To remove “Sent from my Apple Watch,” open the Watch app on your paired iPhone and go to My Watch > Apps > Mail > Signature. On older layouts, open My Watch > Mail instead. If you do not see Signature, check Custom inside Mail. Delete the signature text, leave the field empty, then return to the previous screen.
This changes the sign-off added to emails you compose in Apple’s Mail app on the watch. You can also replace the default line with your name or another short closing. Your iPhone’s Mail signature has its own setting, and text already included in sent emails or older conversations will stay there.
Before you begin
Have the iPhone paired with the watch available. The signature preference is in the Watch app on that iPhone, even though you are changing emails sent from your wrist. Opening the iPhone’s ordinary Settings app and editing Mail there changes a different signature.
If you use more than one watch, check that you are managing the intended watch before editing its preferences. If you have already customized the signature, copy or write down that text first. You can restore it later by entering the same text again.
You do not need to delete an email account, turn off Mail notifications, or erase your watch to remove a sign-off. Keep those settings as they are while you make this small change, so it is easier to tell what caused the result.
Remove or change the Apple Watch email signature
Apple’s current Read and write mail on Apple Watch guide places Mail preferences under My Watch, then Apps, then Mail. Its watchOS 26 Manage mail guide documents an older layout with Mail directly under My Watch and Signature under Custom. Follow the labels on your paired iPhone.
- Open the Watch app on your iPhone. This is the companion app for Apple Watch, rather than the Mail app.
- Tap My Watch. If you were looking at another part of the app, return to this tab first.
- Tap Apps, then Mail, if your layout has an Apps section. On older layouts, scroll through My Watch and tap Mail directly.
- Look for Signature in Mail settings. If it is not visible and the page offers Custom, open Custom and look again. Apple’s watchOS 26 and watchOS 11 guides use this route.
- Tap Signature, then tap the text field. Select the entire sign-off and delete it. For no signature, leave the field completely empty; replacing the phrase with another sentence creates a different signature.
- Tap the back arrow or return to the previous screen. Reopen Signature to confirm that the field is still empty. If you entered a replacement, check its spelling and line breaks instead.
The familiar default is Sent from my Apple Watch. Your field may contain a different phrase if you or someone else changed it previously. Remove the text actually present in your field; you do not need to search for a separate switch labeled “Remove signature.”
If you enter your name instead, keep the sign-off short enough to review comfortably. For example, “Thanks, Alex” is easier to check than a long block of contact details. Only include information you want recipients to receive whenever that signature is added.
Check a new message from the watch
Reopening the preference confirms that your edit was retained. A new message checks the next part: which app and device are supplying the outgoing text. Use a fresh message for this check, because an existing draft or quoted reply can already contain the previous sign-off.
- Open Mail on your Apple Watch.
- Tap the New Message or compose button. Its position can vary by the Mail screen and software version; look for the compose icon rather than a particular corner.
- Choose Add Contact and select an address you control if you intend to send a test. Check From if more than one account is available.
- Add a short subject, then choose Create Message and enter a brief message, such as “Checking my Watch Mail signature.”
- Review the new message text and any displayed sign-off. If you want to confirm the received result, send only to the address you selected for your own test and inspect that new email there. You can stop before sending if you only need to review the composition.
Apple documents the new-message controls and the From account choice in its Mail guide. Available text-entry methods depend on your watch, language, and software. Use the dictation or typing option that your watch offers; a particular keyboard layout is not required to change the signature.
When checking the received email, read the body of that specific message. An inbox snippet, notification preview, or conversation showing several earlier messages can be misleading. The successful result is that the new email written on the watch no longer ends with the unwanted sign-off.
Which signature setting should you change?
The address you send from and the app you use are different things. For example, a Gmail address configured inside Apple Mail is still being used through Apple Mail. Changing a signature on Gmail’s website is a separate action from changing Watch Mail’s preference.
| Where you compose the email | Where to check its signature |
|---|---|
| Apple Mail on Apple Watch | Watch app on the paired iPhone: My Watch, Apps if shown, Mail, then Signature or Custom > Signature |
| Apple Mail on iPhone | iPhone Settings: Apps > Mail > Signature on newer layouts; Mail > Signature on older ones |
| A separate email app or webmail service | That app or service’s own signature preferences |
| A reply containing an earlier sign-off | Inspect the quoted older message separately from the signature added to your new reply |
For emails composed on the phone, use our guide to removing “Sent from my iPhone” from emails. Apple’s iPhone Mail settings guide also explains the separate Per Account option on iPhone. Do not assume that every iPhone signature option is available in Watch Mail.
If your goal is to change what appears in the watch’s inbox list, you can turn off email previews on Apple Watch. That changes how received messages are listed. Removing an outgoing signature does not hide incoming email text or silence alerts.
If the signature is missing or still appears
You cannot find Signature
First confirm that you opened the Watch app, selected My Watch, and opened its Mail preferences. The Settings app on the iPhone and the Settings app on the watch are different places.
Next, account for the menu layout. Newer guidance puts Mail inside Apps; older layouts show Mail directly under My Watch. Within Mail, look for Custom if Signature is absent. That extra step is easy to miss when following instructions written for a different version.
Custom may expose other Mail preferences as well. If you change from a mirrored configuration, review the displayed notification choices so that your alerts still behave as you intend. The signature task does not require turning sound, haptics, or email alerts off.
The field is empty, but the phrase appears in a reply
Check where the phrase is located. “Sent from my Apple Watch” beneath a previous message’s date, sender, or quoted text can belong to an older email in the conversation. Removing the current preference cannot rewrite that earlier message.
Create a fresh email from Watch Mail and check it separately. If that email has no unwanted sign-off, the preference change is working. Review quoted content before sending a reply if you also want to remove an old phrase from the text you are forwarding or quoting.
A fresh message still has the old signature
Return to Signature and inspect the field again. Check for leftover words or lines, and confirm you are managing the correct watch. Return to the preceding screen after editing, then begin another fresh message rather than continuing the original draft.
Also confirm that you composed the message in Mail on the watch. A message written on the iPhone or in another email app can use that app’s signature preference. Check the From account and the actual message you received so that you are comparing the intended test.
If the setting is retained but a fresh Watch Mail message still behaves unexpectedly, close and reopen the relevant app and try again. A normal restart of the iPhone and watch is a later troubleshooting step. Avoid removing accounts or unpairing the watch solely to remove a signature; those actions create much more work than this preference should need.
Replace or restore the signature later
Return to Watch > My Watch > Apps > Mail, or the older My Watch > Mail route. Open Signature, using Custom first when required, and enter your preferred closing. Go back, reopen the field, and check a fresh Watch Mail message as before.
To restore the default sign-off, type Sent from my Apple Watch. To restore your earlier personalized signature, paste or enter the copy you saved before editing. This does not require restoring a device backup.
Start with a simple text sign-off. Do not assume that a company logo, formatted HTML signature, or per-account layout from another mail client will work identically on the watch. If you need elaborate formatting for a particular message, compose it in a client whose formatting options you have checked and review the result there.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing the Watch signature remove my iPhone signature too?
The two preferences are separate. Change the Watch app’s Mail signature for messages written on the watch, and the iPhone Settings app’s Mail signature for messages written in iPhone Mail. Check a fresh message on each device if you want both sign-offs removed. If you also write email on a tablet, remove the Sent from my iPad signature there as well.
Does this delete signatures from emails I already sent?
It changes the signature preference for future composition. Previously sent messages and older sign-offs quoted in conversations remain part of those messages. Editing the preference does not recall or rewrite an email in someone else’s inbox.
Do I need to replace the default with a space?
The removal procedure is to delete the signature text and leave the field blank. Start with that approach rather than adding an invisible character. Reopen the field and check a fresh email to distinguish a retained setting from an old phrase in a draft or conversation.
Is an email signature the same as a digital signature?
Here, “signature” means the sign-off text at the bottom of a message. A certificate-based digital signature or a signed PDF is a different feature. Changing Watch Mail’s sign-off field does not remove a certificate or fix a message-verification warning.
Will this change quick replies or email notifications?
The signature field does not edit the suggested reply phrases or the contents of received emails. Mail offers other preferences for those tasks. Keep your attention on Signature when you want to change only the closing added to outgoing messages.
The simplest check is to reopen the signature field, confirm it is blank or contains your replacement, then inspect one fresh email written in Mail on the watch. That avoids confusing a new sign-off with a signature preserved inside an older conversation.
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