Facebook icon persists on Apple Watch after update

After updating my Apple Watch to iOS 11.6, I was looking at Facebook on my phone and the Facebook icon keeps appearing at top of the Watch. I've cleared Facebook from my iPhone, my iPad and the icon still appears and under the widgets, there's green checkmark. How do I remove the icon so it doesn't appear when I'm not using the app?


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Original Title: I updated my Apple Watch to 11.6 and now Facebook icon stays on at top of the watch. Why? How do I get rid of it?

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Jul 31, 2025 11:59 AM

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Posted on Aug 2, 2025 12:50 PM

Hey! Had the same issue - double tapped crown and closed out of everything I could find there. What worked for me was from my Lock Screen swiping right- that’s where the Facebook showed again with the green checkmark and it let me slide that to the left with an ‘X’ to clear it fully! Hope it helps!

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Facebook icon persists on Apple Watch after update

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