Change Watch Face

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Change the watch face from the watch
• Change the watch face from the paired device
• Add and edit Portrait watch faces
• Edit watch face order
• Delete a watch face


Your Apple Watch comes with a variety of watch faces, most of which you can customize. With WatchOS 10, you can now access custom Palette watch faces. See time as a range of beautiful colors that shift throughout the day, using three distinct overlapping layers. Not all watch faces available in all regions or on all models. To see the latest set of watch faces, make sure your software is up to date.

Change the watch face from the watch

1. From the clock screen, select and hold the screen.



2. Swipe left or right to the desired watch face, then select Edit.



3. Rotate the Digital Crown/Home button to scroll to the desired option, then select the Digital Crown/Home button to select.

Change the watch face from the paired device

1. From your paired iPhone, navigate to and select the  Watch app. 

2. Under My Faces, select the desired watch face then edit as desired. 

Add and edit Portrait watch faces

1. From the Watch app on your paired iPhone, select the Face Gallery tab then navigate to and select Portraits.

Note: Visit Customize the watch face to learn more.



2. Select Choose Photos, then navigate to and select the desired photo(s). Select Add. 



3. Customize the Portrait watch face as desired, then select ADD.

Edit watch face order

From the My Watch screen on your paired iPhone, select Edit. Select and drag the Order icon to the desired location, then select Done when finished.

Delete a watch face

From the Watch face edit screen on your paired iPhone, select the Remove icon, then select Remove.