{"id":5819,"date":"2019-08-16T11:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/article\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:11:50","slug":"backup-reset-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/article\/5819\/backup-reset-apple-watch","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup and Reset Your Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to sell your Apple Watch? Before you do, you need to protect your data with a backup and factory reset. The easiest way is to simply unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone, since doing so automatically creates a backup and resets your watch. Here are more details on how to backup and reset your Apple Watch, including what to do if you don\u2019t have an iPhone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"button-wrap\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-small-caps\" href=\"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/sell\/Apple-Watch?utm_source=article&#038;utm_campaign=1283&#038;utm_content=sell&#038;ftr=bluebutton1&#038;fte=backup-reset-apple-watch\" onclick=\"gtag('event', 'bluebutton1', {'app_name': 'blog'})\">Your Apple Watch Could Be Worth $100 or More. Find Its Value Now \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>How to back up an Apple Watch<\/h2>\n<p>Apple Watch backups are automatically created and stored on your paired iPhone. Backups are also automatically made when you unpair your Apple Watch. Since your Apple Watch data is stored on your iPhone, it also gets backed up to iCloud (or iTunes) when you back up your iPhone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <em>You must be able to pair your Apple Watch to an iPhone to make a backup. <\/em><\/p>\n<table class=\"flipsy-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/article\/5647\/reset-apple-device?utm_source=article&#038;utm_campaign=1283&#038;utm_content=sell&#038;ftr=incontenttextad1&#038;fte=backup-reset-apple-watch\">backup &amp; reset any Apple device<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>How to reset an Apple Watch<\/h2>\n<p>Your Apple Watch will reset to factory settings when you unpair it from your iPhone. If you can\u2019t pair your Apple Watch or you no longer have an iPhone, it should already be reset \u2013 but you can still reset it manually just in case. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Via your iPhone<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and browse to MY WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Select the \u201cI\u201d information symbol<\/li>\n<li>Select UNPAIR APPLE WATCH<\/li>\n<li>Remove your cellular plan, if prompted, then disable activation lock and confirm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"button-wrap\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-small-caps\" href=\"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/sell\/Apple-Watch?utm_source=article&#038;utm_campaign=1283&#038;utm_content=sell&#038;ftr=bluebutton2&#038;fte=backup-reset-apple-watch\" onclick=\"gtag('event', 'bluebutton1', {'app_name': 'blog'})\">Get Top Dollar For Your Used Apple Watch \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Via your Apple Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On your watch, browse to SETTINGS &gt; GENERAL &gt; RESET<\/li>\n<li>Select ERASE ALL CONTENT AND SETTINGS (you might need your Apple ID password. If you forgot it, you can restore it <a href=\"https:\/\/iforgot.apple.com\/password\/verify\/appleid\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Remove your cellular plan, if prompted<\/li>\n<li>Select ERASE ALL and confirm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"flipsy-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>IMPORTANT: Check iCloud to <a href=\"https:\/\/flipsy.com\/article\/5819\/backup-reset-apple-watch\">make sure Activation Lock is disabled <\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Your Apple Watch will be reset to factory settings so you can safely sell it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-callout bg-phones\">\n<h3 class=\"h2\">Want to sell your phone, too? Many phones are worth $100+. 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Before you do, you need to protect your data with a backup and factory reset. The easiest way is to simply unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone, since doing so automatically creates a backup and resets your watch. Here are more details on how to backup and reset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[153],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-watch-2","tag-apple-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Backup and Reset Your Apple Watch | Step-By-Step<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backup &amp; Reset Your Apple Watch - See the easy way to back up &amp; reset your Apple Watch before you sell it. 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