Change the watch face on your Apple Watch

Learn how to choose different designs, adjust the colors, and add information to your watch face with complications.

Alternating designs on Apple Watch face

How to switch the watch face on your Apple Watch

  1. If your Apple Watch isn't already showing a watch face, press the Digital Crown until your watch face is displayed.
  2. From your watch face, swipe left or right from edge to edge to see the watch faces that you've added to your faces.
  3. Stop when you get to the watch face that you want to use. 

Learn about all the Apple Watch faces and their features.

Not all watch faces are available in all countries or regions. Hermes watch faces are only available on Hermes watches. Starting with watchOS 9, Nike watch faces are available on all watches, except on Hermes watches.

How to customize the watch face on your Apple Watch

  1. If your Apple Watch isn't already showing a watch face, press the Digital Crown until your watch face is displayed.
  2. Touch and hold the display.
  3. Swipe left or right to choose a watch face, then tap Edit. 
  4. Swipe left or right to select a feature, then turn the Digital Crown to change it. For example, you might change the color of the second hand or the markings on the watch face. 
    Apple Watch face showing timescale
  5. Swipe all the way to the left to edit complications, which you can use to check things like the weather, your activity, or information from other apps that you installed. Tap a complication to select it, then turn the Digital Crown to review available complication options. Tap the desired complication to select it.
    Apple Watch face showing complications
  6. When you’re finished, press the Digital Crown to save your changes. 
  7. Tap the watch face to set it as your current face.

Apple Watch face showing a plus button to add a watch face 

How to add a watch face to your available faces

  1. If your Apple Watch isn't already showing a watch face, press the Digital Crown until your watch face is displayed.
  2. Touch and hold the display, swipe all the way to the right, then tap the add button the Plus icon.
  3. Turn the Digital Crown to browse all watch faces.
  4. When you find a watch face that you like, tap Add. If the watch face has no options for customization, it becomes your current watch face immediately. Otherwise, you can swipe through and adjust available features like colors and complications.
  5. Press the Digital Crown twice to go to your newly added watch face.

Apple Watch face showing a remove button to remove a watch face 

How to delete a watch face from your Apple Watch

  1. Go to your current watch face, then touch and hold the display.
  2. Swipe left or right to the watch face that you want to remove. 
  3. Swipe up and tap Remove.

Learn more

With watchOS 7 and later, you can share watch faces with others. 

Learn about time settings for Apple Watch, including how to set up 24-hour time on your watch and how to set the watch face ahead of the actual time. 

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