

Will my currently existing apple watch backups be on my iPhone after the reinstall?


I backup my phone to my MBP using Finder and iCloud for my apple watch.


Thank you,

Rudy

Posted on Oct 19, 2025 9:47 AM

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Oct 19, 2025 10:04 AM in response to lkrupp

Since updating to IOS 26 my watches no longer sync with airplane mode, apple support had me unpair and re-pair my watch which did not fix the issue. Today I also noticed my shared trip notification in (Apple) Maps was not working. Turns out that Maps was not even in the notifications list. I deleted the Maps app and after reinstalling, Maps then showed up in the notifications list and works correctly.

iPhone 14 pro

Ultra 3

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