How to customize the Control Center Apple Watch

In this article, we will learn how to customize the Apple Watch control center with just a few simple taps and swipes.

How to open the Apple Watch control center

To access the control center, on the watch face, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. You can then continue swiping on the screen or use the Digital Crown to scroll through the icons in the control center.

You won't be able to open the Apple Watch control center from the home screen, you need to press the Digital Crown to go to the watch face, or open another app, then tap and hold at the bottom of the screen and swipe up.

To close the control center, swipe down from the top of the screen or press the Digital Crown.

Icons appear on the control center

With that said, the control center is an area containing nearly all of the important Apple Watch features, displayed as icons respectively. Such as:

To learn more about the meaning of these symbols, you can refer to the article:

How to add or remove an icon from the control center

Due to the limited display space and too many features, some icons are hidden from the control center of the Apple Watch by default.

To add a feature icon to the control center, first open the Control Center in the way just mentioned above, scroll to the bottom and click 'Edit'. Under the 'More' section, you'll see any hidden features. Hit the green 'match plus' button to add icons, then hit 'Done'.

Conversely, you can 'clean up' the control center by removing some unused feature icons. First, go to the control center, then scroll to the bottom and hit "Edit '. Click the red' Dash '(minus sign) icon that appears next to any feature icons. you want to hide.

Note: You don't always see all icons displayed. For example, you won't see a cellular network icon unless your Apple Watch supports Cellular and GPS. Similarly, you need to install the Walkie Talkie application to see its icons.

Rearrange icons placement in control center

Of course, you can also move, arrange these icons according to certain positions for convenient manipulation and use.

As usual, first open up the control center, scroll to the bottom and hit 'Edit'. Next, you press and hold on any icon you want to rearrange, then drag that icon to the position you want. Click 'Done' when you are satisfied with the new layout.

Micah Soto

Update 16 February 2021