How to pair and unpair an Apple Watch and iPhone

Perhaps you just got a new Apple Watch Series 5 and you're planning to sell your old Series 3. You need to disconnect your old Apple Watch from your iPhone and then connect the new one.
In this video, I walk you through how to pair an Apple Watch to your iPhone, as well as how to unpair your old one and erase it. I’ll even show you how to connect and disconnect your Apple Watch over a cellular network such as AT&T or Verizon.
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i feel like this guy is a friend of Adam sandler

[@hange6553]

LMAO WHAT

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Hahah for real

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Lmaooooooo

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Lost twin instead hahahahaha

[@emmamorgan2114]

I’m having a mental breakdown trying to figure this out so I’m just gonna ask that one dude at the mall tomorrow

[@alyssaowings7568]

I've been messing with mine for 3 hours and it is still not working. and I'm not an idiot so I'm like ????

[@carsonhoyle1400]

Emma Morgan FOR REAL!!😂

[@GiannaCiaramello]

me too I am so confused haha

[@sh4tha]

its been 10 months, has it worked yet?

[@robertclark853]

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[@alb4030]

Mine doesnt wanna pair with my iphone 11 pro, even manually there shows up no code

[@GabeDavid]

Reset watch first!

[@alb4030]

Gabe David still didnt work, got it replaced

[@bobbie-jo2855]

Me too idk what to do

[@laurasanroman2718]

Same

[@kkgarxyt3309]

F30_Osman same

[@emi1y]

Pretty cheesy but it did finally help me figure out how to switch my watch from one phone to another.

[@lilly7346]

i’ve been having the same problem

[@katiea7175]

@@lilly7346 same

[@imadsaad8371]

Same problem

[@meek4076]

Thanks i went from an iphone 8 to an iphone 11 pro and i didnt know how to disconnect the apple watch

[@wanbawmcgraw]

How do I connect my Apple Watch as it’s connected to my old phone and that’s broken and I want to connect it to my new phone

[@ellashute8013]

NOTHING CHANNEL DEAD go to general settings and scroll all the way down until you see erase than erase everything and your all set 😊 that’s what I had to do lol

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Ella Maria thank youuuuu❤️❤️❤️

[@akshaydalvi2317]

@@ellashute8013 Thank You!

[@vanessag3]

Ella Maria on the Apple Watch or the iPhone??

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Vanessa Garcia Apple Watch

[@JohnMaiko]

This is a pretty amusing guy

[@aljashami9872]

I just ordered it can’t wait 🤩🤩🤩

[@wildhog3217]

How to re-pair your Iwatch that is paired with a locked/disabled Iphone and cant get it unlock in order to pair with another Iphone?

[@myrawilliams6519]

I am having trouble pairing. It took 3 hrs to download and pair, then it said can not pair , not connected to WiFi but my phone is. Been trying for 3 days :(

[@stephaniea1510]

How do you remove an activation lock? What does previous owner need to do?

[@kryptonite702]

It says my phone needs to be updated but I’m on the latest update...

[@dimples1008]

Same here and it dont show done when it’s done updating.

[@botmachine7736]

rip

[@04rit]

Dude, your sense of humour rocks! lol. Am I alone or this guy looks like a funny version of Tom Hanks ?

[@candaceandrews218]

Thank you, very helpful!

[@harishmsd4380]

Is it possible to connect apple watch 6 cellular model to iphone with bluetooth connectivity or we need to connect only through cellular connectivity?

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underrated

[@Tighe715]

Thankyou this was very helpful and I like his attitude so for that I subscribed

[@the2strokeguy447]

I officially love this guy

[@dominickmiller9528]

i officially hate this guy.

[@garydeandeery]

Having trouble pair the watch to the phone with the camera any idea

[@nickpaulo5202]

I got non cellular do I have to connect my watch to my phone Bluetooth or no just use it if have my phone on me

[@teag8652]

i got a series 4 apple watch for xmas and at the time my phone was broken and it was getting fixed so i set my apple watch up with my moms phone and now it’s not letting me repair it with my phone

[@godhelp7020]

I just subscribe because I like how he talks lol I hope this video will help

[@teenymak69]

I got mine secondhand and it’s telling me when I go to pair that the Apple ID and password isn’t the one that originally paired with the phone any ideas the old owner said they had erased all content and. settings and doesn’t have any idea what went wrong

[@falconeye577]

how do you get the partials on the watch

[@exoticb7317]

Hi, I got a new iPhone but my Apple Watch still seems to be active but doesn’t show if it is paired to another iPhone or not. Is there I way I can just pair it with my new phone without having to erase everything?

