How to Upgrade to Your New Apple Watch Without Losing Data From WatchOS 6

All set to change from your Collection 4 or one more Apple Watch to your new Series 5? Read along for how to upgrade to your brand-new Apple Watch without shedding data from watchOS 6

Apple Watch back-ups are a bit harder than apple iphone back-ups. That's since they take place automatically as well as are minimized the iPhone your Apple Watch is paired with however there's no location in Setups to by hand back up your Apple Watch or see when the last vehicle backup took place.

If you're already running watchOS 6 on your current Apple Watch, the circumstance is a bit extra complicated since that indicates you're likewise running iOS 13 on your existing iPhone.

How to Upgrade to Your New Apple Watch Without Losing Data From WatchOS 6

How to upgrade to your new Apple Watch without losing data from watchOS 6

Alternative 1


  1. If you're also updating your iPhone, see to it to set that up first
  2. Since you're probably coming from the iphone 13.1 beta you'll need to set your new apple iphone up as brand-new, set up the iOS 13.1 beta profile, reset your apple iphone, set it up once again, after that bring back from your back-up
  3. Open up the Watch app on apple iphone to start the pairing procedure
  4. Power on your new Apple Watch and also look for the pairing round code, comply with the triggers
  5. When asked, choose to recover your brand-new Apple Watch from a backup and also choose one of the most recent one
  6. If you're not seeing a back-up available from your newest iPhone backup, follow along with alternative 2 below

Alternative 2

Because an Apple Watch back-up does not occur with every iCloud or iTunes back-up with your apple iphone, you may want to require an Apple Watch backup.

  1. Keep your paired Apple Watch as well as existing apple iphone close together
  2. Open up the Watch app on your apple iphone
  3. Tap your watch at the top, then tap the "i" on the right side
  4. Faucet Unpair Apple Watch (throughout the unpairing procedure your Apple Watch will certainly do a fresh back-up to your iPhone).
  5. Adhere to the motivates to unpair your existing Watch.
  6. Do a fresh iCloud or iTunes back-up on your existing apple iphone.
  7. Now recover your brand-new apple iphone with the current back-up.
  8. Open the Watch application on your brand-new iPhone to begin the pairing procedure.
  9. Power on your brand-new Apple Watch and also look for the pairing round code, adhere to the prompts.
  10. When asked, choose to restore your brand-new Apple Watch from a backup and pick one of the most current one.

You can leave your existing Apple Watch paired with your apple iphone and also combine your new watch as a 2nd watch. Just tap your current watch in the Watch application, after that the "i" then "Set New Watch" as seen over.