How to Change Watch Faces on Apple Watch?

Apple Watch is a versatile and customizable smartwatch that supports the feature to change watch faces suited to their user’s needs and requirements. There are a variety of watch faces available for the Apple Watch. Users can create a personalised look and feel for their Apple watch with the facility to customize the watch faces.

In this guide, we will go through the simple methods you can implement to change watch faces on your Apple Watch. This covers from accessing the watch face gallery and customizing the watch face, to using Siri, and Control Center to switch between the watch faces quickly. This guide will walk you through the simple and effective ways to create the perfect watch face for your Apple Watch for both sleek and minimalist design or a watch face packed with information.

How to Access the Watch Face Gallery

Follow these simple steps to access the Watch face gallery to change your watch face on Apple Watch: 

1. Step 1: On your Apple Watch, Wake your watch to see the current watch face. Tap and hold the watch face to access the watch face customization screen.
2. Step 2: Swipe left or right to view all your watch faces on your Apple Watch. You can list view the watch faces in a grid view or list view.
3. Step 3: Tap and hold the watch face to select it. The  Watch face position appears in green text. The first number indicates the placement of the current watch face. The second number indicates the number of watch faces has been added to your Apple Watch.
4. Step 4: To change the watch face, drag and drop the watch face left or right without lifting your finger to change its position.
5. Step 5: After you finished reordering the watch face, Press the Digital Crown to return to your current watch face.

Alternatively, you can access Watch Face Gallery through the Watch app available on your iPhone. Follow these simple and effective steps to access the Watch Face Gallery on your iPhone device:

1. Step 1: On your Apple Watch, Wake your watch to see the current watch face. Tap and open the Watch app on your iPhone device.
2. Step 2: Tap on the “Face Gallery” tab located at the bottom of the screen.
3. Step 3: Swipe left or right to see all your watch Faces on your iPhone device. In the next step, browse through the different watch faces available.
4. Step 4: Tap and hold the watch face to select it. To change the watch face, drag and drop the watch face left or right without lifting your finger to change its position.
5. Step 5: Tap the “Add” option that facilitates you to add the new watch face to your Apple Watch.

How to add or remove watch faces to an Apple Watch

How to add or remove watch faces to an Apple Watch via an iPhone

Follow these steps to add watch faces on your Apple Watch  are:

1. Step 1: Launch the Watch app on your iPhone device.
2. Step 2: Tap on the Face Gallery tab.
3. Step 3: Select the watch face you want to add by Scrolling through the Face Gallery list.
4. Step 4: Make some design changes to your selected watch face, such as color scheme. However, these changes can be done later itself. 
5. Step 5: Tap the Add button.

The above steps will add watch face on your Apple Watch and the selected watch face will be displayed shortly after tapping Add.

How to add or remove watch faces to an Apple Watch via the Apple Watch

Follow these steps to add watch faces to an Apple Watch via the Apple Watch:

1. Step 1: Force Touch the Apple Watch screen to bring up the watch face gallery.
2. Step 2: Swipe horizontally to change the watch face marked New with a grey plus symbol.
3. Step 3: Tap the New face.
4. Step 4: Scroll or Swipe vertically through the Digital Crown to find the best watch face. 
5. Step 5: Tap the watch face you want to add to an Apple Watch. 

The above steps will add a watch face to an Apple Watch and the watch face will be displayed shortly on the Apple Watch screen.

How to remove a watch face via an iPhone

Follow these steps to remove the watch face to an Apple Watch via an iPhone:

1. Step 1: Launch the Watch app on your iPhone device. 
2. Step 2: Select the Edit link located next to My Faces within the My Watch tab. 
3. Step 3: Tap the minus sign located next to the watch face that you want to remove.
4. Step 4: Tap Remove

The above steps will remove a watch face from an Apple Watch and the watch face will be removed shortly on the Apple Watch screen. 

How to remove a watch face via the Apple Watch

1. Step 1: Force Touch the Apple Watch screen to bring up the watch face gallery. 
2. Step 2: Swipe horizontally to find the watch face to remove.
3. Step 3: Swipe upward.
4. Step 4: Tap Remove.

The above steps will remove a watch face from an Apple Watch via the Apple Watch and the watch face will be removed shortly on the Apple Watch screen.

How to Use Siri to Change Watch Faces

Changing Watch Faces using Siri on an Apple Watch is quick and easy. Follow these simple steps to change the Watch Faces using Siri are:

1. Step 1: Force touch the Apple Watch screen and hold the Digital Crown to activate Siri. Alternatively, you can say “Hey Siri” if the feature is enabled.
2. Step 2: Command “Change my watch face” to Siri.
3. Step 3: Siri will recommend a few watch faces to choose from.
4. Step 4: Say the name and number of the watch face to choose when prompted.

The above steps will change a watch face from an Apple Watch via the Siri and the watch face will be changed shortly on the Apple Watch screen.