Why Won't My Apple Watch Turn On? Try These 5 Solutions!

The wildly popular and feature-rich Apple Watch allows you to Track your sleep, add exercises, create fitness goals, and much more. That being said, if your Apple Watch won't turn on, none of these functions will help you. Fortunately, if you take the proper steps, these problems are readily fixable. We'll lead you through five solutions in this article to repair an Apple Watch that won't turn on. Let's get started and switch on your Apple Watch right now!

1. Force the Apple Watch

The first thing you should do to repair an unresponsive Apple Watch is to force restart or hard reset it, unless you believe it is entirely dead. It will assist you in ruling out any software bugs or problems that might impair your Apple Watch's regular operation. Additionally, a force restart will force your wearable to switch off and restart if you've activated or unintentionally triggered a function or setting that resulted in your Apple Watch's screen becoming completely black. Unless a dead battery is the cause, this should help you resolve Apple Watch won't turn on difficulties in the majority of situations.

This is how to hard reset or force restart an Apple Watch:

1. For ten seconds, simultaneously press and hold the Side and the Digital Crown buttons.

2. Let go of the buttons when you see the Apple logo.

3. Your Apple Watch should typically start up in ten seconds or less. This might, however, sometimes take a minute or up to thirty seconds.

2. Get Your Apple Watch Charged

A dead battery is one of the most frequent and plausible causes of your Apple Watch not turning on. The battery on your iWatch may be entirely dead and need charging if you have been using it all day. Therefore, you should charge your Apple Watch for at least half an hour and try again if you are unable to turn it on. To turn on your Apple Watch if it hasn't been used or charged in a few days, try charging it over night.

You may attempt the following if your Apple Watch isn't charging or indicates that charging with this accessory isn't supported.

• Make sure you’re using the original or a certified charging cable.
• Check if the back of your smartwatch and the surface of the magnetic charger are clean.
• Inspect your charging cable for any visible signs of damage like bends, exposed wires, or cuts.
• Double-check your power outlet and make sure it is in good condition. If the cable seems to be faulty, use another compatible cable to charge your Apple Watch.

Here are a few typical solutions for an uncharging Apple Watch. Visit our specialized troubleshooting guide on for further instructions and comprehensive details.How to resolve the Apple Watch not charging problem.

3. Turn off the power reserve mode

With watchOS 9, Apple introduced Low Power Mode for the Apple Watch. To save battery life, it disables and restricts some functions. There is a more forceful Power Reserve Mode (instead of a Low Power mode) on watchOS 8 and earlier versions that completely disables your Apple Watch, leaving it to display the time alone. The display on your smartwatch will seem completely black, as if it hasn't even been switched on. Pressing the Digital Crown will cause it to momentarily reveal the time and a red charging indicator, as shown below, before becoming completely black once again.

You could try turning off Power Reserve mode and see if it resolves the issue with your Apple Watch not coming on after a low battery. Holding down the Side button will cause the Apple logo to appear. You may need to charge your Apple Watch in order to turn it on if you are unable to view the logo.

Your Apple Watch will urge you to use the Power Reserve option each time the battery falls below 10%. To manually activate it, go to the Control Center, hit the Battery symbol, and choose Power Reserve.

4. Turn off the screen curtain and voiceover.

You may have difficulties with your Apple Watch not turning on if you have activated the Screen Curtain function. This accessibility feature allows those who are blind or visually handicapped to use their voice instead of their eyes to manage their Apple Watch. Additionally, you may switch off your Apple Watch and see a totally dark screen by using the Voiceover function. Even though this function is very helpful for those who need it, inadvertently using it might cause your Apple Watch to shut down, even when it is fully charged.

You should verify and switch off the Voiceover and Screen Curtain features to resolve the Apple Watch won't turn on problem. Here's how to go about it:

1. Launch the Watch app on the iPhone that you have associated with your Apple Watch.

2. After that, choose the MyWatch tab and go to Accessibility. by scrolling down.

3. Search for Voiceover . Tap it if it reads On.

4. Next, disable the Screen Curtain slider.

We advise disabling Voiceover completely if you are not using it. By doing this, Screen Curtain won't unintentionally switch on.

5. Watch for Hardware Problems

Your iWatch may not be turning on if you've done everything and it might be a hardware problem. Have you forgotten your iWatch? Has there been any recent water exposure to your Apple Watch? If you can remember any such instances, they may be the cause of your Apple Watch not turning on regardless of what you do. In these situations, we advise visiting the Apple Store right away to get your smartwatch evaluated. Avoid doing do-it-yourself projects or cheaper alternatives since they may worsen the damage of your wearable and render it unfixable.

If your Apple Watch won't come on, you may try a hard restart, switch off Power Reserve mode and Screen Curtain, and check the battery.

Try doing a force restart or hard reset on your unresponsive Apple Watch. To do this, press and hold the Digital Crown and the side button at the same time until the Apple logo appears.

The most frequent causes of your Apple Watch showing a black screen and not turning on include a dead battery, a malfunctioning or incompatible charger, Power Reserve Mode, or a frozen display.

If your Apple Watch is stuck on the Apple logo, try charging it again, updating watchOS, unpairing your devices, or reset your Apple Watch.

You should get in touch with Apple support to have your iWatch diagnosed if it won't power on and becomes stuck on the Apple logo even after a hard reset.

It will take some time for your iWatch to switch on if the battery is completely dead. The original cable and USB-C adapter are required for charging the Apple Watch Series 7 and Series 8, which takes 45 minutes to charge from 0% to 80%. Before turning on your watch, you should wait to charge it for at least thirty minutes straight if the battery is dead.