Apple’s AirDrop & NameDrop are extremely helpful, but they can also be annoying sometimes, as random individuals can find your device and try to share media and contact information. So, you need to know how to enable & disable AirDrop and NameDrop on your Apple Watch.
While AirDrop can be switched on and off relatively easily, users don’t know how to turn off NameDrop. So, we created this guide. Let’s get started:
How to Enable/Disable AirDrop on Apple Watch?
Turning off AirDrop is super easy on your Apple Watch. Here are the steps:
- Open Settings on your Apple Watch
- Tap on General
- Scroll and find “AirDrop”
- Change the settings to “Receiving off”
How to Enable/Disable NameDrop on Apple Watch?
Before you go through these steps, keep in mind that the NameDrop feature is a sub-feature of AirDrop. So, you can keep your AirDrop enabled if you need to, but you can turn off NameDrop manually.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
- Open Settings on your Apple Watch
- Tap on General
- Scroll and find “AirDrop”
- Find the “Bring Devices Together” feature and toggle the button to turn off the setting.
Summing Up
The NameDrop feature is fairly new as it became available with the iOS 17.1 and WatchOS 10.1 version. So, it is hard for users to find the settings and turn it off.
The NameDrop feature is super convenient and lets users share their contact information by just bringing iPhones, or Apple Watchs close to each other. To share your information with someone using NameDrop, here’s what you should do:
- Go to your “Contacts” app
- Tap on your picture in the right-top corner
- Tap Share, and then bring your Apple Watch/iPhone closer to each other
Let us know if you found this information helpful.
