The final guide to organize your applications in Apple Watch

Try to know CHow to organize applications in your Apple Watch? If you have an Apple Watch and you like everything under control, surely on several occasions, you have wondered how applications can be organized on your watch to access your favorites more quickly, eliminate those you do not use or personalize it to your taste. Although it seems simple, there are several options and functions that allow you to leave the home screen to your measurement, manage the quay and even control applications from the linked iPhone.

Throughout this article, we will explain Each way of organizing applications in your Apple WatchStep by step, and with all the tips and details that most guides do not mention. We will see how you can modify the visualization, move the icons, eliminate, restore them, manage them from the mobile and personalize the quay to always have what you use most. If you want to get the most out of your Apple Watch, keep reading!

How are applications in Apple Watch?

Apple Watch offers two main ways to display applications on the home screen: View of the grid Y List display. When you define your watch for the first time, you can choose the one you like the most, but there is always the option of going from one to the other at any time. Each of these views has its advantages and allows you to organize your applications differently.

Modify visualization of applications

To alternate between the view of the grid and the view of the list, you just have to follow these simple steps:

• Press the crown crown to access the home screen.
• Turn the crown of the crown until the end of the screen, where you can choose the visualization you prefer.
• Select “Grille view” (floating and group icons) or “List display” (Lists alphabetically).

You can also change this configuration from the Adjust of the Apple Watch. You just have to play in “Applies of applications” and select your favorite option. Each visualization mode has its advantages. The grid is more colorful and customizable, while the list is more ordered and fast to find concrete applications.

Before continuing, we recommend that you update the Watchos to the latest version because there are many changes. To do this, we quickly leave you step by step on how to update your Apple Watch software.

Organize applications for grids

If you prefer the view of the grid because you like to move between icons and put your favorite applications in the center, it's possible Move and reorganize applications in your own way. You can do it:

• Press the crown crown to open the home screen.
• Keep your index on the application icon you want to move. You will see that the icons start to move slightly, indicating that you can modify them.
• Without lifting your finger, sliding the icon to the desired position inside the grid. You can put the most used icons near the center, for example.
• When you have finished complying with your applications, press the crown crown to record the changes and get out of the editing mode.

This method is fast and very visual, ideal if you want to have immediate access to the functions you use daily. If you have many applications, organization by colors or categories can help you find what you are looking for without wasting time.

How to organize iPhone applications

You don't need to do everything from the small clock screen. Apple allows Manage the provision of applications From your Apple Watch watch itself that comes to your iPhone:

• Access the “Apple Watch” application on your iPhone.
• He plays the “My Clock” tab and enters the “Application Applications” section.
• You will see all the icons of your applications represented on the screen, as well as on the clock.
• The extended press on any application and drag it to move it wherever you want.
• When you are satisfied, the changes will be automatically reflected in your Apple Watch.

It is a more comfortable and precise option for those who prefer to manage from the mobile or that many applications install. In addition, it allows you to make changes quickly without touching the small screen of the clock.

Automatic organization in the list

If you opt for the List displayThe organization is much simpler, although also less customizable. In this way, all applications seem ordered alphabetically And you cannot change the position manually. This facilitates the rapid location of applications, because they will always be in the same order, no matter when you install them or used for the last time.

To change for the list, you only have to:

• Press the crown crown to display the home screen.
• Turn the digital crown or the slide at the end and select “List Vistée”.

This is the favorite option for those looking Simplicity and speed during navigation between many applicationsEspecially if they find it difficult to manage the grid.

Eliminate Apple Watch applications

If you have applications that you do not use, it is better to get rid of them to gain clarity and, moreover, Save storage space. There are several methods to delete Apple Watch applications:

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• In the view of the grid: keep the icon of the application you want to delete. When the icons start to move, touch the small “X” icon or the option to eliminate, then confirm the operation. When you finish, press Crown Digital to get out of the editing mode.
• In the view of the list: Slide your finger to the left on the application you want to delete and click on the Delete button (a tank or “X” will appear).

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• Access the “Apple Watch” application on your iPhone.
• In “My Watch”, go to the list of installed applications.
• If there are third partial applications, by clicking on it, you will see the option “Display the application in the Apple Watch”. If deactivation, the application will disappear from the clock (although it will continue on your iPhone, unless you also eliminate it).

Remember that If you eliminate an application on your iPhone also disappears from the clockAlthough this does not happen back. In other words, you can have applications on the iPhone that are not on the clock, but not the opposite. If you want later Restore a deleted applicationJust download it again from the App Store, both on the mobile and the clock.

Customize the Apple Watch platform

The platform (also called application selector) is the function that allows Quickly access your most recent or favorite applications. Configure it according to your needs will speed up your daily routines. You can choose between displaying the applications you have used recently or a maximum of 10 favorite applications selected by you.

To access the platform:

• Double-click the crown Crown Digital Crown (in Watchos 9 and previously, you must press the side button).

In the platform, you can move between active or selected applications, open or close them. Quay management It allows you to adapt it to your way of using the clock:

• From the Apple Watch application on the iPhone, go to the “My Clock” tab and select “Dock”.
• You can choose between “recent” (watch the latest applications used) or “favorite” (only the ones you add manually).
• If you select “Favorites”, you can choose up to 10 applications and order them to your liking.
• To add an application to the home station, click “Add” and to delete it, click on the Eliminan icon next to the name.
• To reorganize, keep the button next to the application and crack or crack on the list. When you have finished, click “OK” to save the changes.

This function is very useful for those who use Apple Watch as a work or health tool, because it allows you to always have essential applications, such as messages, activity, music or training.

Advice for better organization

• Groups by functions. Place applications related to sport, productivity, music or health to find them quickly.
• Eliminate what you don't use. Do not hesitate to erase the applications that you do not use. You can always reinstall them in the App Store if you need them again.
• Update your quay favorites. Periodically check which applications you have on the platform and if you really use them daily.
• Personalize from the iPhone. Take advantage of the Apple Watch application to make changes with greater precision and speed.

Frequent questions about the organization of applications

• Can I create application files like on the iPhone? No, for the moment, the Apple Watch does not allow you to create files, but you can organize and reorganize to your taste in the grid.
• What happens if I eliminate an integrated Apple application? Some integrated applications can be deleted and reintegrated from the App Store, but not all.
• Does the organization remain in the event of a clock change? If a backup rests, most adjustments, including the applications and the arrangement installed, are kept.
• Can applications be hidden without erasing them? No, you can only eliminate them Apple Watch, but they will continue to be on the iPhone if you do not delete them there.

Advanced management: recommendations and tricks

If you are an advanced user or if you have an Apple watch with many installed applications, here Some additional recommendations::

• Use the grid view to put the most used applications in the center and groups by colors to identify more quickly.
• In the view of the list, memorizing the position of the most common applications: being in alphabetical order will always be where you leave them.
• Do not forget to periodically clean the applications you have installed to try and no longer use, especially in watches with little storage.
• If you are one of those who change many applications or test new versions of Watchos, have the “recent” quay configured to always access the last you have opened.
• Remember that if you change the main language of your clock, the list view will be moved according to the new alphabetical order.