How to Unlock Apple Watch If Forgot The Passcode
If the Apple Watch is locked and you forgot its password, how can you unlock it without a passcode? The only way to unlock your locked Apple watch is to reset it. And you have multiple ways to finish the task.
- How to Unlock Your Apple Watch When Forgot Passcode
- Way 1: Reset Your Apple Watch without iPhone
- Way 2: Reset Your Apple Watch with a Paired iPhone
- Tips: What to do if you forgot iPhone passcode?
Way 1: Reset Your Apple Watch without iPhone
In this way, you can unlock Apple Watch by erasing all content and settings. But you can not remove the Activation Lock on it.
Step 1: Charge your watch and then make it in charge mode during this process.
Step 2: Press and keep holding the side button. When you see the power button in the upper-right corner, release it.
Step 3: Press and keep holding the Digital Crown button. You can release it when Erase all content and settings option appears on the watch.
Step 4: Tap Reset and then tap it again for confirmation.
Step 5: Wait patiently until the reset process ends. After that, you can set up your Apple Watch.
Way 2: Reset Your Apple Watch with a Paired iPhone
Your Apple Watch could be disabled if you forgot Apple Watch passcode or entered an incorrect passcode too many times. Then you can have another solution to unlock your Apple Watch—use the Apple Watch app on the paired iPhone, which allow you to enter the passcode again.
However if you still can’t remember the passcode, you can unlock your Apple Watch by resetting Apple Watch Settings, then reset the passcode, and restore Apple Watch from a backup. Yes, it will case the content and settings on Apple Watch erased. But you can use a backup to replace the data and setting after that.
Tip: If Erase Data is turned on, the data on your Apple Watch is erased after 10 failed passcode attempts.
Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, go to General > Reset, then tap Erase Apple Watch Content and Settings.
After the reset finishes and Apple Watch restarts, you are able to unlock the Apple Watch.
You need to pair Apple Watch with iPhone again—open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, then follow the instructions shown on iPhone and Apple Watch.
Tips: What to do if you forgot iPhone passcode?
If you forgot the iPhone passcode and the iPhone turns to be disabled or unavailable, you can not use it to reset the Apple Watch. How can you unlock the iPhone without a passcode? You can also reset the locked iPhone in multiple ways. Check here: Forgot iPhone Passcode—How to Unlock It.
