How to Force Close an Apple Watch App

If an app on your Apple Watch is unresponsive or acting silly, here’s how to force close an Apple Watch app.

The Apple Watch is now just over six months old and has recently received its first major software update in the form of watchOS 2, which comes with a handful of bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features. Many had hoped that this update would fix issues with slow apps, but many users are still having issues with it.

Also, many Apple Watch users are experiencing issues with third-party apps lagging and being slow overall. This may mean that you may need to force close an app if it becomes unresponsive or freezes.

On iPhone, it’s pretty easy to force close an app as all you have to do is open the app switcher and swipe up to close it completely. However, Apple Watch doesn’t have an app switcher for you to do this, so you might not know how to force close an app on Apple Watch.

The good news is that it’s really easy to do and we’ll show you how. So, here is how to force close an Apple Watch app completely if an Apple Watch app is running.

Force Close Apple Watch Apps

It’s really easy to force close an Apple Watch app. Just follow these quick instructions:

You probably won’t need to do this all the time and there are some users who may never do it, but if an app is malfunctioning and unresponsive, this is a good cheat for the future.

Of course, if your Apple Watch still works even after you force close an app, you may need to take more drastic measures.

Restart Your Apple Watch

If force closing an app worked, but your Apple Watch is still working for some reason, it’s probably time to restart your Apple Watch to clear its cache and give it a fresh coat of paint.

Follow the instructions below to restart your Apple Watch:

Force Restart Your Apple Watch

If restarting didn’t work, or your Apple Watch froze too much to access the power menu, your only remaining option may be to force restart it.

To bypass the power menu completely and still reboot your Apple Watch, all you have to do is press and hold the Digital Crown and the side button at the same time to force restart your Apple Watch.

If you really want to, you can still force restart instead of trying the other two solutions mentioned above, but this method takes the longest, so if you can, try forcing an app to close before trying to restart your Apple Watch. .