How do I stop direct spam messages to Apple Ultra watch?

I get spam messages directly to my Ultra watch. Both it and my 13 Pro Max have the latest software (11.5 and 18.5, respectively) and the watch does not have independent service. While I do get messages to my phone, which mirror on the watch, the watch messages never show up on the phone. How do I stop these messages? I don’t mind the ones to the phone, as I can block and report spam there, but no such option exists for the watch.

Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 11

Posted on Jul 1, 2025 06:47 AM

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Jul 2, 2025 06:23 AM in response to Jrod761

No it would not. Please educate yourself.

A cellular watch, though tied to the number of the phone it's linked to, has its own number that is supposed to be used for billing only. Unfortunately, carriers have a tendency to set things up incorrectly, allowing the watch to receive calls and messages sent to the 'billing number'.


Now answer the question originally posed. Is it a cellular watch? Do you have it activated for cellular service?

Note I did NOT use the word "independent".


If you can't answer simple questions, we can't help you.


Jul 2, 2025 06:49 AM in response to Jrod761

Jrod761 wrote:

A watch with cellular service would need its own independent service to be effective in that way. Please pay attention. Key words are simple, and spelled out in the initial post.


The reply you are objecting to here is probably correctly describing what is happening here; that your Watch (incorrectly) has what amounts to independent service.


The behaviour of cellular networks is programmable, and the network provisioning involved can be wrong. I’ve experienced operational errors from incorrect provisioning, as have others. In one of my cases, a rather tedious mess involving provisioning errors for Watch. A visit to a company-owned store and them then escalating eventually got that sorted.


By all appearances, the software managing carrier networks is complex, confusing, and not entirely reliable. Fragile, even. A Watch that has acquired the (incorrect for this case) provisioning (the ability for its number to receive texts) associated with semi-independent service would not surprise.


And even if that reply is incorrect, discussing a cellular function (texting) with your cellular provider is still the best available path toward resolution.

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