If it’s been on for several days or you don’t have a charger nearby, you can turn off your Apple Watch to save or extend its battery. For this reason, We will show you the steps to turn off this device.
Steps to turn off an Apple Watch
Turning off an Apple Watch isn’t usually necessary, but if you want to, just follow these steps:
- Turn on your Apple Watch screen. You can do this by raising your wrist or pressing one of the buttons on the right side.
- Locate the oval button which is under the digital crown.
- Hold it down for a while until a menu appears.
- In the watchOS 9 operating system version, tap the power off icon at the top right of the screen. In previous versions, this step is not necessary.
- Slide the switch that says “turn off the device” located at the top.
Wait a few moments for the device to turn off. Before that, the screen will reflect the Apple logo and after that, the Apple Watch will be off.
It should be noted that even if the device is turned off, you can continue to see the time. To achieve this, all you need to do is press and hold the Digital Crown.
To turn it back on, just long press the side button until the Apple logo appears on the screen. You can’t turn off an Apple Watch while it’s charging. If you want to turn it off, you must first disconnect it from its charger.
