About Activation Lock on your Apple tree Watch

Find My includes a feature called Activation Lock that'due south designed to prevent anyone else from using your Apple tree Watch if it'due south ever lost or stolen.

Observe My and Activation Lock for your Apple Watch turn on automatically when yous fix Notice My iPhone on your paired iPhone. With Activation Lock, your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can:

  • Unpair your Apple Spotter from your iPhone.
  • Pair and employ your Apple tree Watch with a new iPhone.
  • Turn off Observe My on your device.

This tin help you keep your device secure, even if it's in the wrong hands, and tin can ameliorate your chances of recovering it. Even if yous erase your device remotely, Activation Lock can keep to proceed anyone from reactivating your device without your permission. All you lot demand to do is proceed Find My turned on, and remember your Apple ID and countersign.

Check to see if Activation Lock is on

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

  1. Open the Picket app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap All Watches at the summit of the screen.
  3. Tap the info button adjacent to your Apple tree Lookout.

If you meet Notice My Apple Spotter, then Activation Lock is on.

If your Apple Spotter goes missing

If your Apple Sentry is lost or stolen, you lot can employ Find My to assistance you locate it and protect your information. Just sign in to iCloud.com or the Notice My app to run across your missing lookout on a map, play a sound to help you find it, use Lost Mode to lock it, or remotely erase all of your personal data.

Plough off Activation Lock before you ship your Apple Watch in for service, sell it, or give it abroad

Earlier yous send your Apple Sentinel in for service, sell it, or give it away, you should plow off Activation Lock on your Apple Picket. But unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone:

  1. Keep your Apple Spotter and iPhone close together.
  2. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  3. Tap the My Watch tab, and so tap All Watches at the tiptop of the screen.
  4. Tap the info push adjacent to your Apple Watch.
  5. Tap Unpair Apple Lookout man. For cellular models of Apple Watch, tap Remove [Carrier] Plan. If y'all aren't going to pair with a different Apple Watch or iPhone, you might demand to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.*
  6. Enter your Apple ID countersign. If you forgot your Apple ID password, you can reset it.
  7. Tap again to confirm.

If you tin can't admission your iPhone or Apple Watch, or if your Apple Sentinel isn't paired with your iPhone and y'all need to turn off Activation Lock:

  1. On a computer, go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID.
  2. Go to Detect My iPhone.
  3. Select All Devices, so click your Apple Picket.
  4. Click Erase Apple tree Watch. Select Next until the device is erased.
  5. Click the remove button next to your Apple Watch.

* Carrier fees may employ. Contact your carrier for details.

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