Guide to securing your Apple Watch

1. Turn on your Apple Watch and wait for the Use your iPhone to set up this Apple Watch message to appear on your iPhone, then tap Continue.
2. If you can’t see this message, open the watch app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, then tap Pair New Watch.
3. If you’re already signed into iCloud on the iPhone paired with your Apple Watch, you will automatically be signed in to that Apple ID.
4. Enter your Apple ID password. If you aren’t asked, you can sign in later from the Apple Watch app to do this, tap General, then Apple ID, then sign in.

Note: Certain features that require a mobile phone number won’t work on cellular models of Apple Watch unless you sign in to iCloud. Cellular models use you mobile network provider to ensure a mobile internet connection.

1. Keep your Apple Watch and iPhone close together as you unpair them.Caution
2. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
3. Go to the My Watch tab and tap All Watches.
4. Tap the Info button next to the watch that you want to unpair.
5. Tap Unpair Apple Watch.

Caution

1. On your Apple Watch, Tap Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
2. Type your password if prompted.
3. For GPS + Cellular models, choose to keep or remove your cellular plan.
4. Tap Erase All to confirm. This resets your Apple Watch to the factory settings.

This safety feature is available for all devices. The primary reason for using an activation lock is to keep your Apple watch inaccessible when you are not using it or should it get stolen. With the Activation Lock feature active, you have to provide the associated Apple ID and password before you can erase data and use the watch with a new iPhone. This feature also works when unpairing your watch from your iPhone or disabling the location feature.

Follow these steps on your paired iPhone to check if Activation Lock is turned on:

1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap All Watches at the top of the screen.
3. Tap the info button next to your Apple Watch.
4. If you see Find My Apple Watch, then Activation Lock is on.

When enabled the “Notification Privacy” feature lets you hide the details of the alert.

1. To enable this, open the iPhone and select the Watch app for iPhone.
2. Select My Watch tab.
3. Select Notification.
4. Select Notification Privacy and toggle on.