My Apple Watch keeps unpairing with ActiveSync

5 years ago

I bought an Apple Watch (series 2 I think).  At the time, whenever I added my exchange account (via Activesync) to my phone (either via the Mail app or the Outlook app), it made my watch unpair during the night following the addition (It took me a looong time to figure out that the exchange account was the cause!).  I gave up in despair of never being able to consult my work emails on my personal phone (I have yet to find a good free app that works.  For the moment I use Ivanti - as it shows the calendar - but it only shows half of the first lines of all emails, which is obvs no good, and I refuse to pay the yearly fee, being afraid that it will make my watch upair).  I just got a new Apple watch series 10 for my bday, and with glee hoped that with this new version, the problem would be solved.  But no.  The watch unpairs almost

immediately! Is this an Apple problem, an Activsync problem, or a problem with my companies IT protocols ? I can't be the only person with this problem?  Any help is appreciated!



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Original Title: Activsync makes watch unpair

Apple Watch Series 10, watchOS 11

Posted on Jun 12, 2025 7:00 AM

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Jun 12, 2025 7:37 AM in response to Bee_mouse

IT / Exchange admin here...


The problem isn't active sync or your watch. The problem is the policies being enforced by your Exchange administrator. They are enforcing policies that don't permit the watch. There's nothing you can do about it. You either don't get your company email on the phone or you basically can't use the watch.


IF your company supports IMAP access to your Exchange account (not likely, but possible), you could set it up as an IMAP account instead of Exchange.


Failing that, instead of setting it up in the mail app or Outlook, you can use Outlook web access to get your email in a browser.

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