How to Turn Off Start & End Workout Reminders on Your Apple Watch

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Many Apple Watch users love the Start and End Workout reminders because, like me, they forget to properly track their workouts. However, other users are irritated be the constant reminders, and since they already know how to end a workout on the Apple Watch, they don't want to deal with the additional notifications. We'll show you how to change your Apple Watch settings to stop these reminders.

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How to Disable Start & End Workout Reminders on Your Apple Watch

The Apple Watch Settings app makes it easy to turn off Start Workout and End Workout reminders right from your wrist. Here's how:

1. Open the Apple Watch Settings app on the watch itself.
2. Scroll down and tap on Workout. 
   
   
    
3. Scroll down until you see Start Workout Reminder, and if it's green, tap the toggle to turn it off.
4. Scroll down further until you see End Workout Reminder, and if it's green, tap that toggle to turn it off.
   
   

It's pretty simple, but disabling Start Workout and End Workout reminders on your Apple Watch may just save you a lot of irritation, and potentially battery life!