How to Change the Background on Your Apple Watch with Simple Steps

On your Apple Watch, are you sick of the dull wallpaper? In any case, you can change your Apple Watch wallpaper to make it look just as stunning as the device itself.

To change the background on your apple watch, you can open up the Watch app on your iPhone and tap on the “Face Gallery” tab at the bottom. Scroll down and select the “Photos” watch face.

On your Apple Watch or the Watch app on your iPhone, you can change your Apple Watch wallpaper and use your collection.

You can learn how to change the Apple Watch faces, or wallpaper, right here.

How to Change Apple Watch Wallpaper

Changing as many individual photo wallpapers or photo galleries as you can will be made easier if you know how to change your Apple Watch’s background image.

Here is how to change the wallpaper on your Apple Watch:

• Lift the Apple Watch to show the face
• Press the Watch face hard to open the “Watch Face Gallery”
• To find the wallpaper of your choice, keep scrolling through the gallery
• Click on your preferred wallpaper when you find it. Then the wallpaper will be activated

How to Change Apple Watch Wallpaper to a Personalized Photo

If you would like to use your own photos as wallpaper on your Apple Watch, here’s how to do it:

Step 1

• Go to the “Photos” app on your iPhone, then choose the “Recents” album
• You can change the Apple Watch wallpaper by clicking the image you want to use. Then click on the heart icon at the bottom to favorite it.
• By default, your Apple watch syncs your favorite photos. And if you changed it to another album, ensure you include the photo in that album in the “Photos” app.
• If you want your Apple watch to show photos at random as your wallpaper instead of just one, then favorite as many photos as you like.

Step 2

• Go to the Watch app on your iPhone, then click on “Face Gallery” at the bottom
• Next, scroll down and tap the “Photos” watch face
• To add the watch face to your Apple watch, simply click on “Add”
• Voila! Your watch face will now be displayed on your Apple Watch

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How to Change Apple Watch Wallpaper from Your IPhone

Do these to change the Apple Watch wallpaper from your iPhone:

• On your iPhone, launch the Watch app
• At the bottom, you will see “Face Gallery”. Click on it to add a wallpaper
• Check out the available wallpapers by scrolling through
• Choose wallpaper to customize its style, color, and complications
• Then click on “Add” once completed to add the wallpaper to your collection

How to Remove Apple Watch Wallpaper from Your IPhone

Here’s how to remove the Apple watch wallpaper from your iPhone:

• On your iPhone, go to the Watch app and tap “My Watch”
• Click the “Edit” button beside “My Faces”
• On the left side of the wallpaper you want to remove, click the red dash (&ndash). And click the red “Remove” button
• Lastly, click “Done”

How to Customize Wallpapers from Your Apple Watch

Customize your wallpapers from your Apple watch in these 9 steps:

• Tap on your watch face firmly
• To add a wallpaper, swipe left until you get to a window that displays “New”. Click the “+” icon
• Turn the digital crown to check the list of available wallpapers
• Click the wallpaper to include it in your collection
• Tap “Edit” on the wallpaper you want to change, to customize it. Choose a feature to customize by swiping left or right. The digital crown can then be turned to choose new customization (markings and colors).
• Aspects like activity and weather can be customized on an equal basis. You can change a complication by swiping to the left, clicking it, and then rotating the digital crown.
• Save your changes by pressing the digital crown after modifying the wallpaper or complications.

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How to Remove Wallpapers from Your Apple Watch

Would you like to take down the personalized wallpaper? Here’s what you should do:

• Swipe to the wallpaper you wish to remove
• Swipe up while pressing firmly on the display. Click “Remove”

How to Change Apple Watch Wallpaper Series 3

Your Apple Watch Series 3’s wallpaper can be changed, right? You can do this using one of two techniques. Below, we’ll be looking at them.

Method 1

• First of all, ensure the iPhone connected with your Apple Watch Series 3 is prepared
• Select “Photos” on your iPhone
• Next, pick the picture or image that you want to use as your wallpaper. Now, add this image to your favorites
• Your photo will be synced with your Apple watch series 3
• Go to your watch and choose the “Photo” app
• Next, choose the photo/image and click on it to select your wallpaper
• Finally, tap “Create Watch Face” from the menu that follows
• Voila! Your wallpaper is set on your Apple Watch Series 3

Method 2

• Go to your iPhone and launch the “Watch” app
• Select “Face Gallery” from the menu
• Then select a new wallpaper and set it

How to Change Apple Watch Wallpaper Series 5

It can be exciting to have a beautifully designed Apple Watch Series 5. However, it can be very annoying if your own is uninteresting. However, you can alter this.

Finding a wallpaper that matches the beauty of your Apple watch will only take a few minutes of your time. To accomplish this, you will need to take a few easy steps.

To change your Apple watch Series 5 wallpaper, follow the instructions below. Just stand by!

Changing It from Your IPhone

• Open the “Watch” app on your iPhone and tap the “My Watch” tab at the bottom left.
• Each saved wallpaper will be displayed for you. Then click on “Edit” to see an option to modify your wallpaper.
• You can choose from a variety of wallpapers on the resulting page. The topmost wallpaper is often your default wallpaper.
• Simply click on the “Hamburger” icon at the right of your preferred wallpaper and drag it to the top. Now, the default wallpaper will be visible. Only after you swipe will others appear.
• But if you want only the default wallpaper to display without swiping it, click on the “–” (dash) icon to remove them. This icon can be found on the left side of every wallpaper.

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Changing It from Your Apple Watch

• Press the digital crown on your Apple watch to show your current wallpaper.
• Next, long-press the default wallpaper to minimize it and reveal editing options.
• Swipe left or right until you find your preferred wallpaper to switch to an already-existing wallpaper.
• Simply tap on your preferred option when you reach it. It is now your wallpaper.
• Just swipe all the way to the end if you don’t already have a wallpaper. Then you’ll see “New”. To view new wallpapers, merely swipe up or down.
• Once you see the one you prefer, click on “Add” at the top right corner of the wallpaper. It is now a part of your collection of saved wallpapers.

Bottom Line

Owning an Apple watch is one thing, but. Allowing it to appear boring is another matter entirely. To change the Apple watch wallpaper, you must first understand how to do so. By the way, it’s explained in detail in this blog post.

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