How to uninstall ANY watch face

1) On your watch you MUST select a different watch face to be displayed that is NOT the one you want to uninstall.

2) Using your watch - MOST watch faces are developed by independent developers and not Garmin, and therefore you might not be able to uninstall / Delete them from the watch using the watch
a) Long press the Menu button
b) Select the watch you want to uninstall
c) If you only get the option to Apply go to 3) or 4)
d) Select Delete

The watch face will be deleted

3) Using the Garmin IQ App
a) Make sure your watch is connected to the Device with the App - usually your phone
b) Open the App
c) Select Device at the bottom
d) Select My Watch Faces
e) Select the watch face you want to Uninstall
f) At the top there are 3 dots, press on them
g) Press on Uninstall
h) A pop up will appear asking if you want to uninstall the watch face
I) Select Uninstall

The watch face will be Uninstalled

4) Using Garmin Express
a) Make sure your watch is connected to the Device with the App - usually using a cable to a computer
b) Open the Garmin Express software
c) Select the Watch you have connected
d) Select Apps
e) Scroll down until you find the watch face you want to uninstall
f) Select the X
g) It will come up with Removed and the X will be replaced with a download cloud

The watch face is now Uninstalled

If you have any issues with the above then refer to your watch user manual

And if that still does not help, then contact your Garmin support

  • I have added this as I am getting a lot of users contacting Developer / Support asking how to uninstall a watch face.

    Feel free to send a link to this if you are getting the same / or add it to the bottom of your watch face description - that is why I have not mentioned any developer or watch face name

    Or let me know if I have missed something or got something wrong - thanks

  • Most watches released in the last few years also support the Connect IQ Store app on the watch itself. You can use this app to uninstall any kind of Connect IQ app, including Connect IQ watchfaces.

    Here's a link to the app on the Connect IQ store, if you want to download it or see which devices support it: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/7cd38736-510a-4480-8801-0dfe2f5944af?tid=0 

    Regarding the instructions in the OP:

    How to uninstall ANY watch face

    Based on this title and some of the text, you seem to be talking about both built-in watchfaces and watchfaces that come from the Connect IQ store.

    2) Using your watch - MOST watch faces are developed by independent developers and not Garmin, and therefore you might not be able to uninstall / Delete them from the watch using the watch

    To be more accurate, this method can only remove built-in watchfaces, and not Connect IQ watchfaces. Connect IQ watchfaces can be developed by 3rd-party developers or Garmin. Same goes for other types of Connect IQ apps. Just because a watchface came from Garmin, does not mean you can uninstall it with this method.

    3) Using the Garmin IQ App

    - To be clear, this is actually called "Connect IQ" on your phone, which is really unfortunate as it's constantly confused with the "Connect" app,  since they have nearly identical names and icons

    - For clarity, this method can only delete Connect IQ watchfaces, not built-in watchfaces

    4) Using Garmin Express

    - To be clear, this method can only delete Connect IQ watchfaces, not built-in watchfaces

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    TL;DR

    - The two kinds of watchfaces are built-in watchfaces and Connect IQ watchfaces (not Garmin watchfaces and 3rd-party watchfaces)

    - 2) deletes built-in watchfaces only, and not Connect IQ watchfaces

    - 3) and 4) delete Connect IQ watchfaces only, and not built-in watchfaces

    - The on-device Connect IQ store app can delete Connect IQ watchfaces. However it's pretty slow - it takes a few seconds to show you your list of installed apps so you can delete them