Detailed Guide to Remove Activation Lock on Apple Watch

Activation Lock feature on your Apple Watch is a part of Apple's Find My service that is mainly used for protecting your personal data and preventing anyone else from using your Apple Watch when it is lost or stolen.

If you purchased a refurbished Apple watch, you may get an Apple Watch with other’s activation lock. How to get rid of someone else's Apple ID on Apple Watch? The following post will show you how to remove activation lock on Apple Watch.

1. Remove Activation Lock on Apple Watch

It will be quite simple to remove activation lock on your Apple Watch. If you need to turn off and get rid of someone else's Apple ID on your Apple Watch, you may require the previous owner’s consent. You need to sign in the iCloud account to take activation lock off Apple Watch.

Step 1Open the web browser on your computer and go to the official iCloud site. Sign in with the iCloud account associated with your Apple Watch.

If you want to turn off Apple Watch activation lock still linked to previous owner, you should ask the previous owner to deactivate Apple account from the device.

Step 2Choose the Find iPhone option and then click on All Devices on top of the page. Now you can see all related iOS devices synced with this iCloud account.

Step 3Select your Apple Watch and then click Erase Apple Watch. Now you get a prompt message saying that if you want to erase this Apple Watch, click on the Erase button to confirm your operation.

2. Unpair Apple Watch to Turn Off Activation Lock

It will be quite simple to remove activation lock on your Apple Watch. If you need to turn off and get rid of someone else's Apple ID on your Apple Watch, you may require the previous owner’s consent. You need to sign in the iCloud account to take activation lock off Apple Watch.

Step 1Open the web browser on your computer and go to the official iCloud site. Sign in with the iCloud account associated with your Apple Watch.

If you want to turn off Apple Watch activation lock still linked to previous owner, you should ask the previous owner to deactivate Apple account from the device.

Step 2Choose the Find iPhone option and then click on All Devices on top of the page. Now you can see all related iOS devices synced with this iCloud account.

Step 3Select your Apple Watch and then click Erase Apple Watch. Now you get a prompt message saying that if you want to erase this Apple Watch, click on the Erase button to confirm your operation.

3. FAQs of Apple Watch iCloud Unlock

You can learn 3 useful methods to fix the Update unavailable with this Apple ID error in this post. If We have mainly talked about the Apple Watch iCloud unlock in this post. You can learn 2 simple but effective ways to remove activation lock on your Apple Watch. For more question about the activation lock, you can leave us a message.