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watchOS 6 Will Let Users Delete Many Built-in Apps on Apple Watch

Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/) users will be able to delete stock apps from the <!---->Apple Watch<!----> starting in watchOS 6 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/watchos-6/), according to TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/apple-watchs-own-built-in-apps-can-be-deleted-in-watchos-6/).





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This will make it possible to delete many of Apple's built-in apps on the <!---->Apple Watch<!---->, including Alarm, Timer, Stopwatch, Remote, Camera Remote, Radio, Walkie-Talkie, ECG, Breathe, Noise, Cycle Tracking, and others, the report indicates. A few core apps like Heart Rate and Messages will not be deletable.





Some of Apple's apps can already be removed from the <!---->Apple Watch<!---->, like Calendar, Stocks, and Weather, as deleting a built-in app on an iPhone also removes the app from a paired Apple Watch (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208094). However, this method does not work for watchOS apps that lack an iOS counterpart like Timer and Radio.





<!---->watchOS 6<!----> will allow almost any built-in app to be deleted directly on the <!---->Apple Watch<!---->. As already possible with third-party apps, users will be able to delete built-in apps by pressing and holding to enter so-called "wiggle mode" and then tapping the "X" button that appears above an app icon.





This functionality has yet to be enabled as of the second developer beta of watchOS 6 (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/17/apple-seeds-watchos-6-beta-2-to-developers/), but it's still very early. The report indicates it will be ready in time for the public release of the software update in September.

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Source: watchOS 6 Will Let Users Delete Many Built-in Apps on Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/19/delete-apple-watch-built-in-stock-apps-watchos-6/)