{"id":514248,"date":"2022-11-22T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:00:28","slug":"how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Fix the Apple Watch \u201cStorage Full\u201d Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a5a5b4497\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a5a5b4497\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_Fix_the_Apple_Watch_%E2%80%9CStorage_Full%E2%80%9D_Error%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to Fix the Apple Watch \u201cStorage Full\u201d Error&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error\/#Your_Apple_Watch_Is_Actually_Full\" >Your Apple Watch Is Actually Full<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-fix-the-apple-watch-storage-full-error\/#Your_Apple_Watch_Is_Mostly_%E2%80%9COther%E2%80%9D_Storage\" >Your Apple Watch Is Mostly \u201cOther\u201d Storage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_Fix_the_Apple_Watch_%E2%80%9CStorage_Full%E2%80%9D_Error%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to Fix the Apple Watch \u201cStorage Full\u201d Error&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-849075 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AppleWatchFull4.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"An Apple Watch displaying a &quot;Storage Full&quot; error.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"Apple\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If your Apple Watch says its storage is full, and you haven&#8217;t packed it with songs and apps, you&#8217;ll need to unpair and repair the watch to force it to clear the storage.<\/p>\n<p>If your Apple Watch is complaining the storage is full, and you\u2019ve packed it full of things, then you know what to do. But sometimes your Apple Watch will complain it\u2019s full when it shouldn\u2019t be. Here\u2019s how to fix both situations.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Apple_Watch_Is_Actually_Full\"><\/span>Your Apple Watch Is Actually Full<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve run into an issue where your Apple Watch is legitimately full of content you\u2019ve loaded onto it, then you\u2019ll simply need to remove some of that content.<\/p>\n<p>You can do so easily by opening up the Watch app on your iPhone and selecting the apps in question, such as the Photos app, Music app, Podcasts app, and so on. There you can turn off syncing, delete synced data, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>You can also remove apps you\u2019re not using too. If you have companion apps set to automatically install on your Apple Watch after you install them on your iPhone, you\u2019ll burn up a lot of storage space pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an older Apple Watch and you just don\u2019t have as much storage as you need, you might want to consider upgrading to a new Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>The light 8GB of storage found on older models might be fine for casual use, but newer models sport up to 32GB of storage which offers a lot more room for synced content and loads of apps.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Apple_Watch_Is_Mostly_%E2%80%9COther%E2%80%9D_Storage\"><\/span>Your Apple Watch Is Mostly \u201cOther\u201d Storage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this article there is a good chance you\u2019re not here because you synced too many albums or photos to your Apple Watch. In that case, the reason your watch is complaining about being full is fairly obvious and you have to delete content or upgrade your watch like we just discussed.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another situation, however, that leaves a lot of people puzzled. You\u2019ve barely put anything on your Apple Watch, and it starts complaining that you\u2019re running out of storage. That\u2019s a situation I found myself in and I was more than a little confused\u2014as I purposely only install apps on my watch if I really need them, and I hardly sync anything.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in a similar situation, you\u2019ll likely be surprised to see that upon checking your Apple Watch\u2019s storage, the majority of space is taken up by \u201cOther\u201d and not your photos, music, or app installations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-849066 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AppleWatchFull1.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"an image showing an Apple Watch with internal storage filled up by the &quot;Other&quot; category.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The issue is that at some point in the past, your Apple Watch used that space for something, such as installing an update of watchOS and failed to relinquish it.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there\u2019s no secret \u201cpurge cache\u201d menu option we can call upon to resolve the problem. Instead, we\u2019re going to unpair and repair the Apple Watch with your phone, forcing it to release the \u201cOther\u201d storage and get rid of the error message that shouldn\u2019t be there in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, open the Watch app on your iPhone, press the \u201cAll Watches\u201d text at the very top of the app interface to access your watch list. In the list, click on the information \u201ci\u201d icon next to the watch you need to unpair. In the detailed information view, click on \u201cUnpair Apple Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-849072 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AppleWatchFull2.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"images showing the steps in the Watch app to unpair an Apple Watch.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After waiting for a minute or two for the unpairing process, you can simply pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone again by following the prompts on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be prompted to either restore from a recent backup or to set up the Apple Watch as a new watch. You can do it either way. Both methods will purge the phantom \u201cOther\u201d storage. The only difference is restoring from a backup will retain your settings and on-watch data, and starting fresh will not.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re done, the storage allocation on your Apple Watch should look much more reasonable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-849073 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AppleWatchFull3.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"an image showing an Apple Watch with internal storage with the run away &quot;Other&quot; category fixed and shrunk to an appropriate size.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now the \u201cOther\u201d category is a scarce 5% of your storage instead of more than half, and you can use your Apple Watch without it chiding you to free up storage you aren\u2019t even using.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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