Adjust your Activity ring goals on Apple Watch

You can change your Activity goals and customize your Activity ring goals by the day of the week. You can also pause your Activity rings and resume them at any time.

Change your goals

If you find your Activity goals either too challenging or not challenging enough, you can change them.

Go to the Activity app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to a ring, then tap .
Tap one of the following:
- Change for Today: Set a temporary goal for your Activity ring for today.
- Change Daily Goal: Customize your Activity ring goal by the day of the week.
  To customize your goal by the day of the week, tap in the top-right corner, then tap Schedule.
Tap or to adjust a goal, then tap Set or Set Schedule.

Every Monday, you’re notified about the previous week’s achievements, and you can adjust your goals for the next week. Your Apple Watch suggests goals based on your previous performance.

The Change Goals screen showing buttons to increase or decrease the Move goal.

Pause your rings

If you need to take a break, you can pause your Activity rings for up to 90 days without breaking your award streak—and resume at any time.

Go to the Activity app on your Apple Watch.
Tap .
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll to the bottom of the screen, then tap Pause Rings.
Tap a duration, or tap Custom to set a custom duration.

To resume your rings, tap the Activity rings, then tap Resume Rings. To edit the duration of your pause, tap Edit Pause, turn the Digital Crown to set a custom duration, then tap Done.

Helpful?

Apple Watch User Guide

Adjust your Activity ring goals on Apple Watch

Change your goals

Pause your rings