Whether you are new or have been with the Apple Watch for a while, surely you have noticed the small red dot that sometimes appears in the upper area of the watch . What does that red dot-shaped indicator mean and how can I remove it? Let’s find out.
You can remove this red dot from the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is a great device that allows us to perform numerous actions. We can keep track of our health, measure our sports activity, use apps, consult Siri, make calls, send messages, contact by WhatsApp and fully manage the notifications that reach us on the iPhone .
What does a red dot on the top of the Apple Watch mean?
That little red dot is an indicator that we have a new notification that we haven’t read . That is, if we have received a message or a notification from an app and we have ignored it, this red dot will appear on the Apple Watch to remind us.
YOU HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION ON YOUR APPLE WATCH. ON THE FACE, SWIPE DOWN TO READ IT.
When you slide from top to bottom, the Notification Center will appear and we will see that notification, or the rest that may have reached us and that we have not consulted.
How to remove the red dot from Apple Watch
A quick way to remove this red dot from the Apple Watch is by sliding the Notification Center and reading the notification in question . When going back the red dot would have disappeared.
But if what you want is to permanently remove the red dot from the Apple Watch and make it no longer appear, you can do it by following these steps:
- On your iPhone go to the Watch app.
- At the bottom, tap on the My watchsection .
- Enter the Notificationssection .
- Uncheck the Notification Indicatorbutton .
You just have to disable this setting
You can also disable this option from the Apple Watch in Settings> Notifications> Notification indicator . By having this option deactivated, the red dot will no longer be displayed when you have unread notifications.
This setting only modifies the red point, when a notification arrives you will continue to receive a vibration on the Apple Watch and you will continue to be able to consult them from the Notification Center as always. Although you will no longer have a visual indicator of unread notifications.
