Apple Watch has boxes around some app icons. Can’t get rid of them.

There has been a weird “glitch” happening on my Apple Watch, mainly around the heart rate and activity app. There is this black box around the whole icon of those apps that I can’t seem to get rid of, this also will sometimes happen to other apps as well like the timer and alarm app. It is really noticeable when I go to move the app, edit the Home Screen or scroll. This box is not messing up anything that I know of, just really annoying to look at. I have tried to reset and power off the Watch but this proved to do nothing. Is this happening to anyone else?


I have tried to get a good screen shot but was only able to get the corners of the “boxed icon” of the activity and heart rate app, the boxes corners are protruding into other apps.




Posted on Jun 26, 2025 05:49 AM

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Apple Watch has boxes around some app icons. Can’t get rid of them.

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