How to Reinstall the Apple Watch App

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: August 13, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to reinstall the Apple Watch app onto your iPhone. Since the Watch app was added automatically, you may have deleted it when iOS 10 came out; if you now have an Apple Watch you'd like to pair with your iPhone, you can quickly download the Watch app from your iPhone's built-in App Store.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone's
App Store. Tap the App Store app icon, which resembles a white "A" on a light-blue background.
2
Tap Search. It's a tab in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
3
Tap the search bar. This option is the "App Store" box at the top of the screen. Doing so opens your iPhone's on-screen keyboard.
4
Search for the Watch app. Type in watch, then tap Search in the bottom-right corner of your iPhone's keyboard.
5
Find the "Watch" heading. It should be at the top of the list of apps, just right of the black-and-white Watch app icon.
- The publisher that's listed below the Watch app icon should be "Utilities".
6
Tap the "Download"
icon. It's to the right of the "Watch" heading. Doing so will prompt the Watch app to re-download onto your iPhone.
- If prompted to verify this step, you'll need to enter your Touch ID or Apple ID password.

Warnings

It is impossible to delete the Apple Watch app from your iPhone without first unpairing your Apple Watch from the iPhone.

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