Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Alarms
- Audiobooks
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- Music Recognition
- News
- Now Playing
- Remote
- Shortcuts
- Siren
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Tides
- Timers
- Use the Tips app
- Translate
- Vitals
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
- World Clock
- Copyright and trademarks
View app settings and storage on Apple Watch
You can customize how your apps work by adjusting their settings, and you can view how much storage space your apps are using.
Change app settings
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.
Scroll down to see apps you installed.
Tap an app to change its settings.
You can also go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, scroll down to the apps, then tap an app to change its settings. Some settings can only be changed in the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Change content and privacy restrictions
Some restrictions you set on your iPhone in Content & Privacy Restrictions also affect Apple Watch. For example, if you disable Camera on your iPhone, the Camera Remote icon is removed from the Apple Watch Home Screen.
To adjust these settings, use your iPhone.
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap Screen Time, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions, then adjust the restrictions.
Check storage used by apps
You can see how the total amount of storage used, the amount remaining, and how much storage each app uses on Apple Watch.
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap General, then tap Storage.
You can also check the storage on your iPhone—go to the Apple Watch app , tap My Watch, tap General, then tap Storage.