[@SteveH-TN]

Replacing lost Apple Watch 5! Your video was very helpful! Thanks

[@jmgonzalez1959]

So say I buy an Apple Watch from my friend I can just do this and it’ll work?

[@nashcarlos]

I now know your password lol

[@mariarobinson6711]

Creepy

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How

[@chapthanthunderkid1235]

It might be a accident

[@nathandrake5688]

Where type the time will you?

[@aylakennedy3016]

lol same

[@toolie5739]

I’ve got a 2nd hand Apple Watch but I can’t update the software on my phone… says I’m not connected to internet… tried all the troubleshooting stuff to no avail… any insight on what I should do

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So helpful and very fun to watch, keep it up!!🎉

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Best video I seen in years 🎉🎉🎉 Ty my man……

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Thank you dude ❤️

[@nickpaulo5202]

It comes with the charger cable? And what else

[@TheRekows]

Does this work on iPhones 6s

[@longbun4067]

I have a problem where when finish scanning the Apple Watch it would ask for a software update or something like that and when I agree to the update it would some kind of error and won’t be able to update

[@quxxkzmini6939]

I got Apple Watch 3 series but l sold my old iPhone with out unpaired so l need to pair with my new phone but l can't have you got any idea how can l do ?

[@iyinsabreen9113]

Do we NEED an IPhone if we are using the Apple Watch or we can use other devices?

[@ewashichi5955]

Also I have tried using iTunes to reset my old iPhone which hung up with a flashing apple logo on the screen. All attempt to restore / update have failed. Gone through this circle many times. Can you help ?

[@tootone2357]

Good look bro laugh and got my watch paired

[@ilovebrean]

Is there a way you can do this when your phone screen iw broken and cant use it

[@silentpaquette1385]

WhT if I do if I switch phones but my watch was already connected to that phone

[@R0gan_Sh0rts]

Reset your watch I would recommend that u watch a KZbin vid on that Then u will be able to pair with your new phone

[@R0gan_Sh0rts]

To un link go on you watch: settings, general then click reset

[@dannyb723]

How should this take? Mine is taking a long time?

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He is goofy and Funny 😁 and He make me Laugh 😂

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anyone who uses Don Knotts as wallpaper is cool : )

[@gigihickman77]

He’s funny

[@winningtravle7495]

Dose this all apply to the GPS version because thar are 2 version

[@Rab43ful]

My iPhone 11 wiped yesterday, now I want to re-pair my Apple Watch. How do I do that?

[@alanaalbanese4585]

How do u get the circle spin thing

[@taylorsokic4464]

That really helped thank you!

[@densemagic1]

Ohh i love how you did this vid. Its so entertaining and informative!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼thank you

[@mr.t.3689]

Cool! It worked. Thank you very much.

[@Mj-ir6je]

Is deleting contact from iphone automatically deletes from iwatch also ????

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The icon won’t come up on my cell Apple 12 to connect to Nike watch ?? Need your help please .

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What if you no longer have the iPhone it was. Set up with?

[@FreewayJ]

Can I use it with a straight talk phone ?

[@hotdadslovecami]

What if u got a new phone and forgot to do this before u got rid of the old phone can u still do it

[@TrentYoung]

I know this was an old one... however, your humor kept me in there to watch. Finally after a couple hours of messing with this watch, you got me calmed down and got me where I need to be pretty darn quick. You never know where you saved someone lots of heartache... but you did me. I graciously and humbly thank you.....

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How tf you verified

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[@D0LF1NN.]

I just got given an Apple Watch from my brother and I’m trying to set it up. It keeps saying that it needs an update but it’s not connected to the Internet and I have no clue what to do can anyone help

[@GadgetsArise]

I came here from CNET actually, btw pretty useful video!

[@edenfulmer]

How Apple Watch series 7 set up

[@GabeDavid]

IMPORTANT: IF U BUY A NEW IPHONE, YOU HAVE TO RESET YOUR APPLE WATCH FIRST!

[@jackruss4826]

Thank you thank you

[@lilianav4757]

No😭😭😭

[@madisonsmith9996]

Ur kidding right I just got a new phone and I didn’t do it

[@GabeDavid]

@@madisonsmith9996 ur kidding right? its a one year old post. since then was 10 ios update minimum.

[@jeryllmedina2370]

I have that in cp but what app in i watch?

[@emeritusI]

I’m not gonna even need any of his other videos but I subscribed because this is the coolest KZbin ever

[@leontaetownsend5628]

My watch keeps saying “connecting to your iPhone this will take a moment”. And nothing EVER HAPPENS 😭😭😭😔

[@matthewabel8961]

same feel you

[@ellismartinez4926]

@@matthewabel8961 same

[@20yearsago]

It’ll eventually work trust me that shit happened to me lol

[@belpri633]

Make sure your companion iPhone is up to date, that your Bluetooth is enabled and that your internet connection is working.

[@samuelsamzy5679]

I was having difficulties In pairing my apple watch with my iPhone but with the help of *cybersmarthacks* on Instagram it could now work perfectly in just a period of time

[@rossradford7906]

Bad instructions. You missed out how to get the pairing stuff up and to make sure Bluetooth is on

[@alluringpahpie261]

I got a locked Apple Watch but I got it unlocked from david_fred10_ on Instagram Thanks to him

[@manjulfullel6252]

Good job and thank's of teaching

[@katiemason4245]

I need help, when I paired it all my watch faces I had on the app were gone but they were on my watch. I made new ones but they are not coming up on my watch.

[@damianperez1074]

Try using walkie talkie iPhone watch but it says requires iPhone doesn’t any ideas?

[@Jason1904]

Thank you it worked perfectly. I didn’t know how I had to reset it in the Apple Watch also. Thanks again.

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Please keep going you are the besttttt♥️

[@kiantecollins8324]

I should have watched this video first 😭😭

[@thembadube9206]

More jokes than actual user advice in this video… but thanks you nailed by 2:42 unpairing thanks

[@austinmcbroom9175]

What if I didn’t erase my data and only unpair my iPhone will they still be able to access my data? Please respond

[@julianaguila7464]

Well yeah, that's what we expected

[@iamDesmondSoon]

Funny and informative thanks

[@Jakesmith-ni1ec]

how would i unpair it from a broken iphone?

[@alluringpahpie261]

I got a locked Apple Watch but I got it unlocked from david_fred10_ on Instagram Thanks to him

[@jacqueskagiraneza6419]

I like this dude 😂😂

[@Garutevlogs]

I have my new iphone 12 promax and my apple watch is series 3 but always ask for updating can someone help me

[@jeryllmedina2370]

What app need to connect my i watch

[@TheGreenac12]

Factory settings ?

[@Freakazoid23]

I have a question... if i pair a apple watch to my iphone, can i still use wireless headphones while the watch is paired to my phone ?

[@playz857]

Ofc!

[@zchesiq]

the humour is sensational, i just subscribed :))

[@taybreealohilani]

i unpaired my watch from my old phone cause i got a new one (iphone 11) and it won’t pair with my new phone i’m getting frustrated someone help me please

[@oluwafemipeter5575]

Taybree ‘Alohilani Keep taking your Apple Watch to David_fred10_ on Instagram he’s very reliable to work with

[@teag8652]

same

[@RealestBoxy]

reset your apple watch to factory settings

[@giannafrances3657]

thank you

[@botmachine7736]

thanks

[@peregrine68]

Nice work !

[@AristocraftBoats]

Holy crap. Best video ever. I still can’t unpair my watch. But the video still kicks ass.

[@prodpurl]

😂😂😭😭

[@forzaly6535]

Super useful and funny!

[@oliviaalvarez1458]

My Apple Watch works but I am not receiving notification, Text, or calls on my watch when it comes in on my phone. How can I make it show on my watch

[@ewashichi5955]

Please, my watch is paired to another iPhone that stopped suddenly . I got a new phone but I can’t get them connected. Can you help ?

[@lux-nx3dw]

Thank you so much!! I was going insane 😓 very good tutorial super helpful

[@nati7054]

Tysm it really helps

[@jamesroche6138]

If I just want to use my Apple Watch with a new phone do I just unlink from old phone on watch app and link with new phone?

[@Elfreda468]

Contact *iCloudperfect* 0ñ 1G he has the best Apple Watch tools,he fix mine perfectly

[@shmvlogs8668]

Thank you!

[@l4layaaa._]

What if you lose your old phone and get a new phone and try to pair your apple watch??

[@l4layaaa._]

Nvm guys just backup your new phone to your old phone and it’s going to ask do you want to pair the watch with it

[@david24871]

Thanks! My AppleiWatch battery was lasting only 6 hours at the most. I was advised to pair and unpair to try and fix the problem. It did the trick with the help of your good advice. Thanks again.

[@aayushagurung9250]

I can’t pair my series 3 Apple Watch with my iPhone 11 ,it says that the series 3 version is old .any solutions?

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I had same issues but got it fixed with the help of hackbloc16 on ¡nsta. Dude is such a genius

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Very entertaining videos I have i appreciate that and I subscribed

[@kristian8970]

I’ve been waiting for 2 hours after holding the side button, all I see is the Apple logo, should I be worried?

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yes