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How-to · 2026-07-18 · 5 min read

How to change your Garmin watch face, on every model

One long press opens the face switcher, but which press depends on the model. The per-family table (Fenix, Forerunner, Venu, Vivoactive, Instinct and more), plus how to add new faces.

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How-to · 2026-07-18 · 5 min read

How to customize your Garmin watch face (built-in and Connect IQ)

Built-in faces are customized on the watch, store faces on the phone. Both paths step by step, and why the option you are hunting for on the wrist usually lives in the app.

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How-to · 2026-07-18 · 4 min read

How to remove a watch face from your Garmin

Switch away from the face first, then uninstall from the Connect IQ app, Garmin Connect or Garmin Express. What cannot be deleted, and why paid faces are never lost.

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How-to · 2026-07-18 · 5 min read

How to install a Connect IQ watch face on your Garmin

The store for third-party faces lives in a separate phone app. Search, install, sync: the exact steps, plus what to do when an install refuses.

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How-to · 2026-07-18 · 5 min read

Garmin watch face settings are on your phone: here is where

Connect IQ face settings are not in the watch menus. The four-tap path in the Connect IQ app, what the on-watch Customize menu can do, and fixes when settings will not open.

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