How to Set an Alarm on Apple Watch (2024 Guide)

Aug. 16, 2023

As useful as the Apple Watch is for keeping track of your notifications, or logging workouts, it can do a lot more. Whether youuse your Apple Watch to track your sleepor not, it is an excellent alarm clock right on your wrist. So, if you’re wondering how to create, edit, or delete alarms on your Apple Watch, we’ve got you covered. Here is how to set an alarm on Apple Watch.

NoteThis article has been updated according to watchOS 11.These instructions will work on all Apple Watches running watchOS 9, watchOS 10, or watchOS 11.

How to Set Alarm on Apple Watch

One of the easiest methods to set alarms on Apple Watch is by using Siri.

Alternatively, you can use the built-in Alarms app to set alarms on your Apple Watch.

If you want to delete an alarm, just follow the steps given below:

Pro-tipYou can use Siri to delete all alarms at once by saying “Hey Siri, delete all my alarms”.

The ability to snooze an alarm can be quite helpful if you just want a few extra minutes of sleep before your alarm wakes you up. However, if you’re like me and find that snoozing alarms ends up making it more difficult for you to wake up, you can easily disable snooze as well. Here’s how.

Once you set an alarm on your Apple Watch, you can also change the time later. Here’s how to do just that.

If you want to set the same alarms on your iPhone and your Apple Watch, you can do so very easily as well.

That’s it. Your Apple Watch will now alert you of alarms when they play on your iPhone. This way, you can snooze or stop them straight from your Apple Watch.

Note

The “Push Alerts from iPhone” setting does not play your Apple Watch alarms on your iPhone. It will only play your iPhone alarms on your Apple Watch.

If you’re using a Sleep schedule on your devices to ensure you get enough sleep, you can choose to skip the wake-up alarm for one particular day if you want.

This will ensure that your wake-up alarm does not ring for that one day, and you can continue sleeping for longer. This is something I use very frequently for my weekends or on holidays.

If you wish to set an Apple Watch alarm that only vibrates and doesn’t make any sound, you should turn on Silent mode on your watch. For this,swipe up from the bottom of the screento bring the Control Center and tap thebell icon. On watchOS 10 and watchOS 11, you’ll have to press the Side button to reveal the Control Center. When you put your Apple Watch in silent mode, the alarm will only vibrate and won’t make any sound.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Yes, you can use Siri or the Alarms app to set an alarm on your Apple Watch without using a phone. You can use Siri to set an alarm or use the alarms app on your Apple Watch.

By default, the Alarm app should be present on the Home Screen of your Apple Watch. The icon looks like an analog clock with bells on the top.

You might have deleted the Alarms app and that’s why you can’t find it on your Apple Watch. To get it back, open the Watch app on your iPhone, go to theMy Watchtab, locate theAlarms app, and choose theInstalloption.