I’ve accidentally deleted the ‘find devices’ app from my Apple Watch, I meant to delete the find items app, I’ve tried to get the find devices app back via the App Store but it does not show up, no options to re-download it in the watch app on my phone either, is there any way to get this app back on to my watch?
Apple Watch Series 7
Hey brogan211,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. The information below may help with recovering the app.
Here's an article that provide steps on restoring a built-in app that was deleted: Delete built-in Apple apps from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Find My is a default built-in app that you can delete and restore.
We've also included the steps below.
1. On your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, go to the App Store.
2. Search for the app. Make sure that you use the exact name of the app.
3. Tap the Redownload button.
4. Wait for the app to restore, then open it from your Home Screen.
If you have Apple Watch, restoring an app to your iPhone also restores that app to your Apple Watch.
Take care.
Hey brogan211,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. The information below may help with recovering the app.
Here's an article that provide steps on restoring a built-in app that was deleted: Delete built-in Apple apps from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Find My is a default built-in app that you can delete and restore.
We've also included the steps below.
1. On your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch, go to the App Store.
2. Search for the app. Make sure that you use the exact name of the app.
3. Tap the Redownload button
4. Wait for the app to restore, then open it from your Home Screen.
If you have Apple Watch, restoring an app to your iPhone also restores that app to your Apple Watch.
Take care.
G'day brogan211,
Thanks for the follow-up! When you searched the watchOS App Store, what were the search terms you used? You should be able to locate it by searching for "Find My."
Let us know if this helps in reinstalling it.
Cheers.
Hello brogan211,
If you've been unable to locate that specific app, but you're able to find and download others as expected, you can reach out to Apple Support directly by using this link. Apple Support can further look into the issue: Get Support
Best wishes.
Thank you for your help, but this doesn’t work, the app ‘find my’ is still on my phone, but the find devices app is not on the watch and also not available on the App Store. Thanks again for your comment
Hi thanks for your comment, I tried typing ‘find my’ i tried ‘find my devices’ I tried ‘find’ I tried ‘find devices’ I scrolled through the results for a long time but doesn’t seem to be there at all. I’m not that bothered anymore as doesn’t seem like there is a way to reverse this. Thanks anyway
Apple Watch find my devices
