Whenever you back up your iPhone to iTunes or iCloud, the paired Apple Watch is automatically backed up. Hence, you don’t have to worry about backing up your smartwatch individually. To ensure junk files don’t clutter your iOS device, you need to delete your old Apple Watch backups from your iPhone from time to time.
Though the file size of Watch backup is generally not large unless it contains plenty of music and photos, it’s better to prevent unnecessary data from hacking precious storage. Based on your need, you can get rid of individual backup or clean up all the old backups of your Watch at once. Let me show you how it’s done the quick way!
How To Remove Apple Watch Backups from iPhone
Find Apple Watch Backup on iPhone
Step #1. First off, launch “Settings” app on your paired iPhone → Tap on “General.”
Step #2. Now, you need to tap on iPhone Storage.
Step #3. Next up, you will have to wait for a few seconds until the data has been loaded. Then, scroll down and tap on Watch.
Now, you can check out the App Size and the total Documents and Data stored by the Watch.
Step #4. Under Documents and Data section, you will see previous Watch backups with the date.
Delete Individual Apple Watch Backup
Simply swipe from the right to left on any Watch backup and then tap on Delete.
Alternately, tap on Edit button at the top right corner → tap on red button to the left of any backup → tap on Delete → tap on Done at the top right corner.
Delete All the Apple Watch Backups At Once from iPhone
If you want to delete all the Watch backups at once, just tap on Remove All Backups → Tap on Remove Now to confirm.
Video: How to Delete Apple Watch Backups from iPhone
Wrapping up
It’s a smart way to keep a check on the redundant backups of the Watch. Have any feedback? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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