How to Eject Water from the Apple Watch After It Gets Wet

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: March 29, 2019 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to turn off the Water Lock protection on your Apple Watch. Doing so will force out any water that's in the speakers or microphone well.

Steps

1
Wake up your Apple Watch's screen. Raise your Apple Watch wrist, or press the Digital Crown or the Power button.
2
Make sure that the Apple Watch is in Water Lock mode. You should see a small, blue, water drop-shaped icon at the top of your Apple Watch's screen.
- If the Apple Watch isn't in Water Lock mode, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Control Center, scroll down, and tap the water drop-shaped icon.
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3
Begin rotating the Digital Crown clockwise. You should see the Water Lock symbol appear on-screen.
4
Continue rotating the Digital Crown. You'll do this until the water drop-shaped icon in the middle of the screen expands to fill the circle, at which point your Apple Watch will begin ejecting water.
5
Wait for the water ejection process to complete. Your Apple Watch will beep repeatedly as the water is removed. Once the water is gone, the screen will return to the clock interface.^{[1]
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Warnings

Your Apple Watch can be taken into the shower, but should never be subjected to shampoo or other cleaning solutions.

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