Questions from a newbie on resetting an Apple Watch

[donawalt]

Hi, I hope you can help me. I am experienced with Macs, iPhones, and iPads, but never had an Apple Watch - yet 😉

My questions is this - my daughter dropped off her old Apple Watch for me to factory reset it, and trade it in for her. Not being experienced with a Watch, I fumbles\d around with it a little - I don't even know what state it was in. I never saw a face with apps etc on it. Maybe she had reset it a while ago? It's a Watch 4 - she got a Watch 9 when they came out.

I do know that now if I put my iPhone near it, it asks to be paired.

This picture is what it looks like (circling through multiple languages) if I just press the crown on the right side and let go:

If I then press and hold the crown on the right side, it looks like this:

If I Press Reset, I pretty quickly get this:

So is the Watch factory reset, or is there something else I should do? I don't see a way to do anything else, actually!

Thank you for your help!

 

[jz0309]

Hi, I hope you can help me. I am experienced with Macs, iPhones, and iPads, but never had an Apple Watch - yet 😉

My questions is this - my daughter dropped off her old Apple Watch for me to factory reset it, and trade it in for her. Not being experienced with a Watch, I fumbles\d around with it a little - I don't even know what state it was in. I never saw a face with apps etc on it. Maybe she had reset it a while ago? It's a Watch 4 - she got a Watch 9 when they came out.

I do know that now if I put my iPhone near it, it asks to be paired.

This picture is what it looks like (circling through multiple languages) if I just press the crown on the right side and let go:
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If I then press and hold the crown on the right side, it looks like this:

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If I Press Reset, I pretty quickly get this:

View attachment 2363641

So is the Watch factory reset, or is there something else I should do? I don't see a way to do anything else, actually!

Thank you for your help!

Yes, it’s already un-paired which is the same as factory reset. It’s ready to trade in

 

[P_Watt]

To be absolutely certain she did remove activation lock she could check her iPhone’s Find My and check it is not in the list of devices locked to her account.

 

[donawalt]

@P_Watt, you don't mean the devices list in Settings/<tap picture at top> and then a list of devices is on the bottom? On my iPhone, if I go to Settings/<Tap picture>/Find My, I just see Find my iPhone setting on/off, My Location/Share My Location settings, and a list of Friends I am connected to via Find My. There is no device list there?

 

[P_Watt]

I am talking about her iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], scroll to bottom

Unless I know if you or she have more than one device I do know if it should look like mine

 

[donawalt]

Yes @P_Watt that was what I thought. Thanks!