How to change, customize, and manage Apple Watch faces

To spice up the look of your Apple Watch, you may not want to stick with one watch face only. If you wish to easily and quickly switch different watch faces, edit them, delete ones you don’t like, and more, this brief tutorial has you covered.

Different watch faces on light background

Swipe on the current watch face to change it

After you have added multiple watch faces to “My Faces,” swipe left or right on the current Apple Watch face from any edge of the screen.

You can also press the current watch face, and it will shrink in size. Now, swipe and tap the one you want to set.

In the headings below, we show you how to add new watch faces to the My Faces section. Once you have several of them, you can swipe effortlessly to change watch faces whenever you like.

Swipe on current watch face to change it

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How to add a new watch face from the Apple Watch

Here’s how to add a new watch face to your Apple Watch from your wrist:

1) Press the current watch face, and it will shrink down.

2) Swipe left until you reach the end. From here, tap the big plus button (+).

3) Use a finger or Digital Crown to go through the many watch faces. Tap ADD next to the one you like.

4) Swipe left and right to set watch style, dial, color, complications, etc. Please note that not all watch faces offer these settings. Rotate the Digital Crown to swipe through various options.

5) Finally, press the Digital Crown until you see the new watch face.

Add new watch face on Apple Watch

Edit the current watch face

Here’s how you can edit a watch face on your Apple Watch:

  1. Press the current watch face until it shrinks down.
  2. Tap Edit. You can also swipe and choose any other watch face to edit.
  3. Set new colors, dial, style, complications, etc. Use a finger and rotate the Digital Crown to make the changes.
  4. When done, press the Digital Crown to exit the editing screen.
Edit current watch face on Apple Watch

Rearrange watch faces

Here’s how to change the order of your Apple Watch faces:

  1. Press the current watch face until it shrinks down.
  2. Touch and hold a watch face and move it left or right until you see [watch number] of [watch number] editing screen.
  3. Drag the watch face to the left or right to change its position.

Delete a watch face

Here’s how to remove a watch face from your Apple Watch:

  1. Press the current watch face until it shrinks down.
  2. Swipe up on the shrunk watch face.
  3. Tap Remove.
  4. Press the Digital Crown to return to a new watch face.
Delete a watch face on Apple Watch

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How to add new watch faces using the iPhone Watch app

Given the big iPhone screen, adding, editing, and managing Apple Watch faces from the paired iPhone is convenient. Here’s how.

1) Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap Face Gallery.

2) Scroll through to find the watch face you like and tap it.

3) Customize it using the options you see on the screen.

4) When done, tap ADD to add this watch face to your My Faces. It will also instantly change your current watch face to this one.

Add new watch face using iPhone Watch app

Edit a watch face

Here’s how you can edit an added Apple Watch face from the iPhone:

  1. Open the Watch app and tap My Watch.
  2. Swipe left in the My Faces section to find the desired watch face and tap to edit it.
  3. Make changes to its color, dial, style, complications, symbols, etc.
  4. When done, tap Set as current Watch Face.
Edit a watch face on iPhone

Change the order of watch faces

  1. Open the Watch app and ensure you are in the My Watch section.
  2. Tap Edit from the top right.
  3. Touch the hamburger icon (three short lines) and drag it up or down to change the position of the watch face.
Change order of watch faces using iPhone

Delete watch faces

Here’s how to remove a watch face using your iPhone:

Method 1:

  1. Inside the Watch app > My Watch swipe left under the My Faces section and tap one of the watch faces.
  2. Scroll to the bottom and tap Remove Watch Face.
Remove Watch Face using Watch app

Method 2:

  1. From the My Watch section of the Watch app, tap Edit next to My Faces.
  2. Tap the red minus button for a watch face > Remove > Done.
Remove watch face using iPhone

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