How to Shut Down Your Apple Watch

Learn how to shut down apple watch by following these simple steps.

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Open apple watch app on your iPhone

Open the watch app on your iPhone and tap the watch tab

Tap General > Shutdown.

If you have apple watch Series 3 or later, you can also set up Emergency SOS.

Tap the My Watch tab

To shut down apple watch press and hold the side button until the Power Off slider appears. Drag the slider to the right, then wait a few seconds for your watch to turn off.

Tap General > Shut Down

First, press and hold the side button until the slider appears.

Then drag the slider to confirm that you want to turn off your device.

If you have apple watch series 3 or later, you can also choose to leave your device in power reserve mode, which conserves battery life for when you really need it. When your device is in power reserve mode, the time is still displayed, but most other features are turned off until you press the side button to turn them back on.

Press and hold the side button until the sliders appear

To shut down your Apple Watch, press and hold the side button until the sliders appear. Drag the Power Off slider to the right, then wait a few seconds for the watch to turn off.

If you can’t turn off your watch or if it doesn’t respond when you press the buttons, you may need to force restart your device. To do this, press and hold both the side button and Digital Crown simultaneously for at least 10 seconds, or until you see the Apple logo.

Drag the Power Off slider to the right

Swipe up from the bottom of the watch face to open Control Center, then drag the Power Off slider to the right.

When asked, enter your passcode

On your Apple Watch, press and hold the side button. then slide the Power Off slider to the right.
If you have a passcode set up, enter it.
Finally, press and hold the side button again to turn off your watch.

Tap Shut Down again to confirm

If you can’t turn off your Watch, press and hold the side button until you see the sliders appear, then drag the Power Off slider to the right. If your Watch has a passcode, you’ll be prompted to enter it.

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