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When you begin typing on your Apple Watch, a notification is sent to your iPhone that reads "Apple Watch Keyboard Input." This prompt asks if you'd prefer to use your iOS keyboard rather than the one on your watch, a useful feature—unless your watch is bombarding you with notifications. In this guide, we’ll explain why this happens and how you can stop or fix the issue if it becomes excessive and bothersome.
Methods to Stop Apple Watch Keyboard Alerts
The quickest way to halt these notifications is by turning them off through your iPhone's Notifications settings. You can also try closing your watch apps or restarting your Apple Watch to reset anything that may be causing the constant notifications.
Instructions
Why You're Receiving This Notification
Whenever you begin typing on your Apple Watch, a notification will appear on your iPhone. This notification will prompt you to choose if you'd like to type on your iPhone instead of your Apple Watch, as the iPhone keyboard is easier to use.
- However, some users report receiving this notification even when their Apple Watch isn't in use. Here are a few reasons why this might be happening:
- You might have started typing on your Apple Watch (either intentionally or accidentally) and then switched apps.
- Your Apple Watch could be experiencing a bug or glitch.
How to Turn Off the Notification
Go to the Settings app on your iPhone. In the Settings, you can disable notifications specifically for your Apple Watch keyboard. Other notifications from your Apple Watch will still appear, even if you turn off keyboard notifications.
Go to Notifications > Apple Watch Keyboard. The Apple Watch Keyboard option has the same icon as the Apple Watch app.
Disable Apple Watch keyboard notifications. Turning this off will prevent the flood of notifications on your phone, but be aware that it will also stop alerts when you might actually want to use the iPhone keyboard with your Apple Watch.
- If you're looking to reduce the constant barrage of keyboard notifications without completely disabling them, check out this section of the article.
How to Stop Constant Keyboard Notifications
Close any apps running on your Apple Watch. If you started typing in an app on your Apple Watch and then stopped, the watch might continue sending keyboard notifications to your iPhone. Try closing any apps on your watch to see if it resolves the issue.
- To close an app, double-press the Digital Crown and scroll through your open apps using the Digital Crown.
- Find the app(s) you wish to close, swipe left on them, and press the "x" button.
Type a message using your iPhone keyboard. Tap the notification to open your iPhone keyboard, then type something short like "hi" or "test". This can help reset the notification process, as it may not always be clear where you're typing.
- Once you finish typing, check if the notification reappears.
Restart your Apple Watch. Restarting your Apple Watch can refresh settings and connections, and may fix the keyboard notification if it's caused by a bug or glitch.
- To power off your Apple Watch, press and hold the side button. When the sliders appear, tap the power button and swipe right on the Power Off slider.
- Then, hold the side button again until the Apple logo appears to turn the watch back on.
Factory reset your Apple Watch. If all else fails, consider performing a factory reset on your Apple Watch. Keep in mind that this will wipe all data and settings from the watch.
- Place your Apple Watch and iPhone close to each other, then open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
- Go to My Watch > All Watches.
- Tap the info icon ("i" in a circle) next to the watch you wish to reset.
- Tap Unpair Apple Watch > Unpair [watch name].
- If you have a GPS + Cellular model, choose to keep your plan when prompted.
- Enter your Apple ID password to deactivate the Activation Lock.
- Tap Unpair to finalize the unpairing, which will erase your Apple Watch. Once erased, you can set it up again.
- According to Gonzalo Martinez, a computer and phone repair expert, setting up your Apple Watch is straightforward as the watch guides you through the process. "It’s a pretty simple walkthrough after that," Martinez explained.
