If you have an Apple Watch that you want to sell or give to another person, you need to know how to reset Apple Watch at factory settings. You must know that a simple reset in the watch menu is not enough.
From the Apple Watch from Settings → Genereal → Reset You can delete all the content and reset the clock, but if Activation Lock (Unlocking code) is active, it will remain after initialization. This way, if Apple Watch is stolen or lost, no one else will be able to use it.
The total reset of a Apple Watch that you want to sell or give to another person, can only be done with the help of iPhone. Unpair.
How do you reset Apple Watch to factory settings and disable Action Lock
First of all you have to have at hand the iPhone with which Apple Watch is synchronized. Pair.
1. Open the application Watch from the iPhone and on the first page of settings (My Watch), press left up on All Watches.
2. Press on the sign with “i” From the Apple Watch law that you want to reset totally and delete everything from your account. In my example I want to eliminate Apple Watch Aluminum 44mm Case.
Unpair Apple Watch.
3. Confirm UNPAIR Apple Watch then enter your password Apple ID (icloud) and wait until the process is completed ”Unpairing Apple Watch“.
After this reset Apple Watch can be sold or offered to someone else. The clock is deleted from your Apple account with all the data and settings on it.
