Apple Watch: How to power on, off, and hard reset

We show you how to do the basics, power on, and power off. But did you know that you can hard reset (force reboot) the Apple Watch just like the iPhone and iPad?

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Apple Watch: How to power on, off, and hard reset

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[vililuh]

I did force restart and I will not turn back on please help

[UsmanKhan-nptw]

*clonetoolzz* is the best recommendation if you need help unlocking your device from activation lock.

[gigegigi]

Help needed. Bought an iwatch for someone who linked to their phone. I have the watch now but they refused to unlock with their phone. How can I get this watch paired to another phone without having their apple id or password?

[rainapatricks]

*clonetoolzz* took off the activation lock of my sisters device in less than an hour.

[joellebertolet]

This was great. Very clear and I loved that he waited for the reboot in realtime!

[shirleywitcher]

You have saved me! My watch had a ring that would not stop even after trying the control panel the bell and the moon). Now I will take my Excedrin and relax. Thank you very much!

[Southern_sunflower]

My Apple Watch was having trouble and first video I clicked on and now my watch is working again!! Thank you Jeff (hope I spelled it right)

[salehbaeesamd]

Great video. My watch suddenly went off, and I got it back simply with the above info. Thanks.

[carlo]

My Apple Watch 5 have a dark screen, I hear but I can not see nothing, what can I do.

[reignanthony]

Finally this one worked. All other videos I watched it didn’t work.but this one did thank you very much

[annreier]

Thanks Jeff - my apple face was just blank and wouldn’t come on until you explained how to reset!! Thanks so much!!!

[ashleyguadalupehernandez]

Finally I'm legit using my iwatch seriws 4. Philipfedric unlocked it and he took the previous icloud off.

[suzannebelden]

So glad to see your video. My watch was ringing and wouldn’t stop after a phone call! Thank you thank you

[janetbradley]

I don’t have my iCloud for my Apple Watch or my email how do you first to fix that

[harrietbrichta]

It worked. Mine didn't take as long to restart. Thank you.

[marvelfinance]

U saved my life bro through that hard reset
My watch completely stopped working after the power reserve mode was turned on

[johnsmetzer]

Thanks for the information about hard reset. When I took my Apple Watch off of the charger in the morning, the screen was black. So I tried to turn it on, but nothing happened. I assumed that the watch was dead and would have to be replaced or repaired. I did the hard reset and voila the apple logo appeared. It took a while, but it finally turned on. Thanks again!

[kryptonia]

I’m glad I found your video. I got my Apple Watch series 4 Friday and the battery died and it would not come back on. Did the force reset and now everything is fine. 👍

[pinkflowerjendarling]

The reset helped me! I was wearing yesterday and it shut off at night. I put it to charge for a while and it didn’t turn on. It was weird because it was pitch black and the device was hot. I new something was wrong. I was looking up apple stores, and decide to looking into YouTube before I went. Then I came upon your video. Thank you for making this video, I almost had a little panic attack because it didn’t want to work.

[hunnuly]

U saved my life with the hard reset. Thank u so much! ☺️