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Patrizia Franchini
User level: Level 1 (50 points)

Apple Watch email password notification blocks display during swimming workout

I receive an unwelcome notification that blocks the visualisation of the display: stopwatch, number of laps, meters during a fitness workout (swimming pool). To delete that I’m forced to stop my effort, expel the water to unlock, tap on “not now” and restart. What about my rhythm and records? 😡

It’s an Apple notification, always the same. It asks me the password for my email account. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Why? My Watch is synchronised with my iPhone and they have the same passwords.

During the swimming my iPhone is at home, I don’t want to risk a theft in the changing room.

All is updated.

Email works.

Posted on Nov 6, 2026 7:30 AM

4 replies

WheelieNick
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)

Nov 6, 2026 12:32 PM in response to Patrizia Franchini

Hi there


Please try this

Turn Off Mail Sync in the Watch App

Since you leave your phone at home and don't read emails while swimming laps anyway, disabling background mail updates on the watch will stop the prompt entirely.

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Go to the My Watch tab and tap Mail.
  3. Tap Custom (instead of Mirror my iPhone).
  4. Under the Accounts section, uncheck your email accounts.
  5. (Note: This doesn't delete your emails from your phone; it just stops the Watch from independently trying to verify them when it's away from the iPhone). 


2. Re-authenticate the Account via the Watch App

Sometimes a partial iCloud token gets stuck. Refreshing it from the app can clear the loop:

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap General and select Apple Account (or Apple ID).
  3. If it prompts you to log in or re-verify, enter your password there to force a clean handshake between both devices. 


hrs1004_ftx
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Nov 7, 2026 12:43 AM in response to Patrizia Franchini

yeah I have turned it off every time in ap mode and turn off wifi and blue tooth and what crazy I keep getting all text and stuff on it with no SIM card in it the for some reason att says it has two accounts in the watch may be my best friend and help me but she clames she don't know how to do this stuff and make it seem that she is at point A but really left and is at point B inn the seago town

Patrizia Franchini Author
User level: Level 1 (50 points)

Nov 8, 2026 12:13 PM in response to WheelieNick

Hi, I was at the swimming pool today. It didn’t work, I received the notification. But I have a doubt: maybe Mail has nothing to do with it. The requested password could be the one for my Apple account. Because the username is the same as my email address (not the password). The notification said “you need to insert the password for the (Apple) account [email protected]”.

Patrizia Franchini Author
User level: Level 1 (50 points)

Nov 6, 2026 5:58 PM in response to WheelieNick

Thanks.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256389804