{"id":87,"date":"2024-05-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T20:26:51","slug":"how-to-reset-your-locked-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/how-to-reset-your-locked-apple-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reset Your Locked Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve forgotten your Apple Watch passcode or have entered it incorrectly too many times, your watch will become locked. When this happens, you&#8217;ll see a message on the screen that says &#8220;Apple Watch is disabled&#8221; and a timer will start counting down.<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the timer reaches zero, you&#8217;ll be allowed to try and enter the correct passcode again. But if that fails, you will probably have no other option than to reset your locked Apple Watch to factory settings. It is important to note that this will erase all of your data, backing up your watch before you reset is considered a general good practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Apple_Watch_Lifestyle_general1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"reset your locked apple watch\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" style=\"width:651px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Apple_Watch_Lifestyle_general1_thumb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Apple_Watch_Lifestyle_general1_thumb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Apple_Watch_Lifestyle_general1_thumb-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#how-to-reset-your-locked-apple-watch\ufffc\">How to Reset your Locked Apple Watch\ufffc<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#note-\ufffc\">Note:\ufffc<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#important-\ufffc\">Important:\ufffc<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-reset-your-locked-apple-watch\ufffc\">How to Reset your Locked Apple Watch<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect your Apple Watch to its charger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the Find My iPhone app on your iPhone.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" class=\"wp-image-991\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/find-my-e1714549765362.jpeg\" alt=\"image showing how to reset your locked apple watch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/find-my-e1714549765362.jpeg 797w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/find-my-e1714549765362-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/find-my-e1714549765362-768x437.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap on the &#8220;Devices&#8221; tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your Apple Watch from the list of devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap on the &#8220;Erase Apple Watch&#8221; button.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your Apple ID password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap on the &#8220;Erase&#8221; button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Apple Watch will now be reset to factory settings. Once the reset is complete, you can set up your watch again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"note-\ufffc\">Note:<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don&#8217;t have access to your iPhone, you can also reset your Apple Watch using a computer. To do this, you will need to put your watch into recovery mode. Here are the steps on how to do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Connect your Apple Watch to its charger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press and hold the side button and the Digital Crown at the same time.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"294\" class=\"wp-image-882\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/series-6-e1714544408457.jpeg\" alt=\"Image showing how to reset your locked apple watch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/series-6-e1714544408457.jpeg 1020w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/series-6-e1714544408457-300x252.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/series-6-e1714544408457-768x645.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/series-6-e1714544408457-850x713.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep holding the buttons until you see the Apple logo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Release the buttons.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Apple Watch will now be in recovery mode. You can now connect your watch to a computer and use iTunes to restore it to factory settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important-\ufffc\">Important:<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resetting your <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-ng\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Watch<\/a> to factory settings will erase all of your data. It is important to back up your watch before you reset it. We&#8217;ve created a guide to help you back up data on your Apple Watch data to your iCloud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/how-to-back-up-your-apple-watch-data-to-icloud\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/how-to-back-up-your-apple-watch-data-to-icloud\/\">here<\/a>.<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your Apple Watch passcode or it&#8217;s locked, you can reset your locked apple watch by erasing all content and settings. This will unpair the watch from your iPhone and remove all your data, so be sure to back up your watch before you proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,5],"tags":[104,52,49,22,107,108,105,109,106],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-apple-watch","category-fitness-watch","tag-apple-watch-locked","tag-apple-watch-restore","tag-erase-apple-watch","tag-factory-reset-apple-watch","tag-forgot-apple-watch-passcode","tag-pair-apple-watch","tag-reset-apple-watch","tag-set-up-apple-watch","tag-unlock-apple-watch-without-passcode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3482,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/3482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hikerfitgear.com\/category\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}