I have Apple Watch SE 2nd gen. A few days ago the compass turned on and always becomes the watch face. I swipe and close it with the X. It automatically comes back on no matter what. I turned off phone and watch and turned back on. Same problem. How can I make the compass stop turning on? I don’t want to delete the app.
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Apple Watch SE, watchOS 10
You are correct - but I made sure retrace steps was turned off and it persisted.
It seems to be the accessibility setting "Auto-Select Focused App".
If that is the ultimate cause, then I'm quite confused as to why it was such an inconsistent issue...
But for now, turning "Auto-Select Focused App" Off has helped.
Does the compass have a tracking and backtracking of waypoints? Are waypoints entered on the compass? If so, the app will keep appearing until waypoints are deleted.
Some Watch Faces that have complications for compass can be accidentally activated and waypoints accidentally entered when arms are folded. When this happens the face is persistent.
Since the latest watchOS update, the App Switcher seems to be not working correctly, when you try to close apps.
Try to close another app before, then scroll down to the compass app to close it.
Please restart the watch and then retest.
Please call AppleCare!
My experience is the waypoints stay active until they are deleted. Turning off retrace steps doesn’t deactivate the retrace that is already activated.
Just did this again, did not solve the issue on my Ultra 2, this used to work before watchOS 10.5
The App Switcher always closes fast and launches the last used app, if you try swipe one of the apps to close it.
I came across a similar thread today, How do I close my Apps on my Apple Watch … - Apple Community, after which I tested that on my watch and on my old Series 5.
Turned out, they are both having the same App Switcher issue. So it must be a software issue, and I also submitted feedback about that as well.
Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple
Yes. That's correct.
I deleted the retrace if there was one (often there wasn't) and the issue persisted.
Like I said - the accessibility change seems to have helped for a bit - but the issue was so inconsistent that I'm hesitant to celebrate too soon.
Thanks for trying to help with this.
I'm hoping that "Auto-Select Focused App" being Off will continue to help.
Correct - I deleted them.
And problem persisted?
How to quit the compass on my Apple Watch SE?
