You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Watch 3 does not have enough storage for update

Bought my watch 3 six months ago, new update wont go through. Not enough storage. How do I fix??

Apple Watch, watchOS 4

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 7:00 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 7:18 PM

To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support


Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Also see:

If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


6 replies
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Dec 8, 2020 7:18 PM in response to disappointedwatch3

To Free-Up Storage

For songs, see the "Remove music from Apple Watch" section in:

Add music to Apple Watch - Apple Support

and for pictures, see the "Limit photo storage on Apple Watch section in:

Choose a photo album and manage storage on Apple Watch - Apple Support


Also, try unpairing and pairing your watch again and restoring from the backup just created in the unpairing process. This deletes all temp and corrupted files and re-indexes the file system.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Also see:

If you don’t have enough space to update your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Dec 9, 2020 2:14 AM in response to disappointedwatch3

Unpair your Apple Watch via the Watch app on your iPhone.

Then Re-pair your Apple Watch,this deletes temporary and corrupted files

and also clears the system cache freeing up a surprisingly large amount of storage space.And without any loss of data.

Watch 3 does not have enough storage for update

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.