Add and use passes in Wallet on Apple Watch
Use the Wallet app on your Apple Watch to keep your boarding passes, event tickets, coupons, student ID cards, and more in one place for easy access. Passes in Wallet on your iPhone automatically sync to your Apple Watch. Use a pass on your Apple Watch to check in for a flight, redeem a coupon, or get into your dorm.
Add a pass using your iPhone
When you do something like purchase a ticket, you often have the option to add it to Apple Wallet.
To add a pass, follow these steps.
On your iPhone, open the app, email, message, notification, or other communication that contains your pass.
Tap Add to Apple Wallet.
Note: Not all passes are supported by Apple Wallet.
Follow the onscreen instructions or tap Add in the upper-right corner.
Using your iPhone, you can also get passes by tapping Add to Apple Wallet from any of the following:
A web browser such as Safari
AirDrop sharing
Wallet notification after you use Apple Pay at a supported merchant
A QR code or barcode
To scan the code, open the Camera app on your iPhone, then position the phone so that the code appears on the screen.
Add a pass directly from your Apple Watch
If you’re sent a pass in email or in a message, you can add it directly on your Apple Watch. On your watch, open the email or message that has the pass, tap it, then tap Add to Wallet.
Use a pass
You can use a variety of passes on your Apple Watch.
If a widget for a pass appears in the Smart Stack: Tap the widget. You may need to scroll to see the barcode.
If you have a barcode pass: Double-click the side button, scroll to your pass, then present the barcode to the scanner.
You can also open the Wallet app on your Apple Watch, select the pass, then scan it.
If a pass changes—for example, the gate on your boarding pass—your pass updates on both iPhone and Apple Watch.
Get pass details
To get more information about a pass—a flight’s departure and arrival time, for example—do the following:
Go to the Wallet app on your Apple Watch.
Tap a pass, scroll down, then tap Pass Details.
Share a pass or ticket
You can share certain passes in the Wallet app with people who have an iPhone or Apple Watch (not available for all passes).
Go to the Wallet app on your Apple Watch.
Tap a pass, scroll down, tap Share Pass, then choose a sharing option such as Messages or Mail.
Use a contactless pass, key, badge, or student ID card
To present a supported contactless pass, digital key, company badge, or student ID card to a contactless reader, do one of the following.
If you have a contactless pass and it appears in the Smart Stack: Tap the widget. If there’s no widget, hold your Apple Watch within a few centimeters of the reader, with the display facing the reader.
If you have a digital key, company badge, or student ID card: Hold your Apple Watch within a few centimeters of the reader, with the display facing the reader, until Apple Watch vibrates; there’s no need to double-click the side button.
For more information about Wallet and contactless passes, digital keys, company badges, and student ID cards see the iPhone User Guide.
Reorder passes
On an Apple Watch that you set up for yourself, open the Wallet app , then touch and drag transit, access, and payment cards and passes to arrange them. The payment card you drag to the top position becomes the default payment card.
On a managed Apple Watch, you can touch and drag all pass types to reorder them.
Remove a pass you’re finished with
Double-click the side button, then tap the pass.
Scroll down, then tap Remove.
You can also open the Wallet app on your iPhone, tap the pass, tap , then tap Remove Pass.
When you remove a pass from one device, it’s also removed from the other.
See expired passes
To keep clutter under control, your Apple Watch hides passes that have expired. You can view expired passes by following these steps:
Go to the Wallet app on your Apple Watch.
Tap , then tap View [number] Expired Passes.
Tap a pass, then view its details.
You can also choose to unhide, share, or delete it.
To always show expired passes, go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch, tap Wallet & Apple Pay, then turn off Hide Expired Passes.
Set options for your passes
Go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap Wallet & Apple Pay.