Disconnect Samsung Galaxy Watch Temporarily From Phone

When you disconnect the watch temporarily from your phone, it simply turns off notifications and stops syncing the watch to your phone. You won’t lose any data. That’s because it doesn’t reset or unpair the watch. You can easily connect them back without resetting the watch. Let’s dive into the methods.

1. By Turning off Bluetooth on Your Phone

One of the easiest ways to stop syncing the Samsung Galaxy watch to your phone is to simply turn off the Bluetooth on your phone. However, doing so will disconnect the phone from other Bluetooth devices as well. If you are okay with that, swipe down twice from the notification panel to open Quick Settings on your phone. Tap on the Bluetooth tile to turn it off. When the Bluetooth tile is grey, it means it has been turned off. To connect the watch again, turn on the Bluetooth on your phone.

2. By Turning off Bluetooth on Your Watch

A better approach to temporarily disconnect the watch is to turn off Bluetooth directly on your Samsung Galaxy watch. This will only disconnect the Watch from your phone without using your phone and also without affecting other connected Bluetooth devices.

  1. Open Settings on your Samsung Galaxy Watch.
  2. Go to Connections > Bluetooth.
  3. Turn off the toggle next to Bluetooth. To connect again, repeat the steps to enable Bluetooth on your watch.

3. Disconnect Watch Using Wearable App

Another way to disconnect the watch temporarily is to use the disconnect feature in the Galaxy Wearable app.

  1. Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone.
  2. Tap on the three-bar icon at the top to open the navigation drawer. Press the Disconnect icon next to your watch.
  3. Your watch will be disconnected temporarily from the phone and you will see a “Your watch isn’t connected to your phone” message in the app. To connect back, tap on the Connect button on the app’s home screen. Or, open the navigation drawer using the three-bar icon and press the same icon next to your watch. Tip: Learn what do various icons and symbols mean on Samsung Galaxy smartwatches.

Disconnect Samsung Galaxy Watch Permanently From Phone

If you want to give away your watch to someone else or connect it to a new phone, you must disconnect the watch permanently from your first phone by resetting or unpairing it. When you disconnect the watch permanently, you will lose the data on the watch. Therefore, you must back up the data first before disconnecting it permanently. Furthermore, you will also need to pair the watch again from scratch in case you decide to connect it to the same or a different phone.

1. Reset Using Wearable App

  1. Open the Galaxy Wearable app on your phone.
  2. Tap on Watch settings and go to General.
  3. Tap on Reset and hit the Reset button on the next screen. Please note that resetting the watch will delete all data from your phone. You must back up the data before your reset the Galaxy watch. In case Galaxy Watch doesn’t turn on, learn how to fix Galaxy Watch not turning on.

2. Reset Using Galaxy Watch

If you want to unpair the Galaxy watch without your phone, you can reset it from the watch itself.

  1. Open Settings on your Galaxy Watch.
  2. Scroll down and go to General. Again, scroll down and tap on Reset.
  3. Tap on Back up data in case you haven’t created a backup yet. Once a backup has been made, tap on Reset.

3. Reset by Connecting to a New Phone

If you want to connect the watch to a new phone of yours, you can use the Connect to a new phone option in the watch. That will reset the watch (unpair it from the first phone) and make it available to connect to the second phone. To do so, go to Settings > General > Connect to a new phone on your watch. Then, tap on Reset and follow the on-screen instructions to connect the watch to your phone.

4. Unpair Watch Using Bluetooth Settings

  1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
  2. Go to Connections > Bluetooth.
  3. Tap on the Settings icon next to your watch and hit the Unpair icon.
  4. Once unpaired, you must reset the watch to pair it again to the same or a different phone.
  5. How to delete the old device from the Galaxy watch? Your old phone is automatically deleted from your watch when you unpair the watch or reset it.
  6. How to connect Galaxy Watch to a new phone? You must reset the watch manually or use the Connect to a new device setting on your watch to pair the watch with a new phone.
  7. Can I connect my Galaxy watch to more than one phone? No. You can connect the Galaxy watch to only one phone at a time.

